Today I had to attend a mention at the Jalan Duta Court Complex. It’s a Judicial Review matter, at RKKK1 before Yang Arif Puan Lau Bee Lan.

Knowing that the open court matter at RKKK1 will usually start sharp at 9.00 a.m. I made it a point to arrive early at Court today. The traffic jam was heavier than usual… Traffic from very slow at Jalan Mahameru until the turning to Jalan Duta. Anyway, I managed to arrive at the Court Complex sharp at 9.00 a.m.

BUT….. The security guards won’t let me park inside!!! Knowing very well that there won’t be any empty parking spaces in the parking compound outside the Court Complex, I wanted to park inside, besides the Sessions Court. That’s where I park my car usually, anyway. Even yesterday when I came I parked inside. There were damn a lot of parkings inside (yeah, compared to outside). But the freaking security guards just won’t let me and other lawyers in!!! The reason was - because we don’t have a foyer sticker! What the hell! There was no notice to us lawyers that we would need some kind of foyer stickers to park in the Court compound, and there is no freaking notice to even say how and where to get those blinking foyer sticker!

So, I ended up driving round & round the parking lot outside Court in the hope of spotting 1 empty parking space. With so many other cars in front of me looking for parking, what’s the hope of finding 1? ZERO!!!

Most of them decided to illegally parked by the dividers… Yeah, with very little space, just enough for another car to squeeze through. Urgh! I hate it so much when they parked like that!!! Some even blocked the access for other cars to pass through!

Without any luck at the public parking space, I decided to go to the parking lots designated for lawyers. It was so damn bloody full as well! I felt like just going to the security guards and telling them that lawyers were already so bloody late for Court! Yeah, if the matter got struck out, who’s going to get the blame? *sigh* But of course, I did not do that.

After nearly 30 minutes driving around the fully packed parking lots, finally… finally… I saw a lawyer entering his car, as if he was about to leave. The car was illegally parked at the end, near the turning around the parking lots though. But I don’t care. As long as there was an empty spot and sufficient place for other cars to pass through, that will do. And so, I waited. But this bloody guy was taking his own sweet time! Already a number of cars were lining up behind me, waiting for me to move! But I don’t care, man. I’m not going to waste this parking spot. And so yeah, I waited… That guy drank a bottle of water, put on his sunglasses, checked his handphone, went in his car, put on his seat belt, started the car engine, checked his handphone again -_-” (I was getting annoyed)… And finally, he zoomed off! Yay!

But then, there’s another problem! I have to parrallel park! And I’m very bad at that. Some more, have to park to ensure just enough space was left for other cars to pass through! I tried, halting the traffic for a while… But it’s not straight and it’s not perfect. And next to me, there was this one bloody impressive & expensive sport car parked nicely, causing me to be extra cautious so that my car would not accidentally bump into that.

Ugh, after a few minutes trying, I couldn’t take it anymore. I’m so stressed up already! It’s already more than half passed nine… I’m bloody late for Court already, so I couldn’t give up this parking space… So, in the end, I left my car ’senget’ like that, and called Conrad. He was in one of the Courts, waiting for his opponent to come. Thankfully he agreed to come and helped me parked my car! :D

So yeah, to cut the story short, I went to RKKK1 after that, and guess what! My matter was actually listed as number 1 on the open court list! Which means, it was already called and I was not there!!!! Bloody hell! The Senior Federal Counsel, for the 1st Respondent in that matter was already there and she said yeah, the matter was already called just now but since I was not there, the Court stood down the matter. After checking with the Interpreter, I was told that the Judge will finish up all the matters in her in-chamber list first before re-calling our case again. *sigh* So, I have to wait… It was around 9.40 a.m. at that time.

And so, I waited… and waited… and waited… Only at around 1.00 p.m. the matter was re-called!!! Around 3 hours and 30 minute of waiting! And I felt so bad because the SFC had to wait for the matter to be re-called as well because of me being late to Court! *sigh* I was so pissed at the security guards who wouldn’t let me park my car inside the Court compound! Yeah, I was complaining to the other lawyers in Court lah…

Ugh, what a waste of time! The time spent waiting at Court could have been spent doing submission & preparing for hearing! Yeah, I got a hearing at the Melaka High Court tomorrow… I am still doing the submission now. *sigh* After that, the Bundle of Authorities have to be prepared… :( So tiring…

*sigh* Wish me luck for the hearing tomorrow!!!

**Note: Apparently, the SFC was telling me that Foyer Sticker is a sticker that needs to be applied for from the Court. Each sticker has it’s own class, i.e. A, B, C, etc. However, I’m still not sure how to get them.