So, I'm laying here at my parents house trying to go to bed and I can't quit thinking about what I will need to be doing in two days time. Here's what I would like to do... Get on an airplane. Arrive in Indonesia. Be greeted and taken to my new home where I can prepare for the job I will do. But, this is what I WILL be doing:
I have to stop in Singapore for two nights which wouldn't be a bad thing but... when I get there (which is 11:45pm in a completeing different time zone, so I'll be wide awake when I should be ready to sleep) I will have to get all my luggage since I don't have a connecting flight, exchange money from US Dollars to Singapore Dollars in the dead of night so I have money to pay the man I will be meeting the next day for my work visa. I will then have to find a train that will take me to downtown Singapore and to the hotel that I will be staying at. Try to get some sleep and then call some guy and pray to our good lord in heaven that he answers the phone because he is my life line to a work visa. Then, I'll have to meet the guy at the biggest shopping belt in Eastern Asia, Orchard Road. I'll hand him my passport and money so he can get me a work visa. I'll have to find him again the next day before I go back to the airport so I can get my passport back and my work visa. Then, I have to catch a flight from Singapore down to Surabaya. Pray that someone is at that airport to pick me up and finally be taken to my new home where I will have one day before I start working.
So, when I should be spending quality time with my family and preparing for what will be a great adventure (once I get there) I'm just a little overwhelmed and thinking... "man, if I could only click my heals together!"
It sounds like you're getting a black market visa from this guy. paying him and meeting him at some shopping mall. i hope this is legit.
ReplyDeleteIt is. He is their contact in Singapore and also works for English First. Should be fine. I have his fax and everything else. As long as he flicks his nose to the left should be just fine... Hehehehe
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you exchange your money here in the U.S. before you get to Singapore. It could save you some trouble. Do you have a layover in LAX? I know Denver has an exchange right in the airport, though there are fees for changing your money and it is probably more expensive than changing it in Singapore.
ReplyDeleteI am going to miss you so much. I will be thinking of you often and hope you can get on email pretty quickly. Love you.