Visas are approved!
LL got up this morning and checked on the VFS website and it said our application was ready to be picked up. We weren’t sure what to expect, but I’m glad we arrived just in time before the visa processing centre closed.
We got it.
They gave us a stay period of up to Jan 2010, so that leaves us room for me to finish my thesis, apply for a post-study visa extension, and numerous other things.
It’s hard to believe, but it’s on. The adventure starts now. With packing (ugh), goodbyes (sob), and new hellos. The UK weather is bad, apparently. But I like it gloomy like that. Weird. Maybe I’ll hate it after a year. Who knows.
I had a wonderful dinner with my mom, just us two, and we had a long evening of exchanging words about expectations, family, and the past. Mum’s a UCL alumni, who graduated with her Masters in the 80s. I feel a sense of reverence in the lineage. She had always dreamed of living overseas, or studying abroad. And she loves London. I want for her to live vicariously through me, if that’s possible.
Today, yet another kin - my uncle. It was a delightful coincidence that he was in town, and he gave LL and I a treat at a Mexican restaurant nearby. We talked about life, and that it was necessary to go through the relative difficulties and gain new experiences from it. He’s partly speaking from his own journey, but much of it can be applied to mine. We’re both ambitious and self driven, and I guess that work ethic is one thing that’s always been true in the family.
Agh,.. I need to pack.
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Hey, congrats on the Visa. Now you can experience the ‘real’ working life (Am thinking of our conversation at starbucks.. was it half a year ago?) Good luck!