My World of Life’s Adventures

Today I had my interview scheduled at 8:20AM in Baltimore. We arrived there just on time and after passing through a long line, we immediately proceeded to Room 103. I then proceeded to the reception window and gave my appointment letter. After 5 minutes, I was called in.

The interviewing officer told me she will be swearing me in before I’ll take my seat. She told me to raise my right hand and swore me.

She then asked me to show my passport, green card and driver’s license. She then asked if my passport is the most active and current, and I said yes.

She started checking my application form and began asking and re-confirming everything I filled up on there, afterwhich she gave me the reading, writing and civic tests.

The first was Reading test. She gave me a sheet of paper and told me to read it loud item no. 1 which says; - “WHAT DAY IS COLUMBUS DAY”.

The next was Writing test. She let me wrote, “COLUMBUS DAY IS IN OCTOBER.”

Then for the Civics, she asked me the following 6 questions which I got them all right.

1. What does the president’s Cabinet do?
2. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
3. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
4. Name one branch or part of the government.
5. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
6. If both the President and Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes president?

She then told me I passed the test and gave me form N-652, Naturalization Interview Results.

Now….the BUT part! She told me that my second fingerprinting was still unreadable by FBI and so I need to submit to them a police clearance before they can decide on my case.  I told her, this was always the case that I had to go back 4 times to the USCIS just to do my fingerprints again and again…:(. She said my case is not uncommon, and many had been like mine.

It was encouraging to hear from her when she told me she doesn’t see any problem with my papers and they are all OK.

She then gave me Form N-14 together with the instructions on how I can obtain the police clearance. That was all about it. I was in the room for 15 minutes.

Well, what can I say? I still thank God, I passed!!!! I am still looking on the positive side as I just had to submit a document in lieu of unclassifiable fingerprint.  My fingerprints are quite unique..  Poor precious little fingers! LOL. whatevah chuva chu-chu!

Now, I need an appointment to go to bed soooo bad! hehehe… I need to get that good sleep! See ya’ll later.

This Christmas, it was so overwhelming to receive gifts from my family. I used to receive at least 15-20 gifts every christmas. This year, I got 20 gifts from hubby alone, and another 10 from mom and George.
Anyway, every Christmas, it is always a tradition for me and hubby to open our presents (those gifts we give each other) at home under our Christmas tree. Another batch of gifts opening will be after our family dinner at mom and George’s house.
So, at home, after I finished opening the 19 gifts, hubby told me to open the last one which has the most unique shape and was actually wrapped with weird things. I thought there is one thing in there that he would used to give me, like the regular girly stuff. Well, I was surprised to know it was no ordinary thing. It was a double heart diamond pendant with gold on the sides and with a dainty necklace. Hubby took a video of me opening the gift. You would probably know how surprise I was when I uttered the word REALLY??!!! That was after I saw the price…LOL! I couldn’t divulge the price. I would rather consider this gift with a sentimental value :).

If you want to watch the video clip, you may click it HERE.

Last Wednesday (Veteran’s Day) we got the chance to hang out with our cousin (actually hubby’s first cousin) who happened to visit us here in Maryland all the way from Washington D.C. where she currently works as a foreign service officer trainee. They had holiday off on Veteran’s Day, so she decided to come over and see us. Although it was raining the entire day, the rain didn’t stop us from hanging around our area, and had a late lunch together as well :).

Hopefully, Tanya will soon to be a US diplomat…a rare job only smart people can get through (as hubby would say). She really deserves to be one!  She speaks many languages and well-travelled, what can we say? {wink}. I would always both compliment them that their family is a generation of smart and intellectual people, and they would both be smiling lol! It’s a fact they couldn’t deny…they have high education and degrees, with good stable jobs!

We are getting excited to be witnessing her “Flag Day” ceremony on the 23rd of this month in D.C., because this will be the day she would know what country will she be going to. She said it’s exciting but at the same time a bit tensed! Anyway, that’s basically how her job would revolve in the first place. She loves the job and she’s almost there!

Thanks for the wonderful time with us, Tanya! As always, our home is open for you when you feel like visiting us ;).

God bless you!

What could I say? Time flies so fast, and now it’s thanksgiving month and my birthday month! {grins}…I would always tell hubby, right after my natal day, everything would all be christmas preparations…shopping, decorations (which means I’ll have to carry a 90-pound christmas tree back inside for set up and decorations), and of course my fave….gift wrapping :).

But let me set aside talking about christmas for a while. I love the thanksgiving celebration. But for me, it’s always a daily routine saying my thanks to Him up there. There are many things we should be thankful for. There are always blessings being given to us, big or small. Sometimes, there are pains that we have to go through yet it’s a blessing.  Well, some might not agree, but if you’re sensitive to what God is telling you, you’ll certainly understand.

Have a happy advance Thanksgiving, everyone! Count your blessings always and be thankful! That’s God-pleasing! :).

Last night, we started carving one pumpkin for our jack o’lantern :). I was thinking it’s a bit hard to do the carving, but it was done in a few minutes. We are not good in designing faces, so it’s just the usual jack o’lantern with missing teeth! LOL! We put a scented candle inside and took photo. Not bad! I’ll set this aside for the Halloween on our doorstep. I bet there will be more kids running around the neighborhood for their trick or treat. I am not big in this event, but kids will be knocking on our door for sure!