All tasks related to my visa is done

Before I flew to KL I made a list of tasks that I needed to complete. I was afraid I might forgot or missed some of them. So making a list of tasks is probably the best way to ensure I have done all tasks. Basically the day I submitted my visa application in person, I had about 12 tasks all together and I must complete all of them before 12pm. Luckily, I've already done some of them in KK and two tasks left in KL. The first one it was to get a banker's confirmation letter from maybank which was so difficult and they were very fussy about this thing and the second thing that i needed to do was to submit my visa application in person which could be fairly easy. But all what I thought was never easy. Firstly I had to wait for about 2 hours to get my banker's confirmation letter. Initially they didn't want to issue it for me with the reason I didn't have my passbook for final signature verification. But it seems like the manager recognised my face although it has been two years since our last met in his office. At last about 11.15am I got the letter and my appointment was 12pm. Wow..i was really running out of time and my nephew left the car just outside maybank tower. We took a taxi to wisma MCA and managed to arrive there about 15 minutes before my appointment.

I went up to floor 19 and went through the security check. I left all my bags and my nephew outside the appointment room. There was a beautiful malay girl but she actually looked like a sabahan girl. She probably is a sabahan girl but because we were speaking in english it was hard to recognise whether she is a malay girl or sabahan girl (or maybe from sarawak). But one thing for sure she doesn't have the look of malay. Okay..okay...it doesn't matter. She checked all my documents and I missed two very important things. The documents didn't mentioned on teh VAF website but when I came there they ask me to provide them. First the form self assessment and second one was a bank draft (i paid cash before but they don't accept it anymore and didn't mention on their website). Anyway, I rush out to maybank to make a bank draft about rm1500 for the processing fee (bloody expensive). I took the self assessment form and filled it in while waiting for my queue. Oh the form has about 10 pages and it took me ages to complete it. After all was okay, the girl filed it in and put them in the envelope ready to be assessed by the British High commission. At last they took my biometrics data and I was done!!!! Thanks God for answering my pray that morning. It took me about 2 hours and 30 minutes to do all those things. It never easy as I thought.

Maybank banker's confirmation letter

First, I would like to say it's not easy!! (I'm in maybank tower in KL waiting for my letter and it takes ages) I must say Maybank is so fussy about this thing but their fault because what's the purpose of internet and computers technology if they still need my bankbook or my passbook for verification. I find this method to verify my identity as their customer is ridiculous and very naive. I believe they can just take the photocopy of my passport and IC if they afraid I was cheating. They can simply chase me easily using those two documents.

About two weeks ago I went to Maybank in Kota Kinabalu requested a banker's confirmation letter for my visa application. After about an hour waiting they said they can't issue it as I need to go to the branch where I opened my bank account. I was like shit!!! come on...is that mean I have to fly up to Penang which about 3 hours journey by plane from Kota Kinabalu? Alternatively, I can go to maybank HQ to get it. That must be very annoying because I need to fly thousand kilometers just a get a piece of paper. I was so upset and rang the British High Commission in KL. I was wondering whether I need to go to KL to submit my visa application or not. They said yes I do need to go to KL as they would need to take my biometrics data. Whatever..so it was okay because the British High commission and Maybank are quite close.

I flew to KL yesterday together with my niece and nephew. I got up about 6am in the morning to avoid the traffic jammed. From Serdang we drove up to KL about 7am and just managed to escape from the congested road. We arrived at maybank about 9.05am about 10 minutes before they opened. Sharp 9.15am the doors opened and I came in with a big dream hoping all goes well. Well, I had to go to three counters before I reached the correct person who can issue me the letter. I came into Nilam room and the clerk greets me "Good morning. May I help you?". Then I started the conversation. She asked me to write a simple letter requesting the manager to sign the banker's confirmation letter. I did it in about 10 minutes. Well, I gave her the photocopy of my passport and IC. So strange because they never did this before. In 2009 I did it so smoothly and they weren't so fussy.

After I wrote the letter and gave all my details the clerk asked me to wait outside and she will call me when it's ready. Phewww...I said almost done! A few minutes later she came to me and said they need my passbook or bankbook for final verification. I said I don't have the book because when I opened it last time in Penang they didn't give me the book. Phew!!! guess what she said..."we can't issue the letter and I have to go to Penang where I opened my bank account. Only the manager at there can issue the letter." OMG!!!! what the hell and shit!!!! come one maybank...you can verify me just by looking at your computer. It was so annoying. Then I was begging to the manager and at last he said they need to fax them my passbook sample to get my signature which maybe a bit late...well I have no choice but hope queensbay maybank can fax my passbook sample as soon as possible. I'm running out of time...my appointment with the british high commission is at 12pm. God I need to your help.

Update: I'm done after 2 hours at maybank and 2 hours 30 minutes with the british embassy appointment. Follow up the journey here

A memory in Scotland: My long journey

It has been a long week and very tiring ones for me. After a great tense on my brain for many months I've been waiting for something uncertain at last a great news received last week from the university. My proposal has been received and won one of the six departmental scholarships. Maybe I was just lucky or maybe because my proposal was really good or maybe not many proposals were competing with mine. Whatever the reason was, I don't care all at as long as I got the scholarship.

Anyway, the picture was taken back in Scotland last year. One thing I really remember that time my toe bled and I was so bloody busy with my web scripting project. Another memory is the weather was so bloody bad and as we were approaching the summit the snow was getting thick and thicker. I remembered at one point about 15 minutes to the top the snow was very thick up to my knee and I slipped. It was a very scary moment because I slipped away about 15 meters form my other friends. I used my ice axe tried to stop from slipping away but it didn't work. Luckily a friend of mine just saw me and I just managed to grabbed it. Phewww!!!! Thanks God!

Last night I looked some of my pictures on my laptop. Make me thinking still a long way to go before I could start my career journey. Looking at this picture it made me think that I was pointing out how far would I need to walk or even run?

I don't know but I need to stay focus on doing my PhD first and then maybe would do a post doctorate research. Mmmmm...I am tired planning my future. But the most important thing is I hope I will never feel tired doing what I've planned.

Do you still love your dad IF

I knew I would hurt you BUT..

I knew I would hurt you but I never meant to do it. I am just on my own in my world paddling my rotten boat crossing the journey of river life. I sometimes drawn but not quite because I just managed to reach my paddle and rotten boat. Get back on the old boat and continue the journey doing the same thing, paddle and again and again. I'm not sure when I will arrive at my destination but I hope it won't take too long.

I'm sorry...because I never told you about the truth of me. I wanted to tell you but if I stop lying I'll just disappoint you. Because I loved, I didn't want to hurt you and I didn't want you to cry for me. All I want was to make you happy when we were together. I always wanted to do the best for you but and always wanted to be the best but I always failed to show it or even to make it happened. I cried and screamed but nobody could ever hear me even to see it.

I'm sorry because I've told you so many lies when we were together. I was so afraid of loosing you if I told you the truth. I tried to hide what had happened and tried to keep all the secrets of mine. I can't let you know or I knew I would lose you that time. If I lost you later at least I had spent a bit longer time with you.

I'm sorry because I didn't tell you that I would hurt you one day because I knew it would happen but please remember because at least you we had great times together which will be always remembered. Don't forget those moments because they are so beautiful and although they never grow anymore but at least it would stay there till the our last breaths.

I'm sorry again because I hurt you....

Love could ruin your whole life journey

Love is just a single word contains only four alphabets but could change the whole world of someone. I first time fell in love when I was 16 years old. That was back in my old school at a rural area in Sabah. The relationship lasted only 2 years before we were separated by hundreds miles with two different places. I started to enjoy the meaning of love since that time although it was hurt when it didn't work at all. It was confusing when it slipped from what you've planned.

Love is dangerous when you keep it in your head because it will control your whole life. The truth is people think and make decision use their brain and when your brain is controlled by Love you would be someone who would face loads of disappointments. When a love is in your head all the time you would fall in love with someone easily or you would be in a zig zag world which has lots of uncertainties.

I've experienced many situations just like you did or maybe just in a different situations but the end result would be the same which was disappointment or in a romantic word called as broken heart. I used to be so much in love with someone but it didn't stay long as we wished. It went down just when it started to bloom. I never thought I could be as hurt as that and never knew it was so painful till it put tears on my eyes. I was crying listening to the last voice on phone and that time I knew I would not going back anymore. I knew I will just continue my new journey. It was so painful till the next time I had it again.

This time it was more painful and made me think the truth of James Marisson's song titled "the first the deepest". It doesn't matter because the main thing is I lost my love again. I used to loved it so much but this time the destiny didn't allow us to be together. I had prayed to God but He answered that's not my best path of life. I was hurt again but I stayed strong even though the strength didn't stood longer and slipped sometimes.

Because of love I've learned so many things in life I raised and down, cried and laughed, sometimes felt funny with life. But then because of love it gave me something that I never thought I would get it. But the most notable, love changes my plan which makes me struggle in life. I just hope in the future all what I'm doing now would give me some rewards.