Bye Bye PLKN, Welcome Career Life! (Part 2)

Alhamdulillah, finally I've ended the 11 weeks of 'training from hell'. As I've mentioned before, in this post, I'll share my experience and feeling as 'pelatih penangguhan'. Being among the eldest, jurulatih2 akan menaruh harapan yang agak tinggi kepada kami untuk membimbing adik-adik belasan tahun ni. That's why, most of the trainers kenal name2 budak2 penangguhan ni. Sampaikan kat sane aku digelar U41, UIA, ahli farmasi and even dapat gelaran 'doktor' by those trainers yang xtau name aku tp selalu borak2 ngn aku. And honestly, aku agak rapat dengan cikgu2 kat sana sebab aku lagi suke bersembang dgn dyorg compared to adik-adik. Alhamdulillah, I gained their trust and aku selalu diminta untuk tolong handle and prepare apa-apa yang melibatkan company atau event. Tapi, one thing, sbb ramai cikgu yang kenal, so i can't afford to make any mistake/disciplinary problem bcoz they'll lose respect to me. And that's what I hold on to till the end of the training. I even cried mase jumpe cikgu2 before balik tp xrase sdey pn bile nk tinggalkan adik-adik and member2 lain. Hehe.

with Cg Cay (the one in black) who always call me Dr. the other one is the Tuan Komandan Kem

Being among the university graduates, people will put high expectations compared to the rest of the trainees. There are two types of people who I've met, ade yang akan menyerahkan segala2 kerja kat kita dengan alasan "kitorg xpandai, xabis sekolah, kite x masuk u" while dyorg akan bergoyang kaki, bersandar di dinding sementara org lain siapkan tugasan yang diberi, dan ade sebahagian lagi yang langsung xhormat walaupun kite lagi tua. Aku pernah kena tengking ngan seorang mamat ni semata2 sbb aku bagi satu cadangan yang lain dari dye. Since then, memang aku totally lose respect to him wpon dye antara orang yang memegang pangkat dalam company.

Secara overall, I can say the experience in PLKN is an eye-opener for me especially on the harsh reality of the majority of the Muslim teenagers out there and it has taught me a lot to be more mature in handling these kids. FYI, based on the kaji selidik that has been done by Ustaz to all of the Muslim trainees, almost half of them dunno how to recite shahadah and basic things in solah such as al-Fatihah and tahiyyat akhir. It's a really sad situation and it reflects on how bad the society is and the problem is getting worse. Even some of the trainers did complaints to me that this group is the worst group they've ever met since they started working in the camp. Some of them are willing to learn more on Islam, but some doesn't even care.

More saddening for me is when the surau which is supposed to be 'a place to find peace and a place between us and Him' has somehow become the place to usha2 awek, ngorat celah tingkap, main2 mata and there are few who only sit at the back watching while others are praying. Sometimes, they even disturb others who are praying.

Honestly for me, PLKN doesn't actually achieves it objectives because I think most of them went out of PLKN with no improvements whatsoever in their attitude and knowledge because of their mentality. I don't want to put the blame on the government or the management of the camp, but it's more towards the attitude of the trainee itself. I don't mean to generalize because this is only based on my experience being in Kumpulan 3. Perhaps trainees in Kumpulan 1 & 2 are much better as mentioned by the trainers.

We won 1st place in marching competition!

Ahli dorm I2 yang kepoh~

We are the 'akak' in the dorm

Enough with all the PLKN stories. On a side note, I've finally received the offer to be the PRP at Penang. And here I am, in Penang, currently writing this post while waiting for tomorrow which will be the first day to report duty at JKN Penang. So, wish me all the best and may Allah ease. InsyaAllah.