Continuation of sending your pet(s) home's ABCs

Assalamualaikum.

i would like to continue the unfinished post,
so where were we?

OH. HOORAY!!
near to the end.
Alhamdulillah i had passed mine with flying colours!  (as if i can say that haha)

so let me tell you how it was.
here we go.

Fifth Phase. 
Before i begin, there is a few thing that need to be reminded. On your pet's cage,
make sure to write down your name and your pet's name, your address, your home
adress, the documents that is attached on the cage, put live animal stickers on each 
side of the cage blablabla.

[credits: google]

Although there are nice airlines who can/will provide their own airline stickers but for precaution, let's just be prepared well ahead. And make sure your pet(s) get used to the cage beforehand like giving them treats inside the cage, play in it, sleep in it, make them feel that it is safe to be inside the cage. And also, put your unwashed t-shirts in the cage throughout the journey so that they will feel safe. (Awwwwwwww...Pet's are so innocently sweet! >.<) or you can also put a blanket that has your scent on it as an alternative (beli je kat daiso)

Go to AQS office for a check-up. (your pet(s), not you).
As i have scheduled myself for Bruno's check up at 0830 on the day of the flight,
(approximately 2 hours before flight) i planned myself to arrive earlier at the
airport, which was 0400. Because you'll never know when will you get lost and how
long will it be. ha ha ha

The nice thing was, you can explore places that you didn't know about it existence.
Like ususally, airports will only have like 1..... 4 floors that you have access 
to, and add more like 2 floors underground for the parking lot. Hoyeah. This is a
secret door opened only on special permissions and because i had a pet carrier with
me, the guards (Yes. Police Guards) kindly opened the door for us. All the noises 
from the outside was gone once we're inside, and was replaced with silence that 
started to ring in my ears. Check the time. Uh-oh. 0820.

We were on the 3rd floor (departure) and inside that secret door, was another lift
and the AQS is situated in 6th floor. Yep? There's more floor upstairs. So there
we go, walking through the hallways on the 6th floor, finding a doorsign with AQS
in front of it.Aaaaaaaaaaaand there we were. Time. 0825. Phew. still early. And an
uncle comes by, looks at us, and opens the door saying, "Come along". 
And we followed.

Inside was just like a regular office. With 2,3 workers inside, juggling papers,
making themselves look like their busy and all. One of them asked me my name.
I answered. And the procedure starts.

He asked me for the Bruno's papers. Give him all of it. ALL. So he checked and
checked, making sure it's the same as those that i have sent him. After everything
was in the right order, another person came, (a doctor, maybe. And mind you, he struck
me as someone who is in some rock band playing the guitar) and shoved us into
another room in the room (roomception) and started checking Bruno. His ears,
heartbeat, eyes,temp, etc. Done with the check up. Next, the officer handed me a paper and i had to sign a waiver or agreement or something as a proof that i have followed all the procedure and that Bruno is allowed to be imported from Japan to Malaysia. Yeayed! 
Shucks. Forgot to take the pic of the paper.:(
Oh. And the signed paper (a copied version) must be handed to MAQIS personnel later
so you'll have to keep it well. (I kept it in the tag bag i put on Bruno's cage.)
Checking in was quite like the usual. Except that i had to pay for Bruno's excess
weight+cage. And byebye Bruno. In to the plane's cargo you go! (Make sure to hug
your pet and whisper sweet nothings to it so that it will feel secured right before
you get separated)

5 down, 1 to go.

Last one. Last phase. Mou chotto.

Touchdown. 5 o'clock.
I waited for my luggages and it takes like half an hour. After i get those, i went
(go) to the MAQIS office situated at the right of the baggage claim area, if you are facing the exit. It has a large MAQIS sign written on top of the door. (kalau terlepas pandang tatau a) Here is a picture for a clearer view. (I swear i don't know why the pic turned out like this -_-)

It turns out that it was not a quarantine office but MAQIS office. so I went inside, asked for my cat from one of the officers, and she told me to wait for
a while. I need to get the original permit so i went out and meet my parents
(MUST. TAKE. IT.). My ally came earlier but cannot wait for my arrival
because he still got work to do and so he gave it to my parents. But be sure to
tell the police guarding the arrival gate about you having to get inside again while you are getting out. (jangan buat macam airport tu kau yang punya, itu ahmad albab yang punya,hahahahahaha)

so i went inside again (WITH the original permit) and waited. and waited. The lady
officer had gone out and was replaced by an uncle officer. Nope. He said Bruno haven't
arrived yet. i waited. and waited. For freaking another half an hour. The uncle must
have noticed that i looked nervous because i kept on looking here and there while 
shaking my leg (a habit i cannot erased) when i wasn't nervous at all. I am FREAKING
OUT. WHERE IS BRUNO??! IS HE DEAD? OR HAVE THEY STARTED TO BURY HIM WITHOUT ME??

The uncle went out for Allah knows how long was it. So i started a light conversation
with the other uncle to calm down my nerves. Squeaak squeakk.

A TROLLEY WITH BRUNO ON IT! AND HE'S ALIIIIIIVVEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Apparently, the uncle who went out earlier went to the back (i don't know where) and
fetch Bruno. The luggage mover didn't put Bruno on the conveyor because, safety 
precautions maybe. But they should inform the MAQIS officer about it or sent it to 
the office. Duh. Poor management. Anyhoots. Bruno was there, so the procedure with
MAQIS began.

First, he asked for your personal ID. Be it your IC or your passport. Then, he asked
for the documents. Just like before, give him everything you put inside the tag bag.
He checked it all and made some copies. Then, he will check the pet(s). If its ok,
he will prepare a form and asked you to sign it, and pay RM25 for the whole procedure. Though i wanted to give him some tips for fetching Bruno but....
In conclusion, for the final part, you must have your ID and RM25 when you are claiming your pet(s). If you don't have RM because you just got back from Japan, remember the part where you have to get out and asked for the original permit from your ally? You can askedthem to pitch in RM25 for the remaining procedure. So you'll owe them another 25 which makes it 40+7+25, equals to RM72. Be sure to payback!

Before getting out to the arrival hall, you will meet the custom officer. Give him the signed　ＭＡＱＩＳ　paper and you are good to go!
Welcome to MALAYSIA BRUNO!!

It was great having Bruno at home, enjoying the sun and all for the whole two weeks,
but sadly, the time envied us and it was time to go back. I left Bruno in my parents
care, hoping that he will become fatter and lazier hahahaha
Before i forgot, through the whole journey, i made Bruno wear pampers, and he didn't
leak a single drop. So he had hold his bladder for 27 hours. (Even humans
could not hold that much long. Are we?) So when we got home, he was a bit cranky,
especially when i touched his belly. I thought it was because of the travelling
and all, so i stop disturbing him. But then my mum prepared his litterbox and in
he went. Pouring everything out. And when he's done, and i tried to rub his belly
he didn't get mad at me anymore.

Lesson learned. Even humans get upset if we tickled them when they are having an
upset stomach,so do cats. We have feelings dude, so do them.

A friend of mine reminds me. Yep i do spend like 2 years with Bruno and he had become
so attached to me and all, but you'll always lose something in order to achieve something. And that is the fact of him forgetting me.
So be prepared for that.

So this is all of it. I may left out a few things and i am sorry for that.
It's kinda long because i was in the story mode, not in the skip mode. haha
may it helps people who are having the same dilemma as i was a few months back.
Alhamdulillah,Alhamdulillah,Alhamdulillah wa Astaghfirullah for the smooth process and i wish those who are going to bring their pet(s) in the future to

 頑張れ！