JYSim for jobless-yokel Sim

For those who went overseas by AusEd, UniEd, IDP and agencies like that, be thankful even if they charge you a tonne over the administration. Recently TCU sent me this very short mail about getting my certificates certified. It sounds easy, but they specifically wanted it to be certified by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. Initially I thought everything is going to be smooth and it’s just a chop-sign business, that is, until this afternoon.
Dad called up the office and was told that, in order to get your documents into Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Kuala Lumpur, you have to photocopy your documents (that’s common sense), get it certified by Jabatan Pendidikan (in your state), then by Kementerian Hubungan Luar Negara (Ministry of International Affairs or something like that, in Putrajaya), and only then you can walk into the Office. Opening hours 9 to 12 noon daily, fees: RM55 per certification.
By then I was screaming in my head ‘What? Is this the Queen of England or what?’ I remembered what I studied in PA - ciri-ciri birokrasi: hierarki and peraturan-peraturan dan prosedur rasmi.
Sulking and cursing everybody who crosses my way, I shouted over the phone with several people while making plans to get my paperwork done while have fun during the holidays. After all, I deserved a break after the exam (ok, maybe not).
Mum came back and called her friend in Muar, whose daughter is going to the same U as me, studying the same course. She said her documents (not only academic documents, but also medical reports, recommendation letters, income tax form, bank statements etc etc) are ‘proven genuine’ by Makhamah Agung Malaysia before sending into Jabatan Pendidikan for verification and all the processes following behind. My jaw dropped when Mum decided to follow her way. Now, I have to:
- photocopy my documents
- correctly translate them
- buy a new ink tank to print my translated
- get a verification at Makhamah Agung Malaysia to say that this is an accurate translation of the original dicument (for BM documents only i.e. SPM slip, income tax form)
- bang into JPN and ask the head of department to verify the information on whatever’s printed on my documents (and in the love of God please let him not be on leave, on course, on maternity leave or on holiday)
- teleport myself to Puterajaya, start queuing from 5am and get a signature of whoever’s responsible for this thing.
- Concorde myself to Wisma Tun Abdul Razak, Jalan Bukit Bintang before 12 noon and pay RM55 per document, just for a rubber stamp mark and signature of whoever’s responsible again.
- return 3 working days later to collect my documents.
God have mercy on my soul. I have math paper tomorrow and I didn’t touch a single number or algebra just now because I was busy banging my head on the marble table. 3 things to kill Jun Yi - take away his broadband connection, give him 100 trigonometric questions, and make him do loads of paperwork and running about. Seems like I’m almost qualified for death except for streamyx, which is still working, yet.
I’m now praying for a miracle that these paperwork stuff won’t crash with my holiday plans. I know my classmates had whipped up something fabulous this hols, and I’m very honoured to be…well, sorta a guest of honour. I dare not trample and ruin everybody’s plans yet, not after Benjie’s.
Miracles do happen…i hope?

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