Life with the Two Crazy Dogs

Saturday morning while having our brunch, the doorbell rang.  I was not expecting anyone at that hour (9:45 a.m.) and so was DB.  The boys went crazy barking their heads off.

DB went to the door while I continued to stuff my face with noodles and meatballs, the USPS guy was there with an envelope.  DB had to sign for it, too, hence, it was an important piece of envelope.

When I heard the front door shut, I let go of the boys and DB handed me the envelope.  I asked him who was it from, he said, “I have no idea.”  I looked at the envelope and sure enough, no one can read who the sender is.  All I could read was New York, NY 10017, and I saw the stamps on the Express Mail envelope.  Right of the bat, I knew that important piece of envelope came from the Consulate General of Malaysia in NYC, and it contains my passports. 

Indeed my new and old passports were in the package together with my original birth certificate and IC plus a letter of acknowledgement I had to sign and return.  I was awfully surprise I received the package in less than 2 weeks.  I thought it would take more than 2 weeks.  Consulate General of Malaysia in NY “ada system”!! (Got system) 

So, what the Malay girl at the Consulate told me was right: “About two weeks you will get it back.” 

Spanking new passport is all ready to be stamped, vacation days updated on my calendar and department’s out of office calendar, all I need now is to book my tickets - cheapest tickets from MSP/KUL/MSP.   I looked up flights from MSP/KUL/MSP on Expedia, Travelocity, NWA, and Orbitz, they were pretty much the same, price wise.  I used my company’s travel desk online flight search and the fares are considerably cheaper; however, I need to call in to speak to a rep for personal travel arrangements. 

So far I am looking at MSP to AMS (Amsterdam) to KUL, or MSP/LAX/NRT/KUL.  The flight time rounds up to 25 hours to 30 hours depending on which one I pick.  I guess I have to look up for rides from KUL to Ipoh, too.  Thinking of the flight times just scares me! 

(Will do a count down when I get my tickets.)