A Matter of Postmodern

It is the one of the dreaded moment in a meeting, where Eminem ringtone start to rap. Phone display +6567708316. ‘Can I call you back? Great [HangUp]’, he replied briefly.

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‘Hi, I am returning your call. May I know who’s calling?’, he greeted.

‘Hi. This is Helena from Emerson. I am calling in to see if you can come in for an interview next Wednesday’, she replied.

‘Sure, I would love to. Where are you located?’, he answered.

‘We are on Pandan Crescent, Near Clementi Station’, she replied.

‘Pandan Indah, I guess somewhere in Cheras. Is that right? (Wait, no, this is in Singapore)…Murmured…So Is it possible to put it on this week, says thurdays afternoon’, he asked.

‘OK, I can do that for you. Be here on Thurday 2.30 pm. I will forward the driving direction and information to you. See you then’, she ended.

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He almost forgotten about it since the last time profile being changed. Preferred location-from Singapore, Malaysia to Malaysia only. By far this is the most prospective job being applied to. Thinking of give it a try.

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8.15 am.

Waiting in queue to pickup Renew Passport at PKNS, Shah Alam. Now serving No. 1004, Holding on No. 1020. Great.

9 am.

Leaving Shah Alam.

1.30 pm.

‘Where’s your Autopass?’, Custom asked.

‘Sir, What is an Autopass and where can I get it?’, he asked.

‘Kali pertama ke?’, asked cynically looking at an amateur.

‘You go in to the front office and they should be able to help you’, (Does he know that he has been driving without stop from Shah Alam to reach here and only one hour away from the appointment.-Apparently)

2.45 pm.

Although late for 15 mins, yet he feel he has certainly accomplish the mission by bringing himself there without any miscalculation. That include park the car at the Boon Lay MRT Transit, wait for the non-existing 282 bus, finally catch on a cab at 2.30pm to reach 1 Pandan Crescent. Everything less than one hour in a foreign land. (Yeah, whatever, you only made it there).

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