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As I posted out in one of my earlier post, I have been selected for the National Service program in June. I then submitted an application form for postponement because my Diploma course will be starting before the date I have to report in to the camp. So I submitted the form on the 28th of March 2008 and was just hoping that it would be approved because if the application isn’t approved by them then I would be wasting my time since I would then have to wait for January 2009 to start college. I then called the postponement department to check on the status of my application, one lady then told me to wait for a postcard. I waited and waited and have not seen any postcard in my letter box. I received the notice letter notifying me of the camp I’m in and the date to report in on this week’s Tuesday (27th of May 2008), I was disappointed because there weren’t anything about the postponement. I called up the department to check knowing that something is not right, I was then told that there were no information or should I say no records of me submitting an application for postponement, to me it indirectly means that they have probably misplaced or lost the form I submitted because if they did received the form then I would at least know the status of it even if it was rejected. I went to their office the next day to double check if there really was no record of me submitting it and yes there really was no record of it. I then had to resubmit another form for postponement. I am really disappointed with the way they handle this, how could there be no records of me submitting it when I went to their office on the 28th of March 2008 and passed the form to them with my hands ? It was a lot of hassle taking public transports down to their office just to resubmit another application form. To all of you who wish to submit an application to postpone your National Service program, I advice you to always check on the status of your application or else you might be the next victim just like me.