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If you’ll have to work in a "tempat larangan" (restricted area), e.g. other company’s premises, most likely you’ll need to register yourself at the guard house (or reception) and get a visitor pass to identify yourself.

Especially entering a government department, they’ll probably take your I/C (MyKad), register all your information and keep the I/C, then pass you the visitor pass and ask you to hang it somewhere obvious. Please refer to the photo on the left.

However, lately I’ve been workin’ in these "tempat-tempat larangan", I found that sometimes it’s tedious to have this visitor pass with me. Okay, it’s juz my personal experience, and I’m tryin’ to depict some scenerio (It’s true story anyway)

Scenerio #1

There was once we went out to Alamanda for lunch with my colleague, and of course, we won’t go all the way to the office and exchange the visitor pass with our I/C, so juz bring the visitor pass along (it’s juz a short lunch). It happened that I run out of money that day, so I walk to the ATM machine to "keep me financially secured". As I open up my wallet the first thing i observed is missin’ of my I/C (MyKad). First impression is, "Oh gosh, how silly am I? How can I forgot to bring my I/C out?". Without realizing what’s actually happenin’, I keep findin’ my I/C and started to recall "When did I take it out? For what I take it out? Then did I take back? Where I put it?" Started to feel nervous as we all understand that how serious it is to misplace MyKad. Eventually I took out everythin’ in my pocket; handphone, PDA, and……erm…the visitor pass! My I/C is in PMO…

Scenerio #2

Again we were in Alamanda, another lunch break. My colleague said wanna registered his prepaid line, so we juz went to the nearest service provider outlet and he filled in the form. After he returned the form to the receptionist, she ask for his I/C. As usual he took out his wallet, and the next thing happened is predictable, YES! "Arghhh……can I give you my drivin’ license?" "Nope" the gal replied, "I need MyKad. I need a photocopy of it." So, in this helpless situation, I take out the visitor pass and smile at her, "what ’bout this?" She also understand that we left our I/C "somewhere" and juz dun insist on it anymore. "It’s okay, forget ’bout it", she smile and proceed with the registration.

Scenerio #3

I remembered it was few days ago, we worked quite late, ’til 11pm. So as usual we get back to the guard house to exchange visitor pass with MyKad. From far away I can see that the lights were off in the guard house and the door doesn’t seem to be opened. I had a bad feelin’ that something’s not right. BINGO~~!! The officers all went back home and locked our I/C in there. Grrr……what to do? Bring the visitor pass home and pray hard that we would not be stopped by any policeman along the way. Yes, we actually brought the visitor pass back home.

The next day I pretend nothing’s happened but obviously the guard blacklisted my name

This is what i experience so far with the visitor pass I got. Let make an assumption of the worst scenerio…

Worst Scenerio

I unable to get back my I/C and hafta bring the visitor pass back home, but halfway stopped in a roadblock

Officer : Dik, tolong tunjukkan I/C dan lesen memandu

Me : Ini lesen……Err, I/C kat PMO, ini pas pelawat saya (showin’ him the visitor pass)

Officer : Mana you curi pas ini?

Me : Tak, saya kerja kat PMO

Officer : Jangan tipu, lewat-lewat ni masih kerja…I/C tak ada kan?

Me : Di PMO

Office : Ok, you berhenti depan sana, nanti ikut saya balik ke balai

Me :

It’s not advisable to drive when you’re sleepy, as it’s comparable with drink and drive. Ok let’s put it this way, not only causin’ accident, there’re many possibility will happen.

I remember it was a Monday morning, wakin’ up at 4am and start my journey to KL at 4.30am. So along the way I was concentratin’ on the road using my left brain while keep my right brain sleepin’. Since it’s too early in the mornin’ (or midnight…), hence not many vehicle on the road all the way was fine.

Roughly 5am, approachin’ the Sg. Besi tollgate. As usual I slow down the car and drive towards the SmartTag lane. Since I’ve been using SmartTag for the past 6 months, I know 35 kph is juz nice to pass the toll (not too slow and not too fast). So as usual, I reduced speed to 35 kph, headin’ towards the toll gradually.

Surprisingly, that day the bar was up. Ermm…it makes no different for me right? So I juz drove on. 5 meter away from the sensor, awaitin’ for the "deet deet" sound, but I can’t hear any. Another meter closer, no sign of detectin’ the smart tag. One more second and I’m right in front of the bar, yet the SmartTag gadget still haven’t gimme the sound "deet deet" and finally, I passed the bar.

Maybe I’m still dream that moment, but somethin’ woke me up. Yes the alarm of the tollgate went off.

Gosh~~!! What’s happenin’???

Oops, it seems like I was tryin’ to skip the toll. It was then I look at the dashboard. WHERE IS MY SMARTTAG??? Hmmm…it’s sittin’ on the arm rest peacefully. Dang! I quickly rush down with the SmartTag on my hand, ran back to the tollgate and wavin’ my SmartTag at the sensor with my right hand. Now at last I hear the sound "deet deet", but I guess it’s too late. I looked at the display, instead of showin’ the amount charged and the balance, I saw "Hubungi Plaza Tol" (contact toll plaza). Maybe the staff in the plaza already heard the alarm, he already runnin’ towards me. I approached him and quickly, really embarrassing…

Me : Sorry ya bang, lupa letak SmartTag kat dashboard

PLUS staff : Oh, tak apa…(Pressin’ some key on the computer) Dah okay!

Me : Terima kasih ya…

PLUS staff : Sama…Awal pagi ni, tidur sambil memandu ke?

Me :