Police Report (3)

aku dpt call dr polis ari tu, awal pagi jam 6.30am... dia kata "datang balai polis hari ni ok! kena dtg!!!" so lepas siap2 nak g keje... aku trus ke balai polis dulu sblm masuk ofis. hantar sms kat office mate kata lambat masuk ofis ari ni sbb nak g balai polis.

sesampai je kat balai polis, aku muncul je kat depan pak polisi yg deal kes aku ni terus dia angkat tangan mcm marah. masa tu dia tgh on the phone, so dia tak lah marah aku. letak je telefon... dia cakap

"hey rizal, kenapa lah ko tak bg lagi id kawan ko tu? aku dah bg tau kan no telepon aku? kenapa ko tak sms? kenapa tak call? nape tak dtg n bagi no id tu. tu je aku nak!!! sekarang kes ni dah nak masuk kes besar. dah nak kena tahan kereta ko tu! apasal ko tak bagi???" (semua in arabic campur2 english lah... ni aku translate based dgn apa aku paham lah...)

aku jawab.." er er... sorry"

dia cakap... dah... g bagi kat org sana... pastu dia jerit kat assistant dia, suruh isi report kes and ambik id nombor kawan aku tu. semua computerised. and sesudah je dia isi report tu. aku dpt sms "your car is no longer needed by the police"... pergh... tu je ke...

settled... dia cuma nak id kawan aku tu sbb dia nak isi form sapa pemandu kereta. tu je. n aku nampak dia tulis kat report bertulis, takde kes. so kes ditutup. alhamdulillah...

pengajaran... kalau ada calar2 bekas2 langgar dinding sbb parking or langgar tong sampah ke, baik lah repair cepat2. so aku pun buat lah report/minta kebenaran utk buat general repair kat semua calar2 satu kereta. dah dpt pun. n aku kena lah repair within 1 month. after that, tiida would be beautiful, mcm br beli...

Sudah Berlesen...

Alhamdulillah...

My wife dah dpt lesen... ni approval n signature yg dia dah passed test... kind of assisted test jugak lah, no preparation and tak sempat nak nervous pun. so now she already licensed to drive around lah...

DTFF - still kelam kabut

As said in previous entry, minggu 26 October - 31 October ni, byk event... i.e. to be specific 2 je lah.. tp 2 big events... we had WTA championship and Doha Tribeca Film Festival. 2 world events. as tahun lepas aku tak g opening tribeca, tahun ni aku plan to go... along with my wife, zaireen and fairul...Tahun ni opening kat the newly open cultural village.. impressive build up tp setahu aku sejak aku dtg sini, tempat ni dibina for no reason... finally setelah 4 tahun br siap and set for DTFF... akhirnya... as the village is apparently out of nowhere, jauh skit dr town and takde proper parking. depa set parking kat convention center and prepare shuttle bus... and i can say, tranportation dia excellent... above expectation.

sesampai je kitaorg, sbb tmpt tu luas jugak, agak clueless where to go... so ikut2 org lah... and we ended up at the red carpet... felt the glimpse of jadi fan of celebrity sbb kebetulan salma hayek (i think the only real international celebrity malam tu) tgh lalu kat red carpet.. nampak lah dia dr jauh... wifey kata baju dia horrendously ugly... i said she was quite petite and pretty... hehehe... this is the best picture we got...then kitaorg pun menuju ke area where they show the opening show. it's advertise as free seating theatre... agak jauh gak lah... and the area tu mmg lawa lah... and we were very impressive with the design etc... sesampai je kat pintu masuk, tak de pun ramai sgt org beratur nak masuk, so we thought that it will be a smooth process and very well controlled crowd... once sampai depa suruh ambik free passes on the small table dkt2 situ... which at that time, kata minah jaga table tu plak dah abis... bengong!!!ramai actually confused with the system... dia kata free viewing tp tak plak dia advertise to get the passes and only limited to 2000 viewers... bengong!!! penat lah zaireen dress up (sorry yup u remind me to check earlier kena ada passes ke tak... too confident konon sistem bagus, we do not need one... but too bad, tak dpt masuk) actually we were slight early, sbb lepas kitaorg dpt tahu tak dpt masuk, mula lah ada ramai org gaduh2 kat gate tu, sbb tak dpt masuk. ada yg dah siap baju evening dress with tux lah, still tak dpt masuk... so we make a move balik lah.. :-( frustrated!!! seriously frustrated. totally understand the procedure, but please bg tahu lah kat website korang yg the seating is limited to 2000 je... last year buat open area blh je ribu2 org datang. u are in the 2nd year please expect lagi ramai dtg ok! next year buat lagi baik ok!but that's not all lah... i mean, on the final day wifey and i g tgk salah satu movie dlm festival. its a bosnian film. mula2 nya byk gile film kitaorg nak tgk... tp fikir2, nanti lg byk plak film kitaorg tgk mengalahkan jury festival plak... heheeh... and since zaireen dah beli terlebih tiket, kitaorg cuma beli tiket zaireen tu je... it was a good movie (for me...) its a life story about current bosnian culture...

interesting enough... sblm movie start the organiser cakap the film maker akan tunggu sampai abis film utk Q&A session... the main actor was there jugak, tp tak leh nak jawab soalan sbb flight malam tu... tp kitaorg tak tunggu because that was on saturday midnight, ahad aku nak keje... better ciao right after the movie.... good experience joining the festival.. tahun dpn nak try dpt vip passes g masuk opening :-)...

FAQ: How to renew passport in Doha...

My passport dah penuh... aku plak kena renew RP, dan tak de tempat nak taruh RP baru. (hehehe... dah 3 tahun aku kat sini) ooh aku pun br tahu, yg kat dlm passport tu, kalau ada kesan cop i.e. sbb terkena cop page lagi satu, mmg consider page tu dah digunakan. page tu tak kira kosong, so visa or RP tak leh nak tampal kat situ.

RP aku expired masa aku cuti nanti... (yup aku akan balik malaysia raya ni hehehe..). since aku cuma ada approximately 19 days je (since balik dari afghanistan ari tu) utk buat RP, aku mmg mengharap sangat semua ikut flow and set timing.. any hiccups akan buat kan aku delay flight.

dari doha, kita blh dpt new passport within 14 days. kita blh apply through embassy yg akan hantar application ke Jeddah. what do u need:

1. Gambar with background biru

2. copy of current passport

3. copy of Kad Pengenalan

4. Saudi Riyal 330 passport fee

5. QR265!!! utk courier (siap bg tahu takde resit)

6. isi form yg embassy bagi


pas semua ni ke embassy, u'll get ur passport ready in 14 days... insyaAllah...

aku submit application aku 24/8/09 and am still waiting for my passport, harap2 dapat isnin depan...

(update: 7/9/09 aku dah dapat passport baru (versi lama), dgn duit SR12 dan QR100 balance dr duit aku bayar upfront)