CONTROL YOUR TEMPER!!!

This is the continuation of my previous blog, which I posted weeks ago, about another embassy we tried to get Schengen Visa.

After the disastrous response from the German Embassy agent, I contacted quickly the organizers of the event that we’re going to attend. In my email, I explained everything that happened, including my complaint to that rude embassy agent who kept putting “sorry” word on every end of his sentence!

On the next day, with excitement, the organizers replied and told us to try Embassy of Austria in Manila because it is the neighboring country of the place in which we will be going—SLOVAKIA! And the Deaf sports organization of Austria is very much willing to assist us. Thanks goodness!

At the top of my speed, I sent text message to Lovella and told her everything the organizers had told me thru email, and I also encouraged her to check email too. She agreed to go with me to embassy couple or three days after. Before we went there, we made sure that everything is set and complete.

A night before the day we went there, I received a text message from Lovella, who told me to make sure that everything is ready and be there 1 hour or 30 minutes before our appointment time. My reply was very short, it consisted only of three letters—OPO!

The day finally arrived; I left home early, and of course, with excitement! After three hours of travel from my home to Makati, I finally reached the place. I found Lovella’s car parked at the front of embassy building, I knocked the glass window to call her attention. She let me in after seeing me, and we arranged our own things together. Within few minutes, we finally marched to the embassy.

Upon our arrival at the lobby, the guard asked whether we had an appointment with the embassy. With pride, we replied – YES and pointed our names listed on the paper which lied just beside the guard. He let us proceed to fourth floor via elevator; upon arriving there Lovella tapped my back and scolded me about something.

“Bear this in mind you ruddy pig! Be nice and kind when facing an embassy agent! A single raise of eyebrow, knotting of your lips, flaring of your nose and staring dangerously to embassy agent could bring another disaster to us like you did in German Embassy. Worse we might not be able to get a Visa. Control your temper! Your words are too sharp sometimes like your tongue, or I can say sharper than a blade! Do I make myself clear?” She said.

“I will if he will do the same! Pft!” I fired back.

“Heh! Just remember to control your temper. If something unpleasant happened, I will have to scold you!!!”

I hate her…Tsk! I said in my mind.

After few minutes of waiting, the embassy agent called us, as we walk towards him, Lovella signed:

“Mark my words… I’m warning you!”

Grrrrrrrr…

Within few steps, we faced the embassy agent. He requested all our papers, I go first then Lovella. Few minutes after, I noticed him pulling something blue.

“That’s blue stub” Lovella said, “it means we passed.”

I hope… if he failed us, he’ll be my next victim on Death Note! Bad timing… Ryuk’s on vacation!

“Are you sure that blue stub means passed?” I asked.

“Yes! I know better about embassy system. Just trust me.”

“Care to explain further?” I asked again.

“Well, in US Embassy, blue stub means you passed. Yellow means you failed, good thing we didn’t get it or the orange stub.”

“So, there’s orange one which means on hold?”

“Excellent.”

Lovely…

And we finally went back to school together. Both of us just crossed our fingers until the release of our passports.