everyday when i got home, the first thing i would do is to check the mail. who knows there might be some
letter(s) from secret or non-secret admirer(s) (as if) presents from contests that i've entered, or perhaps a wedding invitation, or any mail for that matter. one day in the holy month of Ramadhan, i received a
surat kompaun from MBSA. what a bummer. currently, MBSA is having a
Kempen Membayar Kompaun 50%. right. as if people would 'run' to MBSA and pay upon hearing that. here's the thing. in my
kompaun, the date of offence was 5 April 2007 at 2011hrs at Seksyen 14, Persiaran Institusi (Plaza Alam Sentral area). was i in Shah Alam at that particular time and date? i have no idea. obviously, i can't remember.
since i was in Shah Alam on Wednesday morning i thought i might as well go to MBSA and check about the alleged summon. [note the word alleged is used here because i have no proof as yet]. the parking lot was dark and scary. after parking my car, i couldn't find the stairs or lift to the relevant floor. i went up the stairs only to find myself at the banquet hall, which is really dark and there was no one around, even though it was 11am. so i went down again. tried locating another stairs but still nowhere to be found. then there was this
pak guard (finally) so i asked him and he directed me to the stairs. he told me to go up the stairs, there will be a lift, go to Ground floor. i finally arrived at Ground floor and went to the
Kaunter Bayaran. luckily there were not many people (told ya people won't go running to pay their
kompaun). i said to the lady that i wanted to check my summon because it was last year and i have no copy of the summon. she told me to go to
Bahagian Penguatkuasaan on the 12th Floor. so up i went. there was this two ladies at the
kaunter so i said i want to see the status of my summon. she went and checked and after 5 minutes or so, she came and tell me,
"saman akak xde dalam sistem la." i bet you can expect my reaction. i said,
"xde dalam sistem? macamana boleh xde dalam sistem? kalau xde, macamana boleh dapat surat ni?" she replied,
"mungkin belum masuk sistem lagi kot." "xkan la xmasuk sistem lagi. awak tengok bila tarikh kesalahan ni. dah setahun lebih, x masuk sistem lagi?" "itu saya xpasti la kak tapi nyatanya dalam sistem xde." "ok kalau xde dalam sistem, mesti ada fail ke apa kan. saya nak tengok carbon copy saman ni sebab saya xde copy saman ni. kalau xde bukti, macamana saya nak bayar, kan?" she replied,
"xde la kak, sebab mungkin diaorang xhantar sini lagi." i took a deep breath and said,
"xhantar sini lagi? mana perginya? kesalahannya kat area2 sini. HQ kat sini, so xkan la dah setahun lebih xsampai2 lagi kot. bawak pergi mana saman2 tu?" i think they cannot
tahan me already so they told me to go to level 2,
Bahagian Undang-Undang. yeah, send me all around people! off i went...at the door, it was written
"SILA SENTUH KAD DI SINI. PAS BOLEH DIDAPATI DARIPADA PIHAK SEKURITI DI TINGKAT BAWAH" and of course those bimbos up there did not have the courtesy to tell me
lah kan! so i had to go down and get the card from the guard and then went up again, regardless that i'm using the lift.
speaking of the lifts, it is the most stupid system i've ever come across (so far). imagine that they have eight lifts, 4 on each side. the stupid thing was, this 4 lifts yang
sederet goes to certain floors, while the other
deret goes to certain floors. and the gaps between the lifts are quite far and there was even a 'lane' in the middle. so when i pressed the button on this side of the lift, i won't be able to know if the lift is open on the other side because it is far and there's no sound. there were a few times i missed the lift because the other side's lift was open and i didn't notice it. no wonder the light went off and i had to press time and again. confused? i was too but the point is it is stupid.
anyway i went to
Bahagian Undang-Undang but before that i called up a friend asking if there are any of our friends who are in
Bahagian Undang-Undang MBSA so she gave me her friend's number. who knows i might be able to pull some strings and get further reduction (
dah macam sale pulak). nobody was at the
kaunter but there was a card written
"SILA TEKAN LOCENG" which i did but the
loceng was
rosak and the button went
tergolek2! i had to pick it up and screw it back on and then
baru ada bunyi. a young chap came out so i told him yada yada yada. he went and check and said that there's nothing he can do about it. he doesn't know/doesn't have the carbon copy of the summon but he printed out a copy of the summon, just like what i received in the
kompaun. what the heck for, right? he told me that i could deal with the officer but of course the officer was not in. i was not surprised, at all. i said to him,
"kalau xde copy saman, macamana saya nak bayar? kot2 korang main tembak je. pastu dan2 buat 50% diskaun. lepas raya pulak tu. siapa nak bayar lepas2 raya ni?" fyi, the campaign started from 2 September to 31 October. then the other guy (my friend's friend) said,
"sebenarnya kempen ni dah dua bulan dah. dari bulan puasa hari tu." clever answer. NOT! i retorted and said,
"haaa lagi la! ada ke nak raya suruh orang bayar saman? pastu lepas raya? ni taktik je ni. sebabnya siapa je nak bayar saman sebelum raya dan selepas raya. pastu last2 orang x bayar, korang keluarkan notis, pastu orang terpaksa bayar full jugak, kan?" i almost, almost see them blush hahaha. they told me to write a letter or something but i said by the time my letter reaches the hands of the relevant person, the campaign will be over already. and to cover their
malu (i think) they said,
"kalau macam tu akak jumpa datuk bandar la." wahhhhh sempat perli i pulak!!! so i said,
"aah ye. sedangkan pegawai pun xde inikan pulak datuk bandar." since i know the conversation is going nowhere, i left. without paying, of course.
so now i need your opinion/suggestion. should i or should i not pay the
kompaun? the campaign is ending real soon. to pay or to ignore? if i pay,
skema gila! and
membazir! i'm sure there are a lot of other people who's
kompaun is more than mine. but then if i don't pay, what if later on they tell me to pay? by the time surely i'm gonna have to pay full. does anyone here receive the
kompaun too? anyone? btw, the total payable is RM55 (after discount). but still!!!
The Groom getting groomed up as well
the end product
before leaving the suite, The Bride & Groom took pictures with the inang-inang. And right before berarak masuk the grand ballroom, a photo session with the VVIPs took place.
the grand entrance
doa recital
merenjis & menepung tawar
makan beradab
speech by The Father and Ms. Bridesmaid
photo session
toss the bouquet!
phew~
they are my pengapits
