Hi everybody.. The start of 2009 wasn't that well for me as I was having a flu (maybe because of the holidays and vacation-ing to a cooler place). I guess I haven't had enough rest after my vacation.. Still haven't got the chance to go to the spa yet. Hopefully, by the end of next week I should be able to do that.
I'm still coughing and almost lost my voice.. :(
I just hope to recover soon, as I had to 'talk' a lot, since it is my job to talk to people and convey important information.. hehehe.
After the vacation, I reported back to work on the 30th and I didn't do any office duties.. Instead, I changed the position of my desk, updated everything that's on my table and checked my mails.. :) Well, you know... first day at work at the end of the year.. hmm.. I'm sure you'll understand that. lolz..
Anyway, I began my official duties the next day, with sorting the timetable to determine who's in and who's out this year.. and which group should be put together with the other and which group should be kept aside or 'deleted'. It takes time in doing this alone as I was on my own that time.. but that's good as I can focus more on my work. On that afternoon, a colleague of mine was very helpful as he volunteered to help me with my work till about 4.30 p.m. Thank you so much!!
Though we didn't finish our work that day, we decided to continue on Saturday, our first working day in 2009.
New Year was just like an ordinary day for me.. Well, I spent my evenings watching dvd movies, lots of them.. and the next day, i.e. Friday, 2nd January, I decided to go to the atm machine to withdraw some cash.. well, just for paying the bills.. It was about 5.30 p.m... traffic congestions everywhere at the KB town.. Lots of people were shopping for their children's school necessities, like new uniforms, new books, stationery, shoes and some people were just there to be in the crowds.. maybe they want to fill in the gaps and make shopping more "meriah".. whatever..
Hmm.. so, I went to get some cash at the Main branch of this local bank atm machine, took the cash out and the receipt.. then I waited for a minute or two for my atm card... Suddenly, my card could not be retrieved!!! Oh my!! The transactions were over for about 5 minutes and I just stood there waiting for my card to be returned.. I got so frustrated that I called the Hotline number. I was then asked to call the atm hotline number.. but.. everytime I called the number, all I heard was just the busy tone... I got really upset after about 10 minutes or so that I drove back home and cancelled my plans to pay the bills.
Got back home and I had to calm myself down and think positive.. "Esok buka bank ni. Mesti kad ku ada ni dalam simpanan.." I was assuring myself to just take it easy and not think much about what happened earlier.
This morning, I was doing my work with my colleague... and I kinda lost track of time.. It was already 10.15 am. and the back will be closed at around 10.45 am on a saturday. So, I had to stop what I was doing and asked permission to go to the bank, in a hope of getting the atm card back to my possession.
I've asked a friend to drive me to the bank as it was quite congested, I mean there was traffic jam in town area. Went inside the bank and told the bank teller that my card was accidentally "swallowed" by the machine. Their usual procedure was to ask for my ID card and check if the card was still there.
Suddenly, I was told to make a Police report as the card may have been stolen!! Oh no!! The card usually will be withdrawn after a few minutes...hmm.. that's what they said. I wasn't expecting to be told to do the report or that my card was lost or stolen. I had to fill in the form to block all transactions until this morning, and I have asked them to update my bank account passbook. I checked, and I was relieved that the balance as of today, was the same as the balance as of the day before, i.e. yesterday (when the card was "swallowed")...
Alhamdulillah.. but I still have to block the card and make a new one, as they could not find my card in the machine. Okay!!
One thing before I can be issued a new atm card, was to make a police report about the lost card.. and I did, in about 10 minutes time.. Wow!! That's really fast.. though the police officer was writing quite slowly, but he didn't ask a lot of question.. unlike when I lost my purse at the mall in gadong.. hmm...
I returned back to the bank and applied for a new card.. but I had to pay $ 15 for lost card.. hmm.. I didn't know that the bank will charge people who lost any card... or.. maybe I didn't read the terms and conditions for applying the card.. hmm.. could that be it?? Well, I just don't want to think negative about this at this stage.
Went back to work to continue my timetable scheduling.. I thought I was going to have to come back on a Sunday to complete my work.. but luckily I finished it at about 5.00 p.m. Alhamdulillah..
I guess things happen for some reasons.. and I know that there will be some obstacles that we have to encounter before getting what we want as our target goal. Just hope that I can fulfill my "azam" for year 1430h and 2009m.. Insyallah..
DUIT ~~ Doa, Usaha, Ikhtiar dan Tawakkal.
I'm still coughing and almost lost my voice.. :(
I just hope to recover soon, as I had to 'talk' a lot, since it is my job to talk to people and convey important information.. hehehe.
After the vacation, I reported back to work on the 30th and I didn't do any office duties.. Instead, I changed the position of my desk, updated everything that's on my table and checked my mails.. :) Well, you know... first day at work at the end of the year.. hmm.. I'm sure you'll understand that. lolz..
Anyway, I began my official duties the next day, with sorting the timetable to determine who's in and who's out this year.. and which group should be put together with the other and which group should be kept aside or 'deleted'. It takes time in doing this alone as I was on my own that time.. but that's good as I can focus more on my work. On that afternoon, a colleague of mine was very helpful as he volunteered to help me with my work till about 4.30 p.m. Thank you so much!!
Though we didn't finish our work that day, we decided to continue on Saturday, our first working day in 2009.
New Year was just like an ordinary day for me.. Well, I spent my evenings watching dvd movies, lots of them.. and the next day, i.e. Friday, 2nd January, I decided to go to the atm machine to withdraw some cash.. well, just for paying the bills.. It was about 5.30 p.m... traffic congestions everywhere at the KB town.. Lots of people were shopping for their children's school necessities, like new uniforms, new books, stationery, shoes and some people were just there to be in the crowds.. maybe they want to fill in the gaps and make shopping more "meriah".. whatever..
Hmm.. so, I went to get some cash at the Main branch of this local bank atm machine, took the cash out and the receipt.. then I waited for a minute or two for my atm card... Suddenly, my card could not be retrieved!!! Oh my!! The transactions were over for about 5 minutes and I just stood there waiting for my card to be returned.. I got so frustrated that I called the Hotline number. I was then asked to call the atm hotline number.. but.. everytime I called the number, all I heard was just the busy tone... I got really upset after about 10 minutes or so that I drove back home and cancelled my plans to pay the bills.
Got back home and I had to calm myself down and think positive.. "Esok buka bank ni. Mesti kad ku ada ni dalam simpanan.." I was assuring myself to just take it easy and not think much about what happened earlier.
This morning, I was doing my work with my colleague... and I kinda lost track of time.. It was already 10.15 am. and the back will be closed at around 10.45 am on a saturday. So, I had to stop what I was doing and asked permission to go to the bank, in a hope of getting the atm card back to my possession.
I've asked a friend to drive me to the bank as it was quite congested, I mean there was traffic jam in town area. Went inside the bank and told the bank teller that my card was accidentally "swallowed" by the machine. Their usual procedure was to ask for my ID card and check if the card was still there.
Suddenly, I was told to make a Police report as the card may have been stolen!! Oh no!! The card usually will be withdrawn after a few minutes...hmm.. that's what they said. I wasn't expecting to be told to do the report or that my card was lost or stolen. I had to fill in the form to block all transactions until this morning, and I have asked them to update my bank account passbook. I checked, and I was relieved that the balance as of today, was the same as the balance as of the day before, i.e. yesterday (when the card was "swallowed")...
Alhamdulillah.. but I still have to block the card and make a new one, as they could not find my card in the machine. Okay!!
One thing before I can be issued a new atm card, was to make a police report about the lost card.. and I did, in about 10 minutes time.. Wow!! That's really fast.. though the police officer was writing quite slowly, but he didn't ask a lot of question.. unlike when I lost my purse at the mall in gadong.. hmm...
I returned back to the bank and applied for a new card.. but I had to pay $ 15 for lost card.. hmm.. I didn't know that the bank will charge people who lost any card... or.. maybe I didn't read the terms and conditions for applying the card.. hmm.. could that be it?? Well, I just don't want to think negative about this at this stage.
Went back to work to continue my timetable scheduling.. I thought I was going to have to come back on a Sunday to complete my work.. but luckily I finished it at about 5.00 p.m. Alhamdulillah..
I guess things happen for some reasons.. and I know that there will be some obstacles that we have to encounter before getting what we want as our target goal. Just hope that I can fulfill my "azam" for year 1430h and 2009m.. Insyallah..
DUIT ~~ Doa, Usaha, Ikhtiar dan Tawakkal.