Screw the 18 above limits lah.

These above 18 rules i tell you. Bloody nuisances. First they stop people from accessing porn sites, then they give the blue vested cinema chums a reason to deny your entry into cinemas, then prevents young idiots from purchasing cigarettes even though the stupid rule has never been applied anywhere in malaysia, gives astro a brilliant idea to have features that can lock channels so young kids wouldnt be exposed to excessive violence and sex(like they cant learn from more obvious anywheres), and now, all bloody banks are not allowed to issue atm cards to teens below 18!! That means i dont get to withdraw my cash anytime i want!

Dad got me an atm card from arab malaysian bank 3 years ago, and that time, with parent's consent, you can get an atm card but your limit stops at 200 ringgit per withdrawal. Screw all limits then, i had only 10 ringgit in my account. And it didnt last very long.

Oblivious to interest rates and secret cash from dad trickling into my account. I didnt care about my atm card nor my account since i percieved it to be empty until one december day in cameron highlands 3 years ago when i almost dried myself of cash. I decided to proceed to an AM bank teller to check my balance. Slot the card in, waited for it to load to the password page, then confidently typed in the 6 digit password that i thought i remembered. Brilliant me, i consistently keyed in the wrong password 3 times and got my poor card blocked.

There i was, standing in front of the teller that was busy rejecting my card from the slot, glaring at the black screen. As idiotic as i can be, i retrieved my card, lovingly slipped it back into my wallet and walked to the nearest sundry shop to buy twiggies.

The blocked atm card has been a prop in my wallet until today when mum brought me to the bank again to get a card change. I was charged 12 ringgit for a new card. Then i proceeded to the customer service counter for a spanking new card. The attending lady keyed my initials and ic number into her computer and presented a few paperwork to me for signatures. She promptly held up my old card, grabbed her scissors and snipped it into half. Then amusingly, she picked up her calculator and started adding up my age.
"I'm sorry i cant issue your card until you're 18 which would be on your birthday in 2007."
"Oh is it? Erm okay then." (hands starting to sweat, small fire igniting in heart)
"I will give you your 12 ringgit refund."
"Oh okay." (fire building up, cursing my luck)

I'm not really pissed at the fact that this new stupid rule of atm cards issued to teens above 18 even though i have my own account, i'm more pissed at the lady for snipping my old atm card and then not giving me a new one. And now i think its in half and lying in a dump somewhere in ss2 crying to come back to my wallet. Damn you AM bank employee.

I cant drive, i cant play football, i cant study, i cant think of any other ways to earn money to get climbing shoes except to sell my other shoes, and now, i cant freaking access my pot of gold!

Jinny