FINALLY!!!!

After sending zillions of emails demanding how long more we have to wait for our COEs, today, I saw the light at the end of my 1 month and 5 days long tunnel...

Today, like many other days, I was at home mugging my Japanese (still quite behind), when I received a phonecall on my handphone.

My first thought: "Should be the guys from G2000.. Maybe I can collect my pants today.."

Me: "Hello."

Unknown speaker: "Hello! May I speak with Mr Siow Da Ren please?" (Strong American accent)

Me: "Yes, that's me." (Feeling weird. I was expecting a Singaporean accent.)

Unknown speaker: "Aah good morning! I am Yoko Sasaki from the Support Office for International Students and Scholars of Osaka University....."

I swore my heart forgot to beat for the next three seconds.

Yes, Miss Yoko Sasaki has been the person I was liaising with for the past 2 months or so regarding university entrance administrative matters. For the next three minutes on the phone, she told that she managed to receive our COEs from the immigration bureau TODAY. And she will be sending it immediately to my address by EMS (Speedpost).

At this point in time, I felt a little panicked.

Today is the 10th of March. My flight departs on the 20th of March. I have only 10 days left. To be exact, it should be 9 days left because my flight time is 1.30 a.m, 20 March.

Of these 9 days, 2 of them are weekends. Embassy will not be available.

At fastest, the speedpost EMS will take 2 days to reach Singapore. Which means the earliest I can see my COE is this Friday. But that's if the envelope reaches early...

And it takes 3 working days for the visa to be ready for collection. Which means to say, the earliest I can get my hands on the visa is by next Thursday. Well it still sounds ok, however, Franco can only arrive in Singapore on Monday night, therefore we can only go to the embassy on Tuesday.

Yes, you've guessed it right. The day I collect my visa will be the day I go to the airport. If everything goes SMOOTHLY. Murphy's Law better not act up now...

I knew that overseas SEPs were exciting, but I thought the excitement should be confined during the period of the SEP and not before it. If you think I am exaggerating on the excitement, you can ask Franco. He told me he was in shock.

Tata... Martinee