30 Dec 2011
Finally had my new passport done!
At first, I thought it was just renew, new photo is not required. Till I reached there, and want to queue up to apply for the renewal of my passport, they told me the system has been changed. Meaning, we need to give them new photo, and apply for new passport book. The old one was wasted. There was about 40-50 pages, and I only used up like 3 pages! The rest, useless. The papers for the passport book, are natural resources; and the money they used in production, is our money~! The money that all the citizens earn with sweat and blood! No doubt, there will be some 'undertable' trick or maybe conspiracy going on, that we will never know the truth. Corruption? Great possibility for that!
Despite the 'wasting money' part, just to apply for a new passport, it is a TIME CONSUMING task. There is high risk that the photo you'd taken outside couldn't be used, as they have MANY requirements as well as EXCUSES. Thus, taking the passport photo at their place, is a safe and easy move. However, the problem aroused here. They have just a shop in there, with only one person can be served at a time. There was a tide of people queueing up, waiting to snap their passport photo, after photo section, you need to queue up again, with the form filled, and get the number to wait for your turn. Kindly for your information, they have only ONE counter there! Imagine the line was queued till outside of the office. So, make sure you are not rushing for anything else before you going for new passport application. As you have no idea, how long will the line drag your time, as well as the office-bearers, who are perfectly good in consuming your time, as if you are free like them~!
All these lousy system and bad attitude can be changed, if the management department willing to make change. Increase the number of counters, ensure all the workers act efficiently, and last but not least, the main thing, passport book should be able to renew like update, just change the date, but not the whole book. This can help to prevent crowd as well as let the procedures move smoothly. Further, the cost and resources can also be saved.
We want a better life, better system, better environment. If we continue to halt at the same place, and don't want to move a step further, we'll be in the retrogress and gradually fall far behind from other countries.
= Raise Your Sights,
Reach For The Moon. =
