Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Visa and Shopping

Went to the US Embassy in the morning to apply for my student visa. That was my first time into the Embassy, or any other foreign embassies for that matter. It felt like i was in a totally different country the moment I entered the building. The staff at the counter were all speaking with the American accent, the white blue red American colours were very prominent in the waiting room i was in and even the toilet [which had an armchair(?!?) in it]. The whole process took about 2 hours, from the visa application payment (NB to people going to apply for one: You NEED to pay using a Cashier's Order and nothing else, or the Embassy will reject your payment), biometric scanning of all 10 fingerprints, to the over-the-counter interview. Kinda long, but I'm not complaining coz my visa's approved. Haha.

Headed over to Orchard to meet Reina after that for lunch. Havent seen that girl in like super long! But our main aim for today's meeting was to hit the MNG SALE, which opened today at 2pm! We went to the MNG at Wisma at around 230pm and the crowd by then was insane. There were so many girls (and some unfortunate guys, dragged out by their gfs haha) and clothes strewn everywhere! We joined the throngs and started our hunt, chucking into our bags whatever we like. Take first think later (lest our sizes get snapped up). In the end i got 5 items -2 cardigans, 1 handbag, 1 tube, 1 berms- for $157. It would have been 6 and $178, but I decided to throw out a tee at the last moment to save money. Okay it's not much, the 2 values, but hey it's a start, especially coming from me! Haha

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