The verdict is in…
…-complete.
I have good and bad news:
I took the prerequisite health test on Tuesday and, using my trump card, failed. Which means I won’t be doing the program after all. However, this doesn’t waive me from the regular army service. I will have to take another test once my stay in Taiwan exceeds exactly one year. Therefore I will once again be calling on my trump card and, if the results are the same, I will be exempt from service altogether!
This means though, that I will not be going home in August as originally hoped. The saga, it seems, continues…