Leahs Cafe

First sister had already left for work when we got up in the morning, second sister was not feeling well and on medical leave. I drove out to get some breakfast for us and bought a packet of Milo for parents as there is none at sisters’ place. They must have their fix of hot Milo in the morning, else they will be complaining for the rest of the day.:-)

Called the US consulate  after breakfast, was told they have mailed out packet 4 documents i.e. appointment letter, visa application form DS-230 part 2 and all the forms for medical check up to Melaka. However, they would give me a copy of the medical forms  if I wanted to go for medical check up. Well, might as well since I would be here in PJ till Sunday.However, the consulate is open for immigration visa related matters only on Mon and Fri 2-3.30 p.m.

Left PJ at 1.00p.m, decided to take a train down to Ampang Park and walked down to Jalan Tun Razak. The US embassy is about 10 minutes walk from the train station. The sun was so hot, really regret didn’t bring along an umbrella. It was 5 minutes before 2.00p.m at the entrance of the embassy, the guard let me in for security check. The woman guard ran my handbag through the machine (like the one at the custom). She pour  everything  inside the handbag into a basket. Then she put everything back to the handbag except for the hairpin and earphone. She kept these in the basket and gave me a number for retrieving them later. She asked me to take a sip from the water bottle and switch off the handphone. There weren’t many people inside the embassy, was out of the consulate office within 10 minutes.

Armed with the medical forms, took a cab outside US embassy to go to the panel doctor at Bangunan Ming  near Bukit Nanas. The doctor took some history, did some routine physical examination,  and gave me a jab for Mumps, Measles and Rubella (MMR). The biggest challenge during the medical check up was to find the well hidden veins on my hands to draw blood for HIV test! He spent about 20 minutes poking at five places n my left and right hands!! The X-ray has to be taken at PKNS Building at Jalan Raja Laut, took another cab to go there. Was able to get everything done before 4.00 p.m. Walked down to Masjid Jamed station to take a train back to PJ before the rush hour office crowd, reached PJ at 5.00p.m sharp. Took about 4 hours and cost about USD90, now the mandatory medical examination for the  immigration visa application is done, one less thing on the to-do-list.