7 years

Ok. Putting it behind is bad enough. better finish what I want to say and then clean my desk. lol.

My dad is now 55 years old. As a civil servant, he is going to be posted to another position, which is more "suited" for a man of his age. Whether it's going to be a raise or deduction, I guess it's the latter.

The retirement age for Singaporeans is 62 years old. 7 years more.

As a working man all his life, he's probably used up all his CPF funding me on my polytechnic studies, as well as the house we're living in.

His eldest son is 19 going on 20 (me), with NS coming up for him. His eldest son also has accepted an offer for 4 years of studies at NUS.

His second son is 18 years old, completing A levels by the end of this year, also going NS hopefully by early next year.

2 years + 4 years = 6 years.

When he is nearing is retirement age, his eldest and second sons will just be graduating and found work.

It's a tight deadline here, if everything happens as planned, and no major accidents occur, he will only need to worry about his remaining 2 sons, who will be serving NS when he retires.

Although I am not very happy about this "arrangement", I guess it's gonna be alright.

A lesson here. I'm gonna be having children early. lol.