One of the things that we need to settle urgently during my 14 days vacation before resuming my duty at Bintulu is the school admission for Muhammad Asri. And, one of the schools that we are looking forward is Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Hj Bujang or Tun Datu Tuanku Hj Bujang College at Tanjung Lubang Miri, Sarawak.
Amid the humid but gloomy Miri weather, we went to the School admission Section of Miri Branch Education Office (EO) or in Malay, Jabatan Pendidikan Daerah Miri – bahagian kemasukan sekolah at around 13:15 hours after performing our obligation at the at Taqwa Masjid, Miri. Prior to that, we consulted our family members, relatives and friends for their views, advices, etc. 13:15 hours were their lunch break. Despite their one hour break, Yati, one of the EO staffs invited Nana and M Afiq in. Waiting and sitting along the corridor was not a pleasant thing. Thanks to the courteous Yati for not only allowing them to sit inside their air-conditioned waiting lounge but had politely entertained our queries. She’d helped with the photocopy things and even lent us her pen. We were amazed and impressed with their amazing attitude! Keep it up dude! After a while, she introduced both of them to an Officer named Sonny. I must say, he was a nice cool guy. He explained us on what to do with the forms and briefed us on the process plus its requirement. The explanation was crystal clear though, but what had actually puzzled me were the steps. The process requires us to send two sets of the dully filled forms attached with the relevant documents to the State Education Office in Kuching, Sarawak?! Sonny suggested us to write a cover note for future easier reference. Without or rather avoiding jumping to any unnecessary argument we left the office with mixed feeling – puzzled and a little bit frustrated, but we decided to follow and comply with the rules of the game. We quenched our frustration with the popular Sarawakian “Teh C Peng” - Ice tea latte mixed with locally made brown sugar and ‘pandan’ and filled up our energy with ‘Mee Kolok” or dry noodles - a Chinese cooked noodle (one of my favorites noodle) in one of the Malay restaurants, which mushroomed the town.Just could not accept the idea of sending the application or request by myself to the State Education Office? What is the purpose of having the big education office in Miri then? I think there is a need for the Malaysian Education Domain to change their philosophy and give more empowerment to their branch offices. No further comments. I am still skeptical that ‘people’ is still open with comments.
Amid the humid but gloomy Miri weather, we went to the School admission Section of Miri Branch Education Office (EO) or in Malay, Jabatan Pendidikan Daerah Miri – bahagian kemasukan sekolah at around 13:15 hours after performing our obligation at the at Taqwa Masjid, Miri. Prior to that, we consulted our family members, relatives and friends for their views, advices, etc. 13:15 hours were their lunch break. Despite their one hour break, Yati, one of the EO staffs invited Nana and M Afiq in. Waiting and sitting along the corridor was not a pleasant thing. Thanks to the courteous Yati for not only allowing them to sit inside their air-conditioned waiting lounge but had politely entertained our queries. She’d helped with the photocopy things and even lent us her pen. We were amazed and impressed with their amazing attitude! Keep it up dude! After a while, she introduced both of them to an Officer named Sonny. I must say, he was a nice cool guy. He explained us on what to do with the forms and briefed us on the process plus its requirement. The explanation was crystal clear though, but what had actually puzzled me were the steps. The process requires us to send two sets of the dully filled forms attached with the relevant documents to the State Education Office in Kuching, Sarawak?! Sonny suggested us to write a cover note for future easier reference. Without or rather avoiding jumping to any unnecessary argument we left the office with mixed feeling – puzzled and a little bit frustrated, but we decided to follow and comply with the rules of the game. We quenched our frustration with the popular Sarawakian “Teh C Peng” - Ice tea latte mixed with locally made brown sugar and ‘pandan’ and filled up our energy with ‘Mee Kolok” or dry noodles - a Chinese cooked noodle (one of my favorites noodle) in one of the Malay restaurants, which mushroomed the town.Just could not accept the idea of sending the application or request by myself to the State Education Office? What is the purpose of having the big education office in Miri then? I think there is a need for the Malaysian Education Domain to change their philosophy and give more empowerment to their branch offices. No further comments. I am still skeptical that ‘people’ is still open with comments.
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