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Last Oct 14, i had my interview schedule at the US embassy for my L1 visa. Its my first time to go there and though i’m pretty sure i’ll get approved, i still felt really nervous especially when i was in the waiting room listening to how others get interviewed, approved and denied whilei was waiting for my turn. Mine was okay though the consul who interviewed me looked serious and grumpy but i could say he is good looking, hehehe. I was asked around 5 question i think and the one i won’t ever forget was the first question he asked me - “how old are you?” while giving me that serious look. My other officemates who were interviewed wasn’t asked that question so they were teasing me perhaps i looked young. haha.  I’d just take that as a compliment then.

I arrived at 7am at the embassy and left there around 11am i think. It was raining and even with my umbrella, i got wet somehow before i was able to take an fx to Lawton where i’msupposed to take another fx to Las Piñas.  I was not feeling really well that time so i decided to drop by SM Manila for a while to have lunch, rest a little, and make a call at the payphones there since i didn’thave my cellphones with me as it was restricted at the embassy. So there a big problem came up. My file case which has all my documents and receipts got lost. Well, its not necessarily lost. I guess due to me not feeling well and add up my sore feet and hungry tummy, i forgot that i placed my file case and shoes on top of the phonebooth. I only remembered it after i rested and had my lunch which is like over an hour after i made those calls. I was really worried especially when ideas that someone could have taken it thinking there was money inside it etc. The documents inside are really important to me and losing it is like throwing away my life.. (well that was what i felt that moment…lol). When i got back to the phonebooth, my file case was nowhere to be found and i really panicked especially after asking the guards in the entrance if they saw it or if someone surrendered it to them or what and they sadly said none. And this this one guard told me to try my luck at the security office where lost and found items are stored so i went to the security office as fast as i could. on my way, i tried calling up my sister at home to ask if somebody called up to say they found my file case and thank goodness she said a guy called up and left me a message to pickup my filecase at the SM security office which is where exactly im going to. So i walked faster, i ran actually, and when i got there i was greeted by 5 security guards and there i found my file case. I actually cried upon seeing it, guess those were tears of joy. I was really relieved to have found it, that a good soul has been honest enough to surrender it to the security office.  I’d like to thank the lady guard Ms. Calicdan, she is actually the one who saw my file case and surrendered it to the office. I know she’s just doing her job but still i do thank her a lot. She saved me from super duper big problems that could have resulted from losing my file case.

So that’s a big lessons learned to me, no matter how bad i feel, never ever lose track of the things i have….