renewal run - the conclusion

 

Another three months had passed after 3/4 of us gotten our passport. Yun’s passport was sent back again and pending correction.

It was a long wait but no rush as we are not going anywhere and no pressure for alien resident certificate renewal.

At the beginning of fourth month, I had called up the representative office and asked around the passport matter. I got an negative feedback and retreated to the waiting posture.

However 2 weeks later, I got a call from the office and adviced me about the collection procedure again. The SOP applied; IC, receipt and collection need to be done personally.

I made a short discussion with Yun and planned the collection trip.

Yun would come back for a short break for a few days and both Ving and me would accompanied her for the collection.

The plan was disrupted as dragon cat got ill again and Yun had to take her for consultation and only Yun and I proceeded with the trip.

The journey on the HSR was uneventful and we reached the office by 10:30am. Out of my surprise, Yun got a brand new passport instead of old one with a correction of data on the catatan page.

We headed to NTU and had a great lunch at the Mr Chee Kopitiam which sold genuine Malaysian food.

Chee was one of my high school junior who had opened up a Malaysian restaurant near NTU. It tasted just like what we had in Malaysia with 3 times the price tag….Well, cheaper than buying a flight ticket of course.

The return trip was uneventful and Yun had gotten off the train halfway returning to her hostel. I reached home in one piece and life goes on….

I am real happy everything went out smoothly minus dragoncat who got admitted and stayed in the vet hospital for 5 days.

The renewal was costly as the to and fro HSR ticket cost NT3000+, the renewal fee NT2000 (1500 if you do it in Malaysia)….but the experience and lesson for Yun and Xian was priceless…..