My Natonal Service Experience

Kumpulan 1/ Siri 6/ 27 Dec 08 - 11 Mar 09/ Kem PLKN Seri Perkasa, Mantin

National Service was quite fun and mind opening. If you ask me now whether I would go for NS, my answer will be 'Yes!!'. I was quite lucky to get KSP as it is definitely one of the cleanest camp in Malaysia. Another thing is that the trainers there adopt a more relax and lenient approach.

For example, we at KSP would get our handphones back on Saturday morning or early afternoon and return it on Sunday night (usually 9pm). Trainees in other camps such as PDS in Port Dickson only get back their phones at 5.30 pm on Saturday and have to return it exactly 24 hours later.

Surprisingly, almost half of the trainees in my camp are non-Malays. The bulk of the trainees come from Selangor and Johor Bahru. One obvious thing I noticed is that only PJ's Chinese use English as their first language. 'Bananas' there have obvious communication problems.

Generally, most of the trainees there are okay except for 1 or 2 groups that are really arrogant and unpleasant. (The group members are all the same race - you get the idea) They are probably the ones responsible for the many thefts that occured in my camp. Even my MP3 got stolen.

Anyway, enough said. Below I have posted some photos I took there. Let the photos do some of the talking.

(From left) Mark, Kah Vong, me, Jia Hong & Joel

Can't really see both of them right? Sorry, its too dark (: The guy nearer the window is David and the other guy is Chris

Zhi Young

Sometimes NS can be a bore..

Why is Cheok smiling like that? For the answer, scroll down to the next two pictures..

*ahem*

Yap & Joel

Coummunity service!!!

Intercompany tarik tali competition

Pertandingan Tempur Tanpa Senjata (TTS)


The church we go to

*gasp* Is that Jeric singing?!

We took charge of the church's worship one Sunday and also presented a play for the church.

Shooting the M16 is the bomb!!

(From left) Phebe, Kathleen, Kirsten & Ben

The flying fox tower

Raj & Ben

Jing Xian's birthdayyyy!!

Me, Hakim, Raymond & Yi Chen

The Dorm 8 idiots, er, I meant gang

Another community service!!

Me and Chris

Wushu demo on the last night of NS. Can you see me?

Preparing to return my tray, pillow, bed sheet, etc

Gays caught in action?

Raja kena owned!!

Delta KFC feast

Ah Way

The man in the center of attention is our beloved Ketua Jurulatih, Cikgu Mansor

Guan Di & Mark

If you can't find me, its Neal's fault : He is blocking me!!

My camp's komanden giving a speech during the final night ceremony

Zhi Young and Thina acting lame

The guy with the medals is a Leftenan General

Graffiti on my shirt



My SPM results:

I went, I endured and I conquered!!!

Hey guys,

I am back from National Service!!!

Pictures and updates coming soon...

(:

Time to sleep *yawn*

Back to National Service

I am going back to my National Service camp today after lunch.
Most likely I will only update my blog in March, when NS finishes.

CNY was fine. Spent a lot of time with family members and relatives. I can sum my CNY celebration up by saying 7 words: Ang Pao, good food and Black Jack.

Anyway,
till next time,
goodbye (:

Back from National Service

Yeah, I am back :-)
It feels great to be home again from NS. First thing I did when I got home was to indulge in some much needed home food and sleep.

I got so much to write about my experiences in Kem Seri Perkasa (KSP) until I don't know how to start. Okay, there are four companies in NS, namely Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. I am in Delta a.k.a. Pedang. By some twist of fate, I ended up being in the some company as Jia Hong, Kah Vong and Cheok Tung. I realized that there are a lot of us from Petaling Jaya in KSP. Allow me to list them out:

SMKDJ: Jeric, Jia Hong, Kah Vong, Cheok Tung, Neal, Marcus Pong, Kok Yang, Kah Wai, Kirsten, Kathleen, Raja Singam

SMKDU: Joel, Mark, Chon Kai, Zhi Young, Phebe, Denise

Sri KDU: Benjamin, Kevin
and a few more from SMKBU 3, etc.

The first two weeks were boring,
but things start to pick up after that.
We did kayak, rakit, tali rendah which were the highlights so far. The Character Building classes were such a drag. Half the time I find myself falling asleep in class.

There were inter-company competitions such as futsal, sepak takraw (for guys), netball (for girls), kayak and rakit. I was suppose to play futsal for my company but was *ahem* somehow forced to be a bench warmer only. I actually played sepak takraw in the inter-company competition because I am the only Chinese who knew how to play. In each sports competition, each company's team must comprise of the three main races of Malaysia.

Seriously, I got so much to write about. I guess talking about my experiences will be easier. I am kinda sleepy, anyway.
For now, I will let the pictures do the talking.

The KSP Dewan Makan

My dorm

My dorm's toilet/washroom.

And before I forget,
Gong Xi Fa Chai

Goodnight :-)

Ip Man (Yip Man)

Watch Ip Man on yesterday (Friday) with Guet Cheng. Initially wanted to watch Beverly Hills Chihuahua but the the position of the seats available was not suitable. In Malaysian cinemas, you have to be 18 and above to watch Ip Man, but we didn't realize until we are about to enter the cinema hall!! The guy behind the ticketing counter just sold it to us. I suppose we look older than our actual age or he doesn't care. The movie is about Yip Man who is highly skilled in the Wing Chun style of kung fu. This is based on a true story and is set during the 1935-1945 period. Apparently, one of Yip Man's students was the one and only Bruce Lee!! Generally, the movie was okay. There is plenty of action as this is a kung fu movie. Yip Man is virtually unbeatable in the movie. I also completed most of my Christmas shopping (whew!!) while in 1 Utama.

In exactly one week, I will off to National Service. 3 months without computer, radio, TV and driving. I just want to enjoy my stint as a NS trainee and get it over with.