Hiromi Usagi!

I just talked to Harper on the phone and he yelled at me for not updating my blog for a month. I am sorry for those who have waited for my new entry.

Well, I went to the US embassy for my second interview for the visa which will enable me to live and work in the US. My appointment time was at 8:30am, so I got up at 6:30 and got on a crowded train for a while. This time, there was a file with the instruction that I can place my documents accordingly. It was very helpful and more organized compared to the last time. The list of the documents didn’t match the check-list I downloaded from the US embassy website, so I was worried about not having one document which I had submitted in the last interview. It turned out to be ok..phew..

I was told everything was ok, including my physical exam which was a little painful physically and finacially (immunization shots and about $550 fee..wow..). Harper and I paid about $800 for the visa interviews and $550 for the medical exam, so getting visa is expensive. Everyone at the interview looked nervous and stressed out, so I felt I was not alone. I wasn’t able to notice this in the last interview with Harper. I think I was too nervous to be aware of that. Most of the interviewees were with their spouses/ family member, so I was a little bit lonely with my cell phone taken away at the entrance. However, I was soooooooooooooooo happy that it was approved and they will send me the visa in about one week. Yey!! Soon I will be able to come to the US to live with Harper!
This time, I was asked a few questions at the end. The officer asked me where we met, where Harper is now, what he does, whether he likes the job, how long he has the current job for, what I studied, where Harper’s parents are from. I think that’s it. They were random questions which my relatives might ask me. I am glad that the interviewer was nice.

It was about 10:30 when I got out of the US embassy. I took a day off today, but I could have gone to work after the interview and saved the day off for some other time, but I am actually glad that I didn’t do that because I had a nice lunch at my favorite restaurant and came home and took a long nap and read a book all day long. I had been physically tired of fighting not to get sick around so many sick people at work. There were a couple of work related events/ parties last week as well, and my parents visited me for two days. These were all fun, but I was exhausted, so it was very nice to recharge my energy.

I will talk about these events in my next entry!

I am reading a book called “the 7 habits of highly effective people” which is for a book club at my work. Honestly I wasn’t interested in business books before, but this book is great because it talks about human relationship in general which everyone can associate with. It makes me think of both of my good and bad habits and their reasons. To me, it seems just an extention of psychological approach. Anyhow, I will write more about this later too!

I have been eating seasonal food lately. It is a great season for food!! chestnut, sweet potatos, pumpkin, mushroom, pear, grape, persimmon, and new crop of rice!…ummm yumm.. I will write about this as well.. Wow so much to write!!

Ok..I will be back here soon.