Visa and the Hectic Day
June 24, 2008 – 10:46 amSo suddenly, I was on the flight to KL with my dad, and after spending the night in a lousy hotel, got to the American Embassy. Which was quite a pretty place, with security and stuff. So I spent 2 hours in the building, holding on to my number, and sitting glued to the seats watching the numbers on the board. I was quite nervous in the beginning, but after being called twice to the counters for different stuff, I was kind of getting used to the waiting. Numbers were being called. I look up, and there it was, my number flashing!
I was kind of taken by surprise, but I grabbed my file, and made my way calmly to the counter for the visa interview. The lady asked a few normal questions, like why I wanted to go USA to study, etc. She asked for school transcripts and financial documents, asked about my family. I also showed the tourist visa I got 7 years ago. The lady did ask why my spoken English was pretty good..haha
So that was it. After the interview, she told me I’d qualify for the student visa. I thanked her, and walked out of the embassy calmly. Then I had to spend time with my dad (who was using his laptop) at McDonald’s - I had never sat so long at a fast food restaurant before, watching people eat then leave, eat then leave….
Then it was to the airport, where I watched yet more people leave on various flights (mine was 3 hours away, but my dad had another flight elsewhere, so there I was, on my own, the earliest person from my flight). As time past, I began to see familiar faces - not that I know them, but there’s just this familiar Foochow-ness to the people that began to appear. Well, yeah, Foochow people do look very Foochow. And they speak Foochow, which I can recognize, even if I don’t understand a word of it…
Home, and now, got to have the passport sent back. Praise the Lord for his blessings.