I wasn't really nervous since if they don’t give us VISA, we'll just take our mileage elsewhere, no big deal. It was so funny coz hane kept eavesdropping on other interviews and "judging" if they will pass or not. I think he got 1 out of 5 correct. :) it was just a sorry state, filipinos are so blinded by the american dream, they feel they can be more successful there than here so they continue to hope and hope to get there. But they're stuck coz of course the consul would see that they're not really well-established here so they get denied… and it's just an ongoing cycle. How frustrating! But the one person that hane predicted wrong was this lolo who (from hane's eavesdropping powers) has his wife, kids and grandkids already in the US. So he's the only one left here. My gash, how lonely. And he still got denied! How heartless! I wanted to talk to the consul (who was actually our consul too) to just give him a break… but it just didn't sound appropriate! Sayang, I could've tried to help and probably made a difference to the lolo. Apparently the lolo was already denied twice so this is the 3rd time. Hane was telling me that it was probably because the lolo couldn’t really answer the questions properly. I don't know, he's probably not that good in english but I heard him trying to plead his case to the consul, I can hear his voice cracking. Grabe, it was heartbreaking. Hay naku, the things people to do to go there!
During our turn naman, he just asked us basic questions, countries we've been to, how long with the company. At first, I only mentioned asian countries and australia. Buti na lng hane butted in and mentioned south africa. It turned out that the consul had been to cabinda and helped to build the camp there. Oh ha! Talk about right place at the right time. Hehehe! I wanted to ask him how he got there and what was his company, but I felt I didn't want to waste time doing small talk when a lot of people are still lined up to get interviewed so I just kept my mouth shut. The consul then turned to hane to ask him basic questions (again) about his job. Then it was over. He just said he's gonna approve our visa, blah-blah-blah. I wasn't really listening… hehehe! I was just basking in the moment. When we turned to go, I was smiling but then I changed to a more somber look coz I was conscious of the others who are still waiting to be interviewed. I didn't want to gloat. :)
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