So it looks like we're going to Canada this summer.....
We went to the Canadian embassy yesterday to get visas...urgh! We had to get up very early to make the 8am appointment, we were up by 5:30am. Turns out there were a lot of people applying so it was a good thing we got there early. While we were waiting, there was a woman at one of the counters talking in a very loud voice,and I'd like to point out that we were seated at the very back row. Not that she was angry or anything, but I got the feeling that she was kind of showing-off to the rest of the people in the waiting room. She was speaking with a "Canadian twang" and made it very obvious that she was indeed a citizen of Canada. And then just as she was about to leave she went back to the people she was talking to while waiting and said, loud enough for everybody to hear, "When you're in Vancouver, look me up and I'll show you around. Okay?" Hmmm.....wish you'd learn to use your inside voice lady!
Anyway.... Our turn comes and we get into a booth where the visa officer is waiting for us behind a thick glass. He just asked a couple of questions and reviewed the documents we brought. Needless to say we got approved! But not before he told us that we had to renew our passports because the lamination on the pictures were broken. Now my mom swears that she checked every passport the night before and everything was just fine. So it looks like they kind of bend the laminated part to see if it will pop open. Actually my passport was alright, but not until my mom decided to demonstrate what they did. Oh well....right after we went over to the DFA to renew them.
Okay, this is my first time to go over there, because usually my parents take care of it and have a travel agency renew them. But since we were already out, and it was still early (only 9:30am) We decided to just get it over with. When we got there, I understood why the parental units usually had an agency do it. Urgh! very chaotic with a lot of people shouting at you from all directions and telling you what you had to do. And since you're all confused with all the shouting, you just tend to follow the general direction of people. Which was not a good thing because, they charged for the application form and having them glue your picture on the form. When we got inside, we found out that we could have just gone straight in and get an application there and not pay anything!GRRRR!WTF! If we'd known that, we could have avoided all the sweaty people bumping into us!Argh! Oh well.....
Anyway.... Our turn comes and we get into a booth where the visa officer is waiting for us behind a thick glass. He just asked a couple of questions and reviewed the documents we brought. Needless to say we got approved! But not before he told us that we had to renew our passports because the lamination on the pictures were broken. Now my mom swears that she checked every passport the night before and everything was just fine. So it looks like they kind of bend the laminated part to see if it will pop open. Actually my passport was alright, but not until my mom decided to demonstrate what they did. Oh well....right after we went over to the DFA to renew them.
Okay, this is my first time to go over there, because usually my parents take care of it and have a travel agency renew them. But since we were already out, and it was still early (only 9:30am) We decided to just get it over with. When we got there, I understood why the parental units usually had an agency do it. Urgh! very chaotic with a lot of people shouting at you from all directions and telling you what you had to do. And since you're all confused with all the shouting, you just tend to follow the general direction of people. Which was not a good thing because, they charged for the application form and having them glue your picture on the form. When we got inside, we found out that we could have just gone straight in and get an application there and not pay anything!GRRRR!WTF! If we'd known that, we could have avoided all the sweaty people bumping into us!Argh! Oh well.....
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