Fortunate few?

I got this straight from The Star Online:

"Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also Defence Minister and chairman of the Cabinet Committee on NS, said those enlisted should feel fortunate to be picked from a pool of 471,376 individuals. "

FORTUNATE? if anything, i pity those who got chosen. They randomly chose 85,000 people attend national service. thankfully, i didnt get chosen. phew. haha. i know a few people who got chosen though, and theyre not too happy about it. happy or not, they still have to go through it. at least its not as bad as singapore's and thailand's version of the ns.

if you still dont know wether or not you got chosen, you can check out the official national service website here

i also read that if you dont attend, you will be punished as you are going against the law. thats right, they made it a law that you HAVE to attend the thing if you get chosen. if you dont, then they can sentence you to half a year in prison, a fee of rm3000 ringgit or both. but even after the sentence, you still have to go through national service in the following year. fucked up.

-iglue