Welcome!

Welcome to DinyahLoreng.com!

A site dedicated to all the "wira and wirawati" that went or are going for National Service (Program Khidmat Negara) in Malaysia.

First of all. Dinyah-what?

Dinyahloreng is a term we came up with to depict the unstriping of the National Service (NS) uniforms. 'Loreng' is short for 'Celoreng' (the term used to describe the NS striped military-like uniforms) and 'Dinyah' refers to the process of 'Undoing' or 'Removing' something (e.g. dinyahwarna - to remove the colour). It is a figurative way of saying that we would like to dig deeper and cut through the stripes of NS to unravel its true face. Uncut, uncensored and unstriped.

Many of us who are going for NS are not sure what to expect. Will it be tough? How are the toilets? Must I cut my hair? Why ME?

We at DinyahLoreng.com. know what it's like to be chosen for NS. Anxiously waiting, crying, throwing tantrums and bracing ourselves for the worst possible scenarios. We felt it too right from the moment we received the fateful "tahniah anda dipilih" line when we dialled the number with quivering hands. We want to put those fears to rest (or err, realise them) through the articles in this website.

The articles range from topics of what to do, what to bring, what to expect... along with other areas of interest such as the cheers performed during group events, and our very own 'Top Ten of NS".

Hopefully, you will be able to get a clear picture of what to expect, and be able to prepare yourselves adequately to face NS. What to bring, and what to discard, how to act and speak, methods of outdoor survival and what not.

For those of us veterans who have already gone, we have a few pages totally dedicated for you to put up your experiences... the horror, the gore... romance and passion. Stories like tales of miraculous survival and accounts of true love found, and your daily escapades.

As yet, the pages remain quite empty, but that will change as we fill it with all your narratives, accounts and insights of National Service in Malaysia. Although we realise that nearly all of the blog-site is in English, we hope that we will draw trainees who speak other languages as well. Don't worry about your grammar, this is not a boring lesson. Rojak, baku, whatever...it's all good. We encourage you to send in your stuff to make this site more effective and informative, as well as more fun.

So there you have it. DinyahLoreng.com.

Uncut, uncensored, unstriped.

We hope you'll enjoy your visit.