...headache at the immigration office...

...arrived at the jabatan imigresen malaysia at about 6.55am and already the line was like more than 100 ppl infront of me. and i thought i was gonna be early. waited in line and many uncles and aunties were shouting here and there, voicing their dissatisfaction over the services provided by this govt dept. almost 9am i finally got my queue number :: 1140. current no was 1062.

so i looked for a seat and sat down; waiting and waiting and waiting. at about 11am there were alot of reporters who came and took pictures. ntv7, rtm were among the first few who came. they were recording the whole scene in the room, and that was when the service became faster and the queue number jumped so much faster than normal. the guy who scolded me the other day at the enquiry counter were smiling all the way. this is what they call good service.

more and more cameraman came in the small immigration office and camera were snapping all the way. no wonder lar, the deputy.home.affairs.minister datuk tan chai ho was there. he was seen shaking hands with some old aunties and cuddling a small boy and looking over the counter to see someone submitting their documents to make passport. and everyone crowd around him. haih, so famous mer? anyway, then after he left into the office,the queue number became slower and slower.

my turn finally came at about 11.45am. submitted my documents and waited again to pay. finally my turn at 12.20pm. paid up the rm300 to a very rude officer at the counter and left. received this receipt (rm300 gosh)

to sum up the whole ordeal::
a. rude officers all over the dept
b. only 1 officer who were smiling; and that was the guy in counter 3 who attended my application.

requirements to make new passport/renew your old ones::
a. make copies of your ic (front and back of your ic on the same page in an A4 paper. front of your ic on the top and back of your ic on the bottom)
b. make copies of your birth certificate. bring along the original just in case.
c. 2 copies of the passport photo; like blue in color background
d. complete your forms properly. (idiot, the form cost rm1)
e. if renew passport, bring along your old one.

tiring morning. spot me in ntv7 tonite! wakakaz...