When SPA letter comes...

Finally after lazing for about 2 months, the SPA letter came.

"Tahniah. Anda telah dilantik sebagai Pegawai Farmasi Gred U41. Bla bla bla...."

After going through the whole letter together with its attachments, I realized that I had 3 things in hand to settle.

1. Sign the Surat Terima and send back to SPA in Putrajaya. (settled)
2. Get the Surat Sumpah signed and chopped by a Pesuruhjayasumpah. (settled)
3. Do medical check up. (half settled)


For sure, if you pay for something, you will get it in a short time. I remember before entering university, we were required to do a medical check up also, and I did it at a private centre (of course I paid for it). The report, the x-ray and my form were settled in just one morning.


This time, the same kind of medical check up, I chose to do it at a government clinic. (It's FOC)


Last week Friday, 8am

Me: Hello, saya nak buat medical check up untuk masuk kerja kerajaan.
Staff: Surat tawaran?
Me: Ini dia.
Staff: (Scanning through my letter) Ok, check up hanya ada pada hari Isnin dan Rabu, pukul 2 petang.
Me: Oh, ok. Nanti saya datang lagi minggu depan lah. Thank you.
Staff: Ok.


This week Monday, 1.45pm
The clinic was closed for lunch-time. Waited outside until 2pm, door opened.

Me: Hello, saya nak buat medical check up.
Staff 1: Duduk sebelah dulu. Tunggu clerk datang nanti.


Waited for another 10 minutes...

Me: Kak, nak buat medical check up.
Clerk: Ok, pergi bilik No.1.
Me: Pergi saja ke bilik No.1? Sudah ada orang kat situ?
Clerk: Yaya.
Me: Thank you.


Found room No.1, knocked at the door - no response. The clerk just now told me already had staff here in the room one wor. Knocked again - no response. So, waited outside.
2.10pm... (tick tick tick) 2.20pm... (tick tick tick) 2.30pm..
Finally a nurse opened the room No.1 door from inside. (Apa ni, lunch until 2.30?? The notice pasted at the door clearly written 'Medical check up Isnin & Rabu 2-4pm')

Me: Kak, nak buat medical check up.
Nurse: Baru nak buat sekarang atau datang ambil report?
Me: Ya, nak buat sekarang.


Then she started filling up forms - urine test form, x-ray form, log book and the health form that I brought along. For my health form, she just started ticking away the boxes in my form, pausing at a few aspects to ask me.

Nurse: Timbang berat tengok.
Nurse: Tinggi? Tak ingat? Ok, mari. (Then she checked my height)
Nurse: Pakai cermin mata kan? (I nodded. She didn't check my eyesight, and just filled in the box at the column 'penglihatan dengan cermin mata')
Nurse: Gigi ada rosak? (Takde)
Nurse: Hari ini x-ray tak ada. You boleh datang esok untuk buat x-ray? (Boleh)
Nurse: So sekarang you pergi kencing untuk urine test, lepas tu boleh balik dah. Esok pagi datang buat x-ray. Form ini you ambil balik rumah dulu. (Then she checked the calendar and wrote 3/8/2009 at certain column. I saw the column was 'Datang balik pada...' What?! 2 weeks later??? -.-'')


SHE DIDN'T EVEN TOLD ME TO COME BACK ON 3/8/2009! sweat-nya...


Yesterday, Tuesday, 8.15am

After asking the reception, I was directed to the x-ray unit. Finally I managed to get my chest x-ray done in less than an hour. PHEW!

Now I have to wait for 2 weeks to see the doctor, get my lab test report, x-ray AND get my health form filled and signed (MOST IMPORTANT ONE).