busy week

Its been a while. I am currently busy reviewing docs/drawings. Maybe later tonight I'll blog.

And I need to prepare report as well for last week event. Hehe.

MTU oil and gas seminar

I wake up this morning and remember something. I am supposed to attend this seminar today. I had already confirmed with MTU last 2 weeks.

Honestly, i do think MTU should send a reminder to the participants yesterday. After all, most people is having holiday. Its school break.

And of course, i was supposed to put a reminder for myself. Hehe. Thats where a good and effective reminder device pretty much needed.

PDA? Hehe.

Government Officer

I've just called Sabah Immigration this morning. This is the excerpt of our conversation.

Me : Hello, nama saya ..... Saya ada apply passport d KL baru2 nie. Tapi
saya sabahan.
Officer : Kami suda terima tu fax, tapi kena tunggu la. Tunggu pengesahan.
Mau d proses dulu.
Me : Kenapa mau tunggu? Ni mau cepat nie.
Officer : Sebab bukan kamu satu orang jak apply nie. Kena ikut turn. Try
call ari isnin ni la.
Me : Nda boleh cepat lagi ka?
Officer : Suda beli tiket ka? Ni mo p mana nie?
Me : Belum. Mo apply visa dulu baru beli tiket. Ni mo p Pakistan nie. Kan
ada suda tu surat sokongan?
Officer : Kena proses dulu. Call la isnin.
Me : Emm..
Officer : Kamu try call esok petang la.
Me : Ok

She hang up soon after that. I didn't manage to thank her. Why is she not so friendly? I personally think their PR skill is need some enhancement.

I still dont get it. How MALAYSIAN in semenanjung can get their passport in just couple of hours. But in Sabah? They keep on delaying it. Now I know who is the real problem. Pity you (me..) SABAHAN..

Wednesday

It was supposed to be a Movie day today. Sob..Sob.. Ya lor, the ticked sold cheaper mah~!

But, I was informed by my Partner-in-movie-crime, she will be having supervisor's review in wednesdays starting today. The session supposed to finished in 6.30 PM. Well, lesson learnt from previous experiences, she will have to stay at the office later than that. Sometimes 8 PM or even 9 PM!

Midnite movie? nope. Tomorrow still kerja mah.. Hehe. I supposed movie entertainment will be on weekend only la ek?

Malaysia Pasport for Sabahan : The process and the hassle

I decided to settle my Passport today. Prior to that, I went asking around on how and what's the best and most effective way to do it.

To cut story short, I went to Pusat Bandar Damansara Immigration office. Arrived around 8.30, and surprisingly I didn't have to queue up too long. I was informed that the queue would be long if I arrived after 7.30 AM. Well, as long as I didn't have to wait too long, I dont care. Hehe.

I went to get the 'Nombor Giliran'. The officer in-charge informed me that it will take 10 days (at least) to process a sabahan passport. The reason why is that they need Sabah office to gave some docs before proceed with the process. 10 days just for a work that I should say require only email+phone calls only? Damn! We are in 2008 already. There should be a good integration between Sabah and Semanjung Immigration after 50 years Merdeka. (51 in couple of days).

Its like being alienated in your own country. Sabah is Malaysia. Sabahan is malaysian. If a semenanjung person managed to get his/her passport in 1 day why shouldn't I? I am a Malaysian.

Enough said. I didn't argue with the officer though because I already expected it. After the process, the Immigration Officer gave me a letter. A notify letter with includes statement like 'permohonan Tuan/Puan akan dirujuk ke Sabah'. Why, why and why..

As a result, I need my boss' some sort ultimatum letter (surat sokongan) to expedite the process. Hell yeah!. Like they even care!?

(reserved for her name)

At least, I have something good to share today. Just received this MMS from my sis. My newly born niece. Alhamdulillah.

Congratulation to my Sister, Hirdawati Abdul Hamid and her husband, Feby Arman Syarief.

My sis did mentioned this baby's name on the phone. I just couldn't recall it. Why? Well, y'know how parents named their babies these days. The longer the better~! Hehe.