PLKN, Program Latihan Khidmat Negara experience !

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hello.

so this is my new blog, cheesecanfly ! my previous blog little-tyrant.blogspot.com is officially abandoned, aww. so i've been wanting to work on a new blog since a long time ago but i just didn't have the time as i was having my National Service at Kem Sembrong for the past three months, yeap, okay so the point of this very first post is to share my PLKN life experience in Kem Sembrong, Batu Pahat. I know that many of you guys out there who was chosen are anxious, nervous, and have no idea what to bring or prepare for this once in a lifetime experience, so i'm going to share some tips for you because i know that OMG feeling, trust me. When i received the TAHNIAH message, i was anxious and excited at the same time. Anxious, because i didn't know what exactly to expect in the camp, and i have no idea what to bring so i googled but there was only a few blogs that gave me some tips and reminders. Excited, because i, myself hope that i was chosen, i wanted to gain new experience, i wanted more friends, and i wanted to be brave. So i thought maybe through this blog, if you find this blog that is , you guys, the chosen one, will more or less benefit from it and get an idea or get the picture of what PLKN is all about. this will be a long one, and there will be loads of photos, enjoy =)

FYI : this is dedicated to the chosen ones, specially for you guys. But non-plkn-ers, feel free to read.

So, the first thing that popped into my mind when i received the letter, was ,
'' shit, what stuffs do i bring to PLKN ''
Here's a list of things that you must, should bring. 

• Toiletries which includes Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Shampoo, Body Shampoo, Facial Foam.
• Face toner for girls since boys are not particular about things like that
  (highly recommended, your face is going to be, so, dehydrated )
• Shaver for both genders. 
• Bucket or Pail.
• Brush
• Washing powder or liquid. 
• Soap ? up to you
• container or a small bag to put your toiletries. 
• Towels. 
• comb
• Slippers. 
• Padlocks ( lock your locker at all times in case of burglary, there were only a few cases in my kem )
• stationary ( scissors, staplers, markers, steel rulers will be confiscated )
• hangers ( 7 at least , no steel hangers though ) 
• Oilment, panadols, cough mixture etc. ( you can bring those but most probably they are going to be confiscated , unless you hide it well. you can use them though, after you are given permission. )
• nail clipper without the steel thingy to sharpen your nails ( sorry, i have no idea what that's called )
• food, cup noodles, drinks, tidbits, sweets etc etc. ( my kem's koperasi is pretty cool, they have loads of tidbits, chips, wangwang, ice cream, all sorts of drinks, sweets, pop corns, keropok, tamtam etc etc )
• mirror ( they will confiscate them too, no worries, there will be two large mirros in each dorms, and there are plenty in the washroom )

*all of the stuffs stated above can be bought at your Kem's Koperasi. so don't worry if you missed or left out anything

• clothing. ( recommend 5 t-shirts and 3 pants, shorts, trackbottoms )
• these clothes can be worn when you are in your dorm. when you are out of your dorm, you'll have to wear your PT SHIRT. Unless your jurulatih-in-charge gave you permission to wear BEBAS.
• socks ? 
• sport shoes ( up to you, because you will be given a pair of black sport shoes, they are nice to wear i like them )
• Sunblock ( MUST ) 
• Phone Charger. 
• Handphone ( you dont have to bring some lousy phone, bring some good ones, to capture the fun moments , the jurulatih wont steal your phone, seriously, PLKN isnt as bad as you think. but becareful, there are alot of stealing cases at the last week of kem. there are, still alot of idiotic ppl )
• MP3 ( they wont confiscate it, i wonder why . you can listen to it anytime , but not during class or activities, you can use it when you're eating, or during Kerohanian, Free and leisure time , etc )
• Guitars, musical instruments. 
• Traditional Clothes ( highly recomment to bring your own ones, you will wear them pretty often , it was very fun seeing all sorts of baju-baju , of course you can pinjam from your friends )
• Books, novels. 
• notebook
• pendrive ( our Tuan TKL copied alot of photos and videos to our pendrive )
• flashlight ( in the woods , or in case of any black outs in your dorm )
• Alarm clock ( up to you, because the Muslims will wake up very early around 4.30, , and they'll on all the lights and you'll wake up eventually, gotta thank them though ! they really trained us. thanks guys )
• A very big luggage to put all those stuffs in, and at the end of the kem, you have to bring back those PLKN issud stuffs. there will be ALOT, so dont hesitate to bring a BIG one. I know some of you guys would be like,'' huh, so big, so weird, so embarassing,so kiasu, kiasi etc '' NO, you will see gigantic luggages there. you'll really need it.

okay that's about it, i guess. hope i didnt left out anything. 

so let's continue to the Banned Items. 

• Jewellery 
• Non-Halal stuffs
• sleeveless shirts
• clothing that are menjolok mata. ( no belly-button-seeing sarree, and short Cheongsam )
• Sharp Objects 
• Pornographic stuffs
• Lighter
• Cigarettes ( ala, boys will surely bring those, and sell them to their friends, just be careful not to get caught, they often have spot-check in the dorms, especially the boys', hiding it in the ceiling does not work. you can hide in in the mattress, cut a hole, and stuff it in. there are plenty of ways, leave a message if you wanna know how to hide it well. the boys taught it to me. haha. )
• Liquor 
  
  
  PLKN issued stuffs/ items includes 

• Spike boots, Class shoes, Sport Shoes. ( you can bring all of it home except for the spike boots )
• Two pairs of gray colour socks for the spike boots 
• Two Pairs of white colour socks for the sport shoes
• Two pairs of black colour socks for the class shoes
• Two baju PT. ( blue coloured. Long sleeves for the girls )
• Two baju class. ( blue as well )
• Two pairs of Seluar Kelas 
• Two Pairs of track bottom ( very comfy )
• Two sets of Full Celoreng incluing inner celerong, outer, and trousers, belt, beret, rubberbands.
• One belt for the seluar kelas
• A cap with PLKN logo on it
• Shoe brush and Kiwi (shoe polish ) for the Spike boots 
• Bag pack which include, pocong, tin can, tin container, bottle ( used in Wirajaya and Kembara Halangan )

okay, so here are some photos ! sorry that i didnt take individual photos of those issued items. 

Me in my Baju PT and Seluar PT

Baju Tradisional
you can wear them every night :)

My Friends and I at Kota Iskandar

we are wearing Baju kelas and Seluar Kelas

Fennie and their fans 

this is Half Loreng which is Baju PT and Seluar Loreng

We were wearing Baju kompeni Alpha

not every kem has their own company shirt

we are one lucky kem 

Sembrong tetap ku sanjung.

That's about it. hope you enjoyed !

okay, i'm exhausted, can i continue tomorrow ? 

okay thanks ! 

will talk about the activities tomorrow ! 

thanks for reading though !