I gOt My New PasSpoRt

Went to collect my newly minted passport at the ICA yesterday at 1-ish. Before heading down, reports have been published on ICA withhelding passport applications for 1 week due to a sudden surge brought on by the school holidays.

Thank god, I applied mine before the news was released.

Anyways, the main point of this entry is to give thanks to the option of making an appt to collect the passport. I only had to wait for 10-15mins before I got my red pass in a holding area which was overrun with people of all ages.

Even before entering the building, I had a taste of how crowded it was going to be. The police had cordoned the area and allowing people in by groups. Even the outside pillars had the passport application withheld for 1 wk news report clippings pasted on it.

If I had not made an appt, I think I would have rotted a couple of hours of my youth there yesterday.