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I never knew that i would actually like it there and enjoyed myself till the extend that i didn't want to leave!! okay maybe not Didn't lah..but tak sanggup to leave lah. And i'll never forget it. what is this all about? i'm talking about Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) or in english... National Service (NS). i want to blog about my feelings and experience from the beginning till the end of the camp because i think that it is an experience that i should share with the all my friends.

As many of you may remember, at first i did not want to go for NS. i practically cried when the i got the sms saying "Tahniah!...." i mean like...Wth??!! At that time..i was going through a state of depression. lol..talking bout emo..well one of the reasons i didn't want to go was because i have my piano practical exam in july and i don't have the time to practice. other than that was because i am starting my college in march. Frankly the main reason was i didn't wanna go lah..hehe..cause away from home and friends and all ryte..so i decided to do postponement.

ahh..i still remember the hassle i had to go through just to do that.i had to write a letter and send it to the JLKN located in KL. send as in..delivered it PERSONALLY at the office.but... i changed my mind. because i was actually arranged to be in the 3rd batch (am i THAT bad??? hehe) so i applied to be in the 2nd batch. who knew i got it..with my best friend somemore! at the same place somemore! it is a waste ryte not to go after all the trouble and knowing that you have someone there with you..so..alrite then...our journey began..

"Ku dihantar ke Kem de Bana". that's one line of our camp song..and Kem De Bana is our camp's name.it is located in Jempol,Negeri Sembilan. i'm sure many of you don't know where Jempol is ryteee... ;) well it is near Kuala Pilah and Bahau. One hour drive away from Kuala Pilah and half an hour away from Bahau. anyways my friend and i entered camp 5 days later cause she will be in China and we will be having our driving test on the 23rd march. so we arrived there with her family. we left early in the morning..to be exact..6a.m cause we are supposed to report by 9a.m.

Entrance to Kem De Bana..

Hello De Bana!

When we were about to reach out camp site..all i could think of was.. "Omg, i am going to be stuck in this ulu hutan place for 3 months?? Daammnnn!!!how i wish i never made the decision to come here" another thing was there wasn't line on the way. i was like...wth!!! that really ticked me off!! when we reached there we couldn't see any trainees or people...okay lah..few people only..then we were sent to the office for registration. going into camp is like entering the airport. you have to go through the "kastam"..lol..they'll check our bags before letting us into our dorms.. no sharp objects,no marker pens,no extension wires,no electrical devices,no cameras,no handphones...and the list goes on..after that we were sent to our dorms.thank god for my friend and i were in the same company(it is our group) but different dorm.well what the heck..we're only 3 steps away from each other..hehe..

Thats my dorm! Dorm G! =)

That's the kolam where we do our 'Swimming' and Kayak..

We were like aliens there..cause there was no one to escort us and the place was almost deserted.so we were wandering around the place..well..wasting time actually..hehe..then we went to the pejabat operator to take our blankets,pillow case,matress case and our locker keys. after that we walked back to our dorm again *groan* to set up our beds. then....we were blur...we didn't know what to do next...so we went out to find the teacher..on the way we saw an indian gurl and she was wearing the class uniform.she told us they were having class now and she said to change into that outfit..so its back to the dorm again! after that we were sent to our first class..

ATTENTION: classes starts now! the class that we were sent to was CB4..i know the "CB" can mean something else to some of you ok..anyways..the full name is called Character Building class. this class is divided into 2 modules:

1. Menampilkan yang terbaik dalam diri sendiri.
2. Menampilkan yang terbaik dalam orang lain.

It is quite an interesting class and helpful too.in this class.trainees are taught about moral values, confidence,well being of a person and etc. basically this class teaches you to respect yourself and others, to bring out the best in you so you can bring out the best in others. the activities may seem childish but it has a hidden meaning behind those activities. when the teachers explain the meaning of it i was like... "ooohhhh...that's a smart and an effective way to make students understand better". After class we did something but i couldn't remember what was it*oops* hehe...HOWEVER... one thing ticked me off on the first day. what? well,it was raining cats and dogs and wow wee...since i was right next to the back door...my space...my floor...was flooded!!! i was like OMG!!!!!! arrrggghhhh!!!! i had to mop and mop and mop....and mop!!! what a memory lah weih...haha..but when i think back..it was kinda funny. =)

Our timetable..teacher updates it every night for the following day..

ahaa!! the place where we are tortured!!!! our padang kawad..the place where we are told to gather for every activity..imagine people...under the hot striking sun...walawey!!!! FYI:we have to gather 10 mins before every activity/class or else....

...this is what happens if we don't..Sungai Bana...the place where trainees are 'thrown' into..hehe..those who are late wil have to dip into the cool water of Sungai Bana..but not always lah.. ;)

Then there was the dinner and one of the things that i really liked there was the free time that we got. well,the free time that the indians and chinese got. its like this,we get free time from 7-9pm.it is because the malays have their prayers at that time.but when your enjoying your R&R time.time ust pass by so fast..then we have to gather at the dewan makan at 9p.m for anything that they prepared for us. the first few weeks were like mostly tayangan about the camp and all..so..most of us will be fast asleep at that time..hehe..we will be at the dewan makan untill 10.30pm then there's roll call. it is something like we gather in our dorms respectevely or at the dewan. and the IC squad,which is our leader of our groups will count the number of their members and report to the Penghulu or Penghulu Wati which then will be reported to the teacher in charge.then the teacher will give us a briefing about tomorrow's activities and some or any of the problems around. after that it's ZZZzzzzzz time till the next day. Basically,we only have like 5-6 hours of sleep cause we have to get up early for our PT Pagi.

The counter where we get our food...for some reason..the wira's are more organised and well behaved when taking food..the wirawati's just dash in like a hungry pack of wolves.hmm..something wrong with this picture? hehe.. *wink*

This is the how the dewan makan looks like during Hari Keluarga on Sundays..

haha..some guys lepak-ing there..anyone familiar to you guys from camp? ;p

thats the stage...the place where we gather at night..we are suppose to move the tables and chairs away and arrange our chairs in a theatrical order and after that we are suppose to arrange them back again..some work huh...

FYI, we are seperated into 4 companies-Alpha,Bravo,Charlie and Delta. i belong to Delta!! i'm G24-my bed number..and btw..they call us by the name Wira for guys and Wirawati for girls..lol..well..that's all for now...