Matric preparation

     yesterday I spent most of my time with my father. not for some lovely father and daughter things like shopping and all that but to settle my Matriculation stuff. first we went to Pahang State Foundation to claim for RM500. I never knew that Pahang Government would be kind and generous enough to give away such vast sums of money to SPM leavers who got a place in IPTA. before I got the cash I first needed to complete a form. I only presented the offer letter without any other documents. so we left without the money.

     then we headed to Bank Islam. it was crowded with people and some of them had just the same idea like me. wanted to create an account. among many other Matriculation colleges only KMPh requires its students to have a Bank Islam account and I'm not sure why. perhaps only Bank Islam is available in Gambang. anyway the bank does have a lot to offer. we're able to check our current balance, pay numerous kinds of bill and top-up directly from our mobile phones. but only one thing isn't settled yet at the bank. the ATM card. the bank authority couldn't produce any ATM card because they're currently offline. so we need to come back later.

     after several hours at home collecting documents that needed to be copied plus had lunch and etc we went to a photo shop in MARA Building to copy documents and make my passport photo to be attached to the previous form mentioned.

     next we went to Pahang Federal Building where my father used to work. there we met my father's friend who works as a doctor as well as the Chief Assistant Director. he was asked to be the witness. while my father helped him with the papers he gave me some piece of mind. knowing that I'm taking Science course. acknowledging that my sister's studying abroad in medics. I just nodded and said "insya-Allah" repetitively.

     lastly we got back to the Foundation. filled another form. before the envelope in which the cash was in met its owner, the officer asked with a smile, "dapat Matrik je ke dik?". I just smiled. "rasanya kalau dapat lain (universiti) tak pergi dah Matrik ni kan?". why? what's wrong about studying in Matric? firstly she made me a bit confused. then she got me misunderstood. and I decided to care less.

     now I got the money. and it'll be used to pay the fee. totally relieved.