passport renewal

nowadays, passport office open everyday! mon-fri 8am-4pm. sat & sun 8am-1pm. the KIPPAS open only fr mon-fri 8am-3pm. but sometime "mesin tergendala"
things to bring-2 passport photo, 1 photostat IC, passport form, old passport, $$

26 mac 2010 (saturday)- wake up early in the morning, arrive at pusat bandar damansara passport office at 8am. wow! never expect there will be so many ppl lining up until cant c the end. we give up and i plan to go again the next day.

27 mac 2010 (sunday) - wake up earlier in the morning, arrive at pusat bandar damansara passort office again at 6:45am. wa! already got few ppl lining up. i wonder wat time they come here.

8am, the door open, go in to counter 1 (have to fill up the form b4 take the number), take the number and wait for my turn. NO 1038. in front me got 38 people! i waited till 9:15am for my turn to submit the form. then wait for awhile to make payment. 9:30am, i'm done with all my submission and payment (rm100 for 2 years). then take the passport the following day (28 mac 2010).

i can say the ppl working quite fast as they have many counters. glad to hear tat they open on sat & sun too, so tat no need to take any leave!