18th August 2009, Tuesday
Singapore Custom been experiencing system breakdown since yesterday. It was really bad. Yesterday evening my colleague, Chloe and I tried to squeeze into bus kilang to get back to JB.. However, instead of squeezing into the bus, we were pushed out by the crowd and I nearly fell down..
However, comparing to JB checkpoint.. I would say that JB checkpoint is experiencing system breakdown almost everyday!! or even more significantly during weekend and public holiday!!
Besides the "excellent design" of the checkpoint building and routing planning, which is horribly poor, most of the officers doesn't seems to respect their principle and/or work ethic!!
If you have a chance to experience, please take note of a A4 or A5 size paper stick at the side of each counter, where the officer place their big buttock. The 5 words shown in the paper : pandang (look), senyum (smile), ucap (greet), khidmat (service), terima kasih (thank). Seriously, i don know whether this message is to show the visitors, citizens, or the custom officers??
Sometimes i really doubt --- could the officers confirm that they are scanning the right passport, when they don even look at me at all??
Here is another joke... I normally take cab back from Bugis to JB after my Saturday duty (once a month).. because JB checkpoint suffer the most horrible massive conjested traffic (human and vehicles) during Saturday. One day, when i took the cab with other strangers, the officer told one of the man that his passport is black-listed. I believe when he says "black-listed", he meant that the man are not allowed to leave Malaysia with that passport (legally).. However, the man is actually on his way back to Malaysia!! You mean, he is black-listed and not suppose to come back to Malaysia? But his passport was scanned and stamped, by the immigration officer, to leave Malaysia!! So, what is what now? Confusing huh?
Well, no matter what, this is how Malaysia cuture works -- flexible... haha..
However, comparing to JB checkpoint.. I would say that JB checkpoint is experiencing system breakdown almost everyday!! or even more significantly during weekend and public holiday!!
Besides the "excellent design" of the checkpoint building and routing planning, which is horribly poor, most of the officers doesn't seems to respect their principle and/or work ethic!!
If you have a chance to experience, please take note of a A4 or A5 size paper stick at the side of each counter, where the officer place their big buttock. The 5 words shown in the paper : pandang (look), senyum (smile), ucap (greet), khidmat (service), terima kasih (thank). Seriously, i don know whether this message is to show the visitors, citizens, or the custom officers??
Sometimes i really doubt --- could the officers confirm that they are scanning the right passport, when they don even look at me at all??
Here is another joke... I normally take cab back from Bugis to JB after my Saturday duty (once a month).. because JB checkpoint suffer the most horrible massive conjested traffic (human and vehicles) during Saturday. One day, when i took the cab with other strangers, the officer told one of the man that his passport is black-listed. I believe when he says "black-listed", he meant that the man are not allowed to leave Malaysia with that passport (legally).. However, the man is actually on his way back to Malaysia!! You mean, he is black-listed and not suppose to come back to Malaysia? But his passport was scanned and stamped, by the immigration officer, to leave Malaysia!! So, what is what now? Confusing huh?
Well, no matter what, this is how Malaysia cuture works -- flexible... haha..
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