National Disservice

Number of WMS Drafted: 34 and counting

Introduction

sherylgan: ok, fellow NS-ers
Li-Anne: OMG DAMN SAD LA

No one saw it coming. We all knew, well, that the possibility was clear and present, yet we somehow believed that National Service could only happen to 'someone else'. Which is true. Unfortunately, as Liwen puts it, to other people you're 'someone else'.

In other news, local emigration rates hit an all time high.

And what about myself?

*help christine: u kena... omg!!
*help christine: check the site

That was the beginning.

Checking

*unicef Demon Bound: where DO you check anyway
[DisEnchanted]: on the NS official site
*unicef Demon Bound: yeah the site runs like a carcass

The site is http://www.khidmatnegara.gov.my/ but don't count on getting in.

[5corch]: i cant get in the site
[5corch]: freaking ppl stop checking
[5corch]: i bet ppl when they get chosen they are so horrified that they forget to log off the site and start screaming for help

There's a good chance you'll just turn up one of these.

*unicef Demon Bound: ...the khidmat negara site refuses to let me check my name
Screw Khidmat Negara: they didnt let u check coz UVE BEEN A NAUGHTY BOY dex

There exist several theories to explain the site's sorry state.

junian - national disservice: its jammed up everywhere
-?ui?q?s-: uagrgahghahghghghg
-?ui?q?s-: just because i went for tuition
junian - national disservice: you jammed the internet by going tuition?
-?ui?q?s-: the internet wasn't jammed before my tuition

Seems unlikely? Well, here's another one.

G u a n x i o n g : no
G u a n x i o n g : no
G u a n x i o n g : YES
G u a n x i o n g : DIDNT KENA
G u a n x i o n g : deng
G u a n x i o n g : suat cheat me
G u a n x i o n g : still dont know kena a not
G u a n x i o n g : cause the connection timed out
G u a n x i o n g : fuck!
junian - national disservice: ah yeah
junian - national disservice: mine also timed out
junian - national disservice: you try yours
G u a n x i o n g : mine also la
G u a n x i o n g : maybe too many ppl ady the page sot kau

But we're guessing it's the third.

*unicef Demon Bound: It times out
*unicef Demon Bound: Well now I'm DEFINITELY sure it's a site run by our government

Do we love it? Huh? I think we nailed it.

The List

junian - national disservice: LIWEN GOING MAN
boonguan: LMAO ROFL

I should probably find something more interesting conversation starters, but this is (sadly) about as good as it gets sometimes.

junian - national disservice: the best one liwen
lih fern: i didnt get it!
lih fern: ahhahaha
lih fern: OHHHH
lih fern: pooor li wen

There is no why, okay? It just is.

junian - national disservice: LIWEN!
sherene: OMG!
sherene: hahahahahahhahahahha!
sherene: SERIOUSLY?!

How did they manage to draft all the most unlikely people?

junian - national disservice: waikhuin!
junian - national disservice: nooo
junian - national disservice: its like... watching the news for casualties
peako - seditious!: omg
peako - seditious!: we have to set up a candlelight vigil

I guess it would be good for them. Wai Khuin and Li Wen gonna come home looking like this.

That's what 90 days of intensive does to you. Or is it enough?

This is the list. Eighteen in all... so far. Help me keep it updated.

1. andrew
2. angeline
3. brianyeoh
   
4. clarissa
5. chunshuin
   
6. denise
   
7. edward
   
8. eliot
9. hsini
10. jeckbeng
11. jenming
    
12. jiahui
13. junian
14. leongwai
    
15. lianne
16. liwen
17. mayling
18. meichyi
19. michelletan
20. michelleyong
    
21. pardeep
22. pikyeng
23. phinwern
    
24. sarah
25. sheryl
26. thengee
27. tzekang
    
28. waikhuin
29. weelik
    
30. wenjuin
31. wilkin
32. yinghwee
33. yiwen
34. yuanling

More girls than guys though.

Well that's not too bad right?

People are treating it like it's a list of casualties or something though.

Chronicles: wat?
Chronicles: THEY KENA
Chronicles: thts sad

They took Jimmy? I can't believe it... I only just saw him last week!

marc: and daniel
junian - national disservice: daniel didnt
marc: he did la
junian - national disservice: he did not
junian - national disservice: he's lying

Just for the record... he was lying.

●Ĵŏjő● в ř ό ĸ έ й ●: WAT THE HELLL???
●Ĵŏjő● в ř ό ĸ έ й ●: DONT GO JUN IAN!!!!!!
junian - national disservice: do you know anyone who went for it?
●Ĵŏjő● в ř ό ĸ έ й ●: my cous did
junian - national disservice: did he say anything about it?
●Ĵŏjő● в ř ό ĸ έ й ●: she
●Ĵŏjő● в ř ό ĸ έ й ●: she and my aunty were spending the whole day crying

The state of the internet at 2130 last night.

Reactions

*^Yi^* 9 999 939: ask them go die
*^Yi^* 9 999 939: ask abdullah go NS himself

A rush of patriotism to the head.

junian - national disservice: lianne you got NS?
Li-Anne: BUGGER RIGHT
junian - national disservice: join the party

Well, the local forecast shows gloomy moods, with a high chance of panic. Small outbreaks of relief are also expected.

Screw Khidmat Negara: all peeps high 5!!
junian - national disservice: oh i see
Screw Khidmat Negara: owh
Screw Khidmat Negara: jun ian oops

Meteorologists admit the coming storm maybe be bigger than originally anticipated.

junian - national disservice: not that many ppl i know are going
nasyekim: rly?
nasyekim: its like the whole bloody kampung is going here

Apparently, getting drafted causes a lot of sympathy. It's almost like I said my canary died.

libby: did you get?
junian - national disservice: yeah
libby: oh.. sorry

Most people tend to take National Service... well... badly.

* pik: fuck fuck fuck fuck

However, this is not strictly true, as we shall now see.

The Other Camp

The reaction to National Service isn't negative across the board though. Some people want to go. I guess you could see it as a sort of three month OBS or something.

It's like Outward Bound on steroids!

If you're really really optimistic.

?a?·u?i ?? ??LOVE: i wanna get in too
?a?·u?i ?? ??LOVE: is it wrong?
-?ui?q?s-: good for you
junian - national disservice: get into NS?
junian - national disservice: you mean people want to get in?
?a?·u?i ?? ??LOVE: =/
?a?·u?i ?? ??LOVE: i do
-?ui?q?s-: apparently so...
?a?·u?i ?? ??LOVE: no one is as lazy as your spotlight hogging ass junian

Well I'm sorry my spotlight hogging ass might want to go to college during that time.

Some Clarity Required

Here's an interesting topic that came up last night.

[DisEnchanted]: i guess the 300 bucks isn't much of a motivation, huh
*unicef Demon Bound: I'd pay THEM 300 to not go
Screw Khidmat Negara: haha
the seething: id double that
Screw Khidmat Negara: u can get 300 bucks 4 stripping a whole night at a club lah
[DisEnchanted]: how the hell would you know?
Screw Khidmat Negara: u dont wanna know
junian - national disservice: wait they pay us to go?
the seething: im going to eat now
[DisEnchanted]: yeah
[DisEnchanted]: you get three hundred bucks
the seething: i hope the food isnt salty... WITH MY TEARS

Can anyone confirm this for me? I haven't been able to find it on any official website, but I've turned up a few blogs mentioning it.

There's no point of this picture being here. I just think it's cool.

Here's another. I initially heard that only one sibling from every family could be chosen. If you get picked, chances are your brothers and sisters wouldn't. Eliot says that's not the case.

Which means little Jamin, Dylan, Shern and Alison could still see the inside of a training camp.

junian - national disservice: i thought it was like the imperial army
junian - national disservice: one man from every family!
the seething: nope
junian - national disservice: i will be like mulan
junian - national disservice: cut my hair short and wear a corset
the seething: leave ur comb on ur fathers bed
the seething: ride out in the middle of the night
the seething: wait till the bus comes after lunch
junian - national disservice: yeah i imagine thats how it would work
the seething: a lot of singing

I want this toy.

The Rebellion

I was thinking about it, and... well, National Service is kinda like school. There are instructors and rules and... well, what keeps us from breaking too many school rules? The threat of expulsion, normally. But I don't see how getting expelled from National Service is a bad thing if you didn't want to go in the first place.

junian - national disservice: whats the worst they can do?
junian - national disservice: i wonder
junian - national disservice: call your parents?
junian - national disservice: solitary confinement?
the seething: sodomy
the seething: brutal, brutal sodomy

Probability

sherylgan: i calculated d probability
Li-Anne: *sheryl no life*

Well, I'm not going into details, but the outcome of Sheryl's calculations was that 25 people from our form would be chosen, or one out of every seven people.

Li-Anne: PROBABILITY SO WRONG
sherylgan: YES
sherylgan: last year
sherylgan: damn accurate lor

At this rate, it looks like Sheryl's going to be proven right by the end of the weekend.

The Remedy

junian - national disservice: apply for ns
junian - national disservice: omg who does that
yihui: mr low
yihui: so sad for u
yihui: think about the good side, u may meet a really hot chick there!
yihui: i always think like that if i am goin for a borin trip
yihui: and i always meet one or two

That could work, but I really like Daniel's way better.

junian - national disservice: why dont i have to go?
Screw Khidmat Negara: u can defer so when ure older u can buy ur way out.......thank you corruption!!

Boom!

Sequel

[AmonDeis]: is there a second batch or something?
junian - national disservice: thats... a good question
[AmonDeis]: i'll have to live in fear for another 3-4 months