A Heartwarming Visit To Camp By Sing Hong

Allen was posted to Similajau Camp to undergo a three-month national service (NS) starting from January 4 this year.

The NS was a rich experience for Allen. Before departure, we prayed to God to guide Allen through his NS life. Throughout the course of the NS, Allen topped on the list of our daily prayers. Praise Lord for listening to us!

Allen shared with us that he and his buddies were very much touched by a surprise visit by Sing Hung, a Form 5 classmate of Allen. Sing Hung was not selected for NS. One Saturday he travelled all the way to Kem PLKN Similajau, Bintulu to visit the buddies to boost their morale. The visit gave them all the warmth they needed.

The picture shows them posing for a group photo. L to R: Sing Hong, Joo Yew, Willis, Allen, Hua Joung.

Allen Back For Lunar New Year

Yian with Allen - Standing tall at 185cm, Allen has overtaken his mom in height!

Allen and his buddies - I snapped a shot for them when they came for New Year visit.

The mandatory military haircut at National Service camp left Allen with no choice but to put on a cap during his Chinese New Year break back in Sibu.

With suntan and the first degree military hairstyle, it took us a while to get used to his new look.

Allen has a lot of camp life to share with us. We are glad that he is taking NS very positively.

They posed another time for a group snapshot - (Left to right: Thou Yaw, Chan Lik, Chiong Sheng, Allen, Joo Yew, Hiong Ik and David)

Allen Going For National Service

The 4th of January took Allen onto a new journey leading him to an exciting arena of life experience - National Service.

When Allen and his buddies learned of their selection for NS months ago, they wrote in to the National Service Department requesting for preference of batch and camp. The department responded with a courtesy reply, asking them to check on the department's website in due course.

When the postings came out, they all didn't get what they wished for. Instead of Sibu, they were destined for Bintulu. Nontheless, it was still a wow since Similajau Camp is fascinating in many ways. They decided to take it.

Sibu Town Square was a bustling place where all the trainees assembled for embarkation and going off. The whole of the place was jam-packed under scorching sun. Yian was there to see Allen off.

Some junior youth fellowshippers of Hwai Ang Methodist Church turned out to give Allen morale support and give him a much-needed cheer!

I have always admired uniformed training with strict discipline. I am sure NS which is essentially paramilitary service would be a good exposure for Allen.

Cheers!

Photo source: United Daily News