what an exciting day, compared to "being cooped up like a chicken".
went to school to get the "recommendation" (note: not "testimonial") from ms lee, but apparently no students are allowed back on campus during this time, so we "rendezvous-ed" (=S) at buona vista station. i got the it from her, nicely sealed up. but there're supposed to be 3 copies of everything (so. in the end. i opened it. and yes i read it too.).
met xiz in the afternoon and we photocopied allllll our stuff (alot there was, 3 copies of each) but i guess we were just glad we had all our stuff=P.
then we went to far east and she had chicken rice. hmmm. a nice, relaxed afternoon. AND THEN. the embassy. we walked in and stood there waiting for the receptionist to finish with her conversation (she was rattling and rattling and rattling on in german while we tried to catch phrases) so we stood there. she finished, and said "you're here to see herr berns right? he's having an URGENT meeting so just go in there and wait a while" so we did go into the room next door. xiz was hopping around the room (don't protest you WERE hopping around) looking for german brochures to decipher, when this man came in. he spoke (perfect) german to this schöne blonde lady behind the visa counter (who popped out from nowhere) and once again we tried catching phrases. it was really interesting...can't imagine they could feel comfortable with THAT. but i probably felt the same about english?
so. herr berns appeared after a while, and he was actually smiling=) (gute Laune. bessere Laune). he seems really particular about "speaking good german". he "interviewed" xiz (i..sort of expected it). with all things settled he gave us the letters to our schools. here comes the funny part. mine was alright, other than "this is to certifie" (=) not to dig at him of course=). but...xiz's..whoa.
keung (pronounced as coin of course) zhi xen (hwa congo junior college)
.....=) ("i worked in africa for a while")
.....
then we went to the library....came home after that. ja. DAS ENDE.
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