Improved Service

Today I went to the Immigration office in the old Subang airport to renew my passport. Much have been said about our government service industries, today I finally get a first hand experience myself. I would agree that yes, their services have definitely improved much compared to ten years ago. I still remember when I first followed mum to the Immigration Office to make a new passport.. It was so packed I have to stand in the line for ages and ages... then it took about 2 weeks to wait for the passport to be ready and collect. Today, I've done everything.. in ONE day.. let's say... maybe only half a day. I was there at about 9am, took number and 15 minutes later I'm at the counter getting my finger prints done. Half and hour later I was already at the cashier paying RM300 for the fees. Then I hanged out at the the nearest McDonald because they need to take 2 hours to complete your book. at 12pm I'm back at the Immigration office and voila! My passport is done! cool! I can head back to work then.....sigh....

Overall, it was good actually.. comparing to the hours of sweat and stress that we use to have when the thought of making a passport comes to mind.

However, I still think there are some improvements that need to be made:

1. There are not enough signage and information visible enough for the public on what you should prepare and which counter you should go to take your number etc. Yeah, there ARE some signs and papers sticking on the wall explaining some of the information, but they're dark and the papers/posters are dirty. Malaysia... we should uphold our country's image as a nation that is clean and systematic and this should be shown especially in our

government industries as they directly represent us.
2. Toilets! Need I say more...

3. Service with a SMILE and politeness. "Eh.. you pergi sana take photo! then balik cari I!"

In order to improve our image.. we should use at least proper English / Bahasa Malaysia.

Besides the above, I guess the overall rating would be good (^_^) keep it up Malaysians!
Oh ya! Happy Independence Day, Malaysia! MERDEKA!

I'm going to Putrajaya to watch the fireworks tonight~~ hopefully the traffic won't be too congested.. :p

A * \ Blasting / * Weekend

My first presentation as an Allianz Life Insurance Agent. Yes, finally the result of the exam is out and… I PASSED! with a grade ‘C’ :p hehehe… hey not bad for a person who haven’t study at all and only manage to read through the model questions in the 20 minutes of LRT ride on the way to exam. I was thinking.. ok, if I failed…then forget about it… but then I passed! Oh no… now I have to do a regular presentation of at least 6 people per week in order to get at least one closing per week to achieve my RM10,000 premium (T_T) how… I’m still wondering why am I so enthusiastic in signing up for the test in the first place! I don’t have any friends that works with Allianz, nor even any acquaintance.. and I actually just “volunteer” to explore a new “path” of career and here am I… selling Income Plan and all… sigh… since I’m in.. I might as well make it a target to achieve what I set out to do.. though the exam fee is not much, still.. I’m the kind of people who would stay and walk till the end of the race if I have decided to start one. So.. support me my friends!!!! Actually the Income Plan was quite good I even bought one myself.. the up side is you only pay 10years of premium and that’s it! After the 10years you only sit back and get the 7% fixed income of the sum assured… so in addition of getting paid you’re also insured! Think about it… and call me… (^_^)

August 25^th, today at the Pyrofest Fireworks Competition… Team Italy coloured the sky of Putrajaya with quite a spectacular fireworks display! It was far better than Team Australia that I saw on Wednesday. The place was not too crowded and I’m glad that it’s also windy and cool. I was there with 2 of my friends and since I’m the only one that brought a camera that night… I’ve recorded the whole 22minutes of fireworks display. Gosh…my hand… it’s so tiring.. and I’m trying so hard not to move my hand too much not even a slight shake as then the movie will be blur and it wont turn out nice. It’s worth it though (^_^) however I was kinda tired that night.. after waking up at 8am in the morning on such a nice weather…then go to class.. then do a practiced presentation for YeeLeng… then shopped… then at night holding my camera the whole night trying to be as motionless as possible for 22 minutes even there’s a lizard crawling on my feet…(-_-)… I’m soooo tired…. An eventful day! Thanks Kar Fai for being the driver of the night! J okie… time go zzzzz…. Tired…. (actually this was written on Saturday nite but is posted today due to no network connection :D )

I've got my blog back!! again....

Wow! Look at my previous post! Oct 2005!!! I can't believe it's actually been 2 years since I last wrote something here... let's say.. the past 2 years was really crazy... I worked in a job that require s me to be on call day and night.. imagine going to work at 4am in the morning! the up side was... I've met lots of cool friends and great colleagues that taught me many things! LOVE YA'ALL!!!!

Then now, I've change to a new company... new faces and new job scope... Yeah, life is definitely not as hectic as before as this company encourage people to go home early.. that is 5.30pm! Gosh, I'm so not use to this! I used to go to work when the day is bright and go home when it's dark. But now... when I stepped out of the office... "ahh~~~there's still sun~~~" :p So now... it's pretty cool... I've got more time for myself, for my friends (but sometimes I'm so lazy to go out... unless somebody is willing to drive ^_^ ), then I joined a gym, did Yoga (man, you actually sweat tonnes with minimum movement! for lazy being me...I like!) Life does seems a bit different now... as it's not all about work anymore... But I do miss being with people I like... as I've joined a company that is 100 times bigger (in terms of employee headcount) than my previous... the working environment sure is different... so wish me luck people!

Oh ya, on Friday, a dare from my colleague made me signed up on the yahoo sports premiership fantasy football! For an ordinary girl like me... who would have imagine??!! It would be cool for a ignorant girl like me to get, okay maybe not TOP but a good enough ranking and beat all you soccer crazy guys! Hey, it feels great to see the points I've earned and move up the ranking one step at a time! :p Do you know who is who that you're buying and selling? sure I do! I think.... who cares if I could bust you soccer freaks!!! hehehe...

Yesterday, I attended a friend's wedding... the thing I liked about malay wedding is they dressed up like prince and princess.. the Raja Sehari thingie... it's cool! Their wedding theme is Blue so the canopy, the whole set up was all blue in color... I like the groom's baju melayu with a real Keris at his waist...
After the wedding, we planned to go for a karaoke session in Neway... when we're there, as usual, one of us would register in order to get a room and then... "I'm sorry sir, we regret to inform you that you have been blacklisted in our database and is banned from entering all Neway outlets" what the??!! Now, this is something... I will not elaborate on why and when and how... Let's say his friends drank a lil' too much on the last occasion and "accidentally" crashed the glasses, microphone, wall, tables, in-room toilet etc creating such a mess that I guess they could not have imagine... so they decided to blacklist the name that made the reservation, that his... my friend who doesn't really know what happened that night since he left early. And there, we're staring at him with disbelief and shock and then laugh "man! blacklisted from all the karaoke joint in malaysia! you must have done some really bad things!" well... lesson learned :p

The Malaysia Fireworks Competition!!! I really really wan to see it.... anybody interested? I saw the pics in the newspaper and it looks so awesome!! I want I want I want!!! Let's see if I have a chance to talk about that in my next post! >.^ Have a great week guys!