I sat down in front of my computer at 11:50 a.m. today at the https://ift.tt/3fLirWa website hopeful of getting a slot for our 18-year old daughter for the AstraZeneca 3rd batch opt-in vaccine. Her details were pre-keyed in by 11:50 a.m. and at the strike of 12 noon, I hit the SUBMIT key. As expected, nothing happened. The site was unresponsive. I hit SUBMIT again and a '504 Gateway Timeout' error message popped out. The system evidently buckled under the frenzy of millions of people trying to get a slot. We were also informed at 12:05 noon that the registration was only going to open at 12:15 noon instead of 12 noon.
After what seemed like more than 100 tries with more weird codes popping up and the 'Daerah' section greyed, Alycia took over. She repeated what I'd been doing - reloading, hitting the back key and re-keyed in her IC number and mobile number but we were unable to get into the registration system. The both of us tried in vain for 1.5 hours until registration closed.
GREAT!
What's next?
Wait for notification from her My Sejahtera app for the National Immunization Program or next batch of opt-in vaccines.
In the meantime, it's going to be weeks of home quarantine for the girls. Cass is bearing the brunt of the cabin fever and kept asking if she could follow me to the nearby supermarket and pet shop to get supplies. I have to keep turning down a dejected girl. Thankfully she has Haru to keep her entertained and keep the laughter rolling throughout the day. Poor kitten has to bear with Cass' tempestuous affection till she sometimes jumps away from Cass' lap to escape the rough man-handling 😆
