Tuesday, May 10, 2005

At Palmerston North's Airport

I arrived Palmerston North on the 6th of May at 250pm. I was asked to fill in the embarkment form at the airport immigration. I didnt complete the form as I dont know my friend's address in Palmy. I just put my friend's name and her NZ contact phone no.For goodness sake, this subsequently caused me trouble at the immigration.
At the immigration counter, I was asked to put my friend's address. I told the officer that I really dont know the address. Thus, this lady officer said she needs to check my bagage thoroughly. All the things in my backpack were being unpack. Darn...It took me like 3 hours to pack my things. Now I have to repack again after the inspection. The lady officer asked me all sorts of questions eg.

What's ur friend's address in Palmy? ( again!!)I really dont know.
Do you bring any animals' medicine? of course no
How many year it takes to study vet? 5 years.(She is sort of like testing me whether I am giving correct info in the embarkment form. )
What are you doing in Palmy? visiting my friends
Is your friend waiting for you outside the departure hall? oh yes!You can ask the address from her.

She went out with my passport and documents to look for my friend in the departure hall. After about 5 minutes, she came back with a box of round papers. She took one piece of the round paper out from the box followed by my wallet and my mobile phone. Then, she wiped the round paper on my wallet and mobile phone and telling me that this paper is to test whether I am having any drugs or not. holy shit, I was kinda annoyed by what she did on me. Simply, they suspected me as a drug trafficker. f**K!! anyway, I know that the result of that round paper would turn out to be negative because I am innocent. She then let me go after the test turned out to be negative.

Frankly speaking, I was kind of scared that they would retain me and sent me back to Malaysia. Fortunately it did not happen on me.

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