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The National Service

June 21st, 2005 in Writings

I’ve checked my name online and through the SMS Service, and fortunately I’m not picked for the National Service. A few schoolmate and net buddies are picked. Some is just fine with it, certain are not so happy with it. I am not sure about the accuracy of the Online Database or the SMS Service though, since some people claims the official list will be out at 22nd June 2005 for the lucky 1988 babies. So the result now might be not accurate

Anyway, one of my net buddy wants her words to be spread among Malaysian, about her views on the National Service. She’s unfortunately picked. Here’s her email:

From: Chiam Woh Chyi
TO: Whoever that’s gonna read this, even you, THE GOVERMENT

Even if I am going to be captured and being thrown into the jail for harassing the goverment, I DO NOT mind!

I, Chiam Woh Chyi, this year gonna be 17 years was being “luckily” randomly selected for the national service.

But, This is NOT a happy thing to me.

When Malaysia was declared as a democratic country officially during the national day, It is said that we ARE in a democratic society.

But, What happened now? National Service?

Yes, giving the full marks for the gerko thing during the attendance to GERKO in the higher level might helps but this doesn’t mean we WANT to do so and join NATIONAL SERVICE.

We, a democratic country supposedly giving out freedoms to the citizens but then punishments will be given to those who didn’t attend the national service thingy and we are being rated as “FORCED TO ENTER”

Goverment, do you have a better thing to do?

A few years back, our present Prime Minister said our country is harmonious therefore there is no in need to do such thing.

Now, he was supporting the National Service. What is the meaning of harmonious then?

Are we trying to prove to others that Malaysia is not a peaceful country to others?

After two years of doing this program, how many actual reports were made and being told to the public?

Due to some research I have done, many cases such as sexual abusal was made by the trainers to the trainees and to ALL OF YOU’s INFORMATION, we girls are not specially made to protect ourselves but to be protected. (Yes, that’s a well known knowledge that everyone knew about)

But, the goverment tries to cover all of these up… is this a hidden face of Malaysia? Are you guys trying to think that we are gonna be happy if we get selected for National Service?

Please, If you guys want to hold such program, ask those who are willing to join. Even if we know how to protect the country but we are not willingly wanted to protect it, it is completely useless…

I do hope someone will take actions before further mistakes will be made!

There’s indeed some point in her. I may say I’m lucky for not being picked, but what she say is quite true, for a girl like her. I mean, she does have her rights right? Sexual abuse!! Ah come on, what’s next?

Whether you like it or not, you’re force to go to this National Service. If you don’t go, jailed and compound, and after that, you STILL HAVE TO GO. No matter what, you have to go if you’re on the lucky list.

Are you supporting the National Service? Or you are againts them?

** Update **

I saw Chiam Woh Chyi’s post on the MalaysiaBloggers Forum. Interesting, now I get to see what does the mature people has to say (most of them are older than me and Woh Chyi). I can see most of them have the stand for the National Service.

Maybe I should look at the bright side of National Service? Or shall I say I’m so unlucky not to be picked for the National Service?

I saw zola’s reply on her thread, and i find it interesting:

Well, personally, I really think this kind of nasional service should only limited to guys. As I known, Taiwan has this kind of service too, but they make it compulsary to all the guys, but not girls. Singapore also doind the same thing if i’m not mistaken.

zola @ MalaysiaBloggers

I guess what he say is quite true. Maybe the National Service should be compulsory to the guys, not the girls. Guys and girls are two different things, for me, although now all the girls is complaining about “Equal Rights”. But after the dark sexual abuse issue on the first NS, shouldn’t the government look though on this?

Since the situation do not allow you to skip the NS, be prepared of it. Protect yourself as much as you can. Write it down any of the bad things your instructor did, make sure you have proofs like picture, voice recording, video recording or atleast witness. Do not do anything alone. If (touch wood) any bad thing happened, tell the world here or tell me, i help you to spread.

zola @ MalaysiaBloggers

That’s another great advice given by zola.

Oh I know. You feel sad to be chosen. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Don’t hate the government. Hate the service. Once you are out, use your rights and vote for the annullment of the program. This is a democratic country, and every vote counts. If BN doesn’t care about your vote, DAP will always welcome you with open arms. But don’t go for PAS ok. They even made people to sit in buses according to gender! Okay, maybe that’s not true. But it’s an example of what might happen if you don’t play the game. So play the game, join the service. Then come out and tell everyone how it sucked. Believe me no one is willing to listen to you BEFORE participation.

JxT2J @ MalaysiaBloggers

After reading this and some thoughts consideration, I guess the NS couldn’t be that bad at all. Why should we hate the government for giving this NS? We should just hate the NS, not the government. And what JxT2J said is quite true when he says about “no one is willing to listen to you BEFORE participation”. You haven’t experience and you’re now complaining.

Read the full post here.

Well, for this updated part of this entry, I think I will stand for the National Service (Sorry Woh Chyi). I stand for the National Service, but I don’t want to go the the service though. Lazy ma~ No computer :tounge:

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