JPN Era Baru

"JPN ERA BARU" proclaimed the sign as we walked into the National Registration Department.

After the whole grand saturday night with Marco and Yohji, I found that I was without wallet. Damnit. 5th time according to the lady behind the counter. "Sorry boy, you have to pay RM120.00 to renew your IC, sorry ah."

Joseph and I arrived at about 11.55 .and got our numbers. It won't take long I said, they're pretty fast I said, the numbers climbed fast and steady 3146, our number's almost up (our numbers being 3150 and 3151) and then it's as if Hiro Nakamura froze time without freezing the people. The numbers stopped. The people got restless. Joseph had to make himself unavailable for work and an appointment at 2:30pm... yeah... it had been that long.

"Tuan Tuan dan Puan Puan, di harap anda bersabar kerana sistem komputer kita tergendala sebentar, kakitangan kita di Putrajaya belum lagi boleh menyelesaikan masalah teknikal, jika dalam setengah jam belum ada perkembangan *pause*... *pause*... *pause* .... saya akan membuat pengumuman yang lain, Sekian, Terima Kasih"

Translation :

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we hope that you will be patient as our computer system is down. Our personnel in Putrajaya have not yet solved our technical problems. If in half an hour there aren't any developments *pause* ... *pause* ... *pause*... I will make another announcement, Thank You"


Wha huh??.... so we waited til...3:15pm and then the numbers started pinging again... and in no time our temporary National Registration Identity Card or affectionately known as MyKad was ready. Actual face time was about 45 minutes, real waiting time was letsee... 3 hours and 46 minutes. Phew.... New Era my @$$.... apparently according to a complaint letter in the suggestion box, these things happen rather frequently... but then having said that, how come they know it happens so frequently?.... did they lose their MyKad more than 5 times already that they know the routine of the NRD.

I'm a very patient person... i really am, I can stand what a lot of people can't. And I wasn't too phased out by it but thinking back, this is like hours of my fantastic life I've wasted waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiting... *sighs*





On a brighter note : Picture Of The Day!


POTD : my new favourite drink. Teh-O-Ais Kurang Manis tanbah Redbull. Try it, you might like it ~grin~ it may be the most refreshing and waking up drink you've ever drunk.