All You Need To Know is Here

In Conclusion....

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I must admit meeting new friends is the best part. I tell you, the people you get to know in there are so great and cool. Appreciate them. I hereby, would like to thank all my friends for being a piece of puzzle which completes my life.

After reading much, now you've known the program which has been wasting the government's modal and the future leader's time. So, if you were chosen to be the "lucky" ones? Good luck and god bless you. Here's a tip for you to reduce the suffering and the boredom, take this program as a long, long vacation. A vacation which takes you away from the busy and hectic city. Relaxation, stress-free and no pressure. A period when you were taken out of yourself and be nothing. Be a flying bird. Take a time off and ENJOY!

P.S: Be a survivor. If I can come out alive, so can you.

Not Moving House!!!

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Participants are only allowed to bring two bags. 1 luggage bag and 1 backpack. So bring whatever is necessary only. There's not so much for you to put your stuff. Just like backpacking. Convenient and useless to last you for 3 whole months. Now I give you tips and guide to pack your ALL-YOU-NEED bag.

The List:
1 250g toothpaste
1 toothbrush
1 380ml shampoo (more than enuh)
1 380ml body wash
1 150ml facewash (if you need one)
Shaver (Borrow from others if you don't mind)
5 pieces of shirt ( Light and bright colours. No sleeveless.)
5 pairs of pants (At least 1 long pants. No jeans. Light, synthetic cloth is the best.)
5 underwear
Soap to wash clothes
Brush to scrub the clothes

Don't be lazy. Wash occasionally. Like once in two days.

1 book to make your life more meaningful

1 mp3 or any electrical entertainment tech (make sure you take good care of them)

Any medication (eg. panadol)

A lot of water

Edible snacks (in case the food...you know what I mean)

Insect repellent (use wisely)

Should the items above finish, you could always borrow from the others. It's not that hard to find kind people.

Leave some space behind as you are going to bring back the clothes they give you. Unless you're planning to throw them away. And don't forget, shoes too.

Special Recipes?

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6 meals a day. Food in the camp has only four kind of taste. Sweet, salty, spicy and sux! Get use to it, force it down your throat before starving to death.

Peeping Into The Playground

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Here's a brief idea of things that will happen/ is in National Service for you.

The Malays
They are the majorities of the camp. Bunch of idiot monkeys. Troublemakers. The straight minders. I would like to take back my words. Of course not all Malays. Some. The funniest thing is they force themselves to laugh at NOT-EVEN-FUNNY jokes. Pardon me. Not laugh but quack. It is so annoying that you can hardly stand the pain in your ears. Another ears-exploding event is when they start singing their off-tune song. They're just so so so inconsiderate. In the contrast, the Malays are quite friendly people. As long as you don't mess with them, they don't mess with you. Besides, they will have a great spirit when it comes to doing things especially with their own race. Other than that, their favourite activity of all is smoking. Puff puff away... They do stupid things. No brain used. Negative minded in achieving goals. Unrealistic vision. If you don't have a strong mentality, you'll easily brainwashed and greatly influenced by them.

The Chinese
Chinese are cool. Some are more reserved in sharing and giving. Some are more open-minded. Mostly Chinese are (in a better explanation) just sensitive and uncomfortable with other races. Therefore, they took quite a time to blend into the environment. They choose friends to be with. Cliques are easily formed among the Chinese. Mix with them but choose wisely.

The Indians
The Indians get along with their race easily and quickly. Having an open-minded and friendly personality, they manage to mix well with others just like the Malays. They know how to behave themselves. They are fun to talk to. They are good people. But they just don't want to show their true colour.

The Trainees
The trainees are exactly the same to the teachers in the school, they teach from the materials which are given by the government. From the way they teach to their attitudes. The only difference is they teach things that we've already known. They are supposed to be the one changing our perception and manners. To speak the truth, they don't even have the ability to change. Here's the reality, the trainees can actually tell you to love the environment when you can see the staffs burning the dried leaves in the compound. What the hell is this? A smack in the face. Instead of failing to influence, they also couldn't manage to create neither any long-term effects nor the short ones. There is a saying,"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough: we must do." Bear that in mind, the trainees. A quote by Gandhi sounds like," be the change we want to see in the world." Spell that again, the government.

Here's the activities (where the boring part begins):
Physical Training
You'll be doing this at 6.30 every morning. It takes 1 hour before you can have your breakfast. In physical training session, you'll be running, acrobatic exercises, pair work exercises and star jumps most of the time. You will be expecting to sing the national anthem, the state anthem and the national service anthem, swear to the basic principle of national ideology and pray to the God (Malays only). This procedure is necessary EVERY SINGLE DAY.

The Indoor Activities
What I mean by 'indoor' is you don't have to get burned by the sun. All you need to do is sit and dream and wait for the tea break. This is the time when you were retaught things we'd already known. The indoor activities are like character building, integration, cultural, patriotism classes. It starts from 8.30 am until 10.30 before a tea break and then continues at 11.00 all the way to 12.30 afternoon. And then you have your lunch.

Marching
(WARNING: This stunt requires your preparation to get yourselves roasted.) Moving like a robot across a frying tar field, you are controlled by a command controller. What is the benefit of this activity? Creating disciplined, cooked, dumb clones? Ridiculous!!! By the way, do you know that stomping your feet hard onto the ground actually hurts a lot to your ankles and your back?
To escape this, try acting sick and you get to sit at the side to watch the circus show. Good luck in faking.

TTS (Unarmed Fighting)
Here again you need to sacrifice your beautiful skin. It's a self defence thing that can't defend yourself. So, fake it again to avoid becoming ashes.

Game Parade
Sports time!!!! Play sports or do nothing.

TV Watch
First come first serve. How fast can you be?? Not so fast every time...

Night Gathering
Video clips. Opinion sharing. Followed by roll call when the number of participants are counted.

Night Watch
The best thing about this is you get to stay up late and watch TV!!!! Good luck and don't think too much.

Kayaking
The best part of this is you get to Laugh-Out-Loud at the person who overturned their kayak. But make sure you don't overturn yours.

Obstacles course
A must involved physical-challenging race. Not to scare you, but I got a friend, she had her whole body cramped right after she finished the race. Hence, do not force yourself if you can't do it. Remember DANGER is everywhere. Take care!

Show Parade
This will occur if someone did a big mistake. Pumping. Marching. Up to a few hours. If you don't want this to happen on you, uh-um yeah be a good dog.

Taking A Drag
To be honest, Malays love to smoke. Well, not to mention, some Chinese and some Indians also involved in this 'enjoyment'. Firstly, I must say these people are good at hiding the cigarettes. Time they smoke is before or when they take bath. Have they ever thought before they act or is there something wrong with their eyes? Or are the other toilet users invisible? If you want lung cancer, you go for it. I'm not stopping you but why you want the innocent ones to join you to the death pit. Know what is right for you.

Navigation
Road trip!!!! Forget it.

One Night Stay in Jungle
Enjoy fire camping! Everything is prepared except the tent.

Introduction

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This following passage is a truth. I has no mean to insult anyone or be sarcastic in any way. This is purely a true story of a part of my life.

So, here what I'm telling is for the next participants' benefits and information to prepare for what's going to happen and what you will be facing in this camp.

It's all started with a bus ride from your individual station to the particular camp you are assigned to. Followed by the registration are getting your bed number, bed sheet, blanket and pillow case. I bet the first thing you'll do right after unpacking your belongings is sit on the bed and 'SIGH'.

The first few days, you'll have nothing to do. It's part of the program to get yourselves comfortable with the environment of the camp while waiting for the rest of the participants to report in. You'll be also making new friends to start your new life in the camp.

"The National Service Training Program is a character-building camp," the government said,"to build the country asset and nurture patriotism in the coming age of youth and nations." What the hell? Does it? Um...well...I don't realise.

I must say this 3 months-long program is totally waste of time and useless. Imagine a jail compound with jungles surrounding you and have no connection with the outside world. Take note that your hand phones will be held up for the weekdays.

In a nutshell, the program produces uniformed robots with a straight mind. Think about it. Do we have to march on the road after completing the camp? Do we have to practice jungle lifestyle in the future modern world? Sorry? I don't hear you clearly. Discipline? Kiss my @+$! (sorry) Okay, however, trying hard to look at the bright side, it still worth an experience from the activities like kayaking, camping in the jungle, shooting an M16 rifle and flying fox.