updates from the past month

So many things happened in such a short time... i will not forget that fateful 19th June, that morning when i was still laying in bed..sleeping and my dad came in and whack me up with a letter.. notification of national service..and i am to report on the 26th.. a week.. i was so stunned and angry, i still have a lot of work on hand... grrrr... but the company have to release me.. i tried to postpone a week so that i can finish my peak period but it was not granted.. so angry, anyway i got in..

i met some very good friends there.. because of the small population of chinese.. we became very close to each other, we console each other.. one thing i do not understand.. time and again they emphasize on 1malaysia, but it seems like they are forcing us.. they do not allow us to wear our hair in anyway other than a bun and our fringe must be pin up.. above that, they encourage us to wear a tudung.. that is, cover up our hair fully like a malay.. that is too much.. and no folding of sleeves..

anyway, i got sick in there.. their so called medical services are really good.. take a lot of cold shower when you are having a high fever.. they do not realised that it will cause us even more sicker.. and the worse is that they are unable to provide proper food for a vegetarian, precisely why i got sick.. fever up to 40 degrees.. they still take it as if nothing is wrong until my fever keep coming back time and again, they let me go home... by the time i got home, i was ill with fever, cough, flu and constipation, i scared my mom awfully when for a duration of 5 days, i did not visit the toilet.. subsequently with good food at home, i improved..

then, my granny passed away on the day i am supposed to return to camp... so my leave has been prolonged.. and my sister and mom, thanks a lot for their help, they filed an appeal for me at the HQ, they met this nice officer who is willing to help as he himself admit that the camp is unable to provide for vegetarians.. he suggest me to get exempted and he will help me to.. which is why i am out now..

i have met the officer on tuesday, maybe it is the first time i met him, thats why i remain a bit skeptical.. although time and again, he promised i will get the certificate of exemption by mid september, and if i dont, call him.. hopefully he will keep his promise.. because i rather finish my NS now and not postpone further, even if i will lose my life in the end.. they are to take responsibility for whatever happens.. i have been living alone in uni for 4 years and working a lot of late nights for 1 year and yet, i have never been this sick..

since now i am out and about, my focus is to get well soon and go back to work, and now, i am praying very hard to get the certificate of exemption as soon as possible to ease my own worries.. and i hope, my dear friends, will pray for me too..