Sunday, July 10, 2011

National Service 2012 (Khidmat Negara)

For those born in 1994, the national service list of names is out.... BUT.... I have tried endless times to log in but in vain. My girl is jittery now, a few of her close friends called her up and told her that they were not chosen. They were very happy of not being chosen....

I guess the website http://www.khidmatnegara.gov.my/ is very busy now, each time I log in, it says Error in Logging in Database Connection...

My girl is easing off her nervousness playing the piano .... as for me, I don't have anything where I can release the tension except through blogging about it here....

Questions like "how ah if chosen to go? will she be able to cope with it? Can she withstand the sun cos of her sensitive skin...." Heard many horror stories about the NS... as a parent, I can't help feeling skeptical about the training being monitored properly or not.

Well, I guess I am being overly worried.. actually many of them enjoyed themselves a lot in the NS. One of my nieces who went for it this year came back telling that she enjoyed herself so much that she cried during the last day farewell.....

I am consoling myself with this...

28 comments:

  1. Claire, I hope my girl is not in the list!!!!
    Kristy

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  2. I only managed to get 2010/2011 list, no sign of 2012. Are your daughter's friends sure they got the right list? My daughter's time...I also checked the wrong list - so happy she did not get...and then when the real list came out, her name was in it. So frus!

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  3. kristy: yours too? :)


    stp: her frens got the maaf message.. so i guess it is right..

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  4. Claire....my day has not come yet...if the day will to come, i know how u feel. anyway, not to worry so much.

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  5. i m sensing that ur daughter dont want to join NS...

    well its not that bad. Oh well..update us first n we see how la..

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  6. Oh dear, i can feel da tension build-up. But to make u feel better, my cousins went and enjoyed every minute of it... Anyway, do let us know kay

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  7. Those horror stories are sometimes blown out of proportion la. All activities also will have accidents and etc...even when we cook also sometimes will kena splash by hot oil. Things will be fine. She will enjoy herself at the camp should she be chosen

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  8. actually it's not sucha bad thing, my younger brother went for NS 2 years back, and according to him it was an eye opening experience.

    He was from a chinese school, and this was the first time he could mix with people of other races and share living space with them. He loved it to say the least. Made a lot of friends, and they still keep contact until now!

    So don't worry too much ok?

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  9. yeeling: yeah..not to worry.. let her be independent..


    rachel: if no choice, also have to go..


    merryn: still cannot log in leh.. dont know why..


    kathy: agree with you, accidents do happen.. seems like she is not liking it.. but if no alternative, have to go too..


    isaac: yes, my niece is also from chinese school... she likes it a lot!

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  10. I advised my students to get away from NS by taking up a course in private colleges. This gives them a very good excuse to postpone the training. By the time they complete their pre-U course, they are so close to leaving the country for tertiary education in other countries.

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  11. Oh man.. quite worry for the saftey of our kids.. especially if your kids is a girl..

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  12. Hope she is not in the list. Some adventurous ones may like to experience it but not all. Should be for boys only. There are so many ways to train youngsters to live with each other. A reluctant participant will generate negative thoughts through the training but sometimes the participant may see something new to learn and start to show interest. Maybe those past incidents give us the jitters. I wonder if they have started hiding any recent incidents from public.

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  13. Yikes, I don't know what this is! Should I be scared for your girl? What are you talking about? Some sort of army service or something?

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  14. can understand your feeling and worries..hopefully your daughter are not been selected..

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  15. i didn't get NS.. felt relieved.. but many enjoyed their time there :)

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  16. I actually heard from friends that the NS is something fun and is an eye opener leh.. so don't worry Claire, it's just for that few months anyway...

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  17. I thought the list would only come out on Monday,,, anyway come what may sis,,,,,,,,,Fernie should be able to handle it,,,,,,,,,,,,

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  18. it would be a good experience if chosen.

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  19. I would feel very tensed too if I were you. :( Too many not so good stories we have heard right? But if chosen...we don't have much choice right?

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  20. I can understand your feeling. It is not that bad to join NS, but I still won't want my girls to be selected, right? Parents are allowed to visit on weekends, not too bad la!

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  21. I was scanning the comments seeing if you had replied if she got in or not.

    I can understand your concern....really too many horror stories. But there are some great stories too. God will take care of her, faith be yours.

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  22. My daughter enjoyed it too...and it was good - so much better than what she had to put up with at that institute in Sg Petani (and she's going back there for another year!!! Tsk! Tsk!), lots...lots better!

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  23. P.S. The maaf message will also appear even if you're checking the wrong year - of course, maaf lor...the name's not in the old list.

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  24. i've born in 94..and i can't stand with that..just if i get it..but what else i can do,if i got it....?huaaa..

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  25. *hugs* Dun worry Claire...I hope the best for u and anak. If there's any consolation, I have juniors who kena NS. And they enjoyed it very much. =D

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  26. Hello my friends.. my girl and i took turns to check it.. there was a Maaf there.. but it seems most of them who logged in also were mentioned Maaf, you are not chosen..
    so maybe wrong information?

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  27. Let go and let G~d. Think it should be good experience.

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  28. I feel it will be a good experience! ;)
    +Ant+

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