Self Service

Ni hari Ahad, tp gi lab gak huhu.. Nak wat mcm mana... nak kena make up for lost time over the week days yg kdg2 masuk lab lewat.. Plus mmg ada report nak kena siapkan so, terpaksa la..

Td gi library, utk photocopy some stuff yakni borang2 progress report itu hari, iaitu utk KPT, utk my majikan, utk UoP. Kat sini x pakai cash, guna student card je, provided that you have credit la in your card. How nak tambah credit? Well, in the library, setiap floor ada satu money loading machine. First, pergi kat mesin tu, swipe your student card, then they'll ask you to insert coins / bank notes. Sesuka hati je la bole bubuh berapa pound atau pence pon. And then bila dah sudah, tekan 'Finish' dekat touch screen dia and you're done, taraa!!

Lps tu bila nak guna mesin fotostat, all you've gotta do is swipe your student card at the photocopying machine and off you go. Simple kan? I've used the photocopying machine before, so I had some leftover credit from last time, but x pernah guna mesin top up duit bcoz previously ada staff dekat Bahagian Media Desk tu, so I just handed her the cash and she topped it up for me. Memandangkan ini hari Ahad, saja ambil peluang student x ramai di library hari ni and top up 10 pence sahaja. Haha, testing je, supaya kalo kelihatan jakun pon org x ramai. Nasib baik jadi, and pretty straightforward je :P

Sblm ni aku biasanya tgk kat library2 diorg suruh beli kad fotostat yg asing kan? So dlm dompet kena bawa satu kad extra la mcm tu. Ada account by default dlm student card mcm skang adalah sgt senang. Plus bole top up beberapa pon nilainya, I think masa dulu pernah guna yg jenis beli kad fotokopi tu, minimum kena top up RM10 (sah2 di Msia la, dah sebut RM tu kan), so agak bengang bila sebenarnya nak print 10 helai aje, lps tu apa nak buat dgn baki RM dlm kad tu? Fine la, dtg next2 time bole guna lagi kan. Alkisahnya nak jd cerita, dtg next time, dia dah tukar vendor plak, dah x pakai company sewa fotostat mesin yg sama, so kad fotokopi itu adalah tidak laku sama skali lg. Adeh...

Anyways, kengkawan UoP, kalo nak guna media di library spt fotokopi or binding, sini dia x handle cash dah. You have to either use the money loading machine or go to the Help desk and pay by Debit card. They have turned cashless now.

Ok. Niat di hati nak mem 'binding' (makluman: bukan transfer report lg ye, yg tu masih x siap, ni adalah tesis org lain yg menjadi bahan bacaan yg best), tp tgk media counter closed la plak weekend. So tanya librarian tu apa option yg ada. Rupanya, bole je Self-Service. She gave me a comb binder, a plastic cover and a black card utk cover blkg, and she showed me how to use one of the binding machines kat dalam Bilik Media.

Wah wah wah, rasa mcm keja kat kedai fotostat plak. Serius teruja. Lama gile dah x guna mesin ni, plus kat Msia dulu, std la, main hntr kedai je, lps pilih2 cover yg menawan dlm 20 minit, tggu org kedai siapkan. Kiranya ni adalah satu humbling experience la, besok2 kalo dah dpt title 'Dr' pon kat depan, jgn la sampai nak fotostat dokumen 2 helai pon dah lupa, sket2 minta tolong RA (which in some cases, adalah mcm abusing pon ye jg). Ni peringatan utk diri sendiri la, x de kena mengena ngan org yg hidup atau pon mati yg lain nya.




Ni end product dia. Quality nya adalah sama if not better than kedai. And it only costed me 60 pence. Ye, 60 pence sahaja. Dulu pernah wat jg kat kedai buku kat UK ni, dlm GBP1.20. Boleh tahan gak ye upah labour cost dia.




Oh satu lg nak selit. My laptop bag ni mcm best la jg, sbb ada mesh pocket at the sides, so guess what I put there? Bkn botol air, but botol susu EBM. Hehehe... (PS: sini dah sejuk, I x bother pon guna ice packs utk keep the breastmilk chilled. Plus the longest they have been out on the desk pon x pernah lebih 3 jam at a time, so Insya Allah ok).



Memandangkan ni entry random, nak tanya all students di luar sana, ada x a non-fattening way of baca paper? Ini kerana tiap2 kali nak digest paper, mulut n perut mesti sesebuk nak men-digest sama, adui la...