Cayo's Law
The only things that start on time are those that you're late for.


The VISA preparation
Every day of my past few weeks seems to begin with a reminder that my VISA interview is on the 22nd of June, at 8:30am.
Oops, sorry, that was 9:30am. (See how forgetful I can be).
This constant reminder was because of the simple mistake that I had made earlier leading to many complex consequences: that of going to my TOEFL exam a mighty one and half hours late (for an exam that lasts only two and a half).
I hope I dont make the same mistake now, not with 3 people reminding me daily of the date, time and venue.
That settled, comes the more important part of arranging the documents.
The instructions just say that I have to bring "supporting documentation". What they are, is not clearly mentioned anywhere.
So I just manage to lug around whatever piece of financial evidence, all my certificates and marksheets and anything else that seems to be remotely related to anything else. My file just resembles a huge bundle of unorganised mass of papers, much akin to those cob-webbed ubiquitous thick bundles which seem to eat up so much space at goverment offices.
Hey, but I atleast learn where all my dad's money has gone to. And I am pretty sure now that I can manage finances "adultwise".
All this for what?
For an interview that hardly seems to last a minute and a half for an average IITian who gets a good university.
Apparently, it seems that once my university name is mentioned, they dont seem to see any other documents. And the conversation seems to be like exchanging pleasantries more than anything else. All my classmates seem to have reported the same thing. The consistency in this is very re-assuring for me.
If this is my case too, I can come back and frown at everybody who forced me to roam around the city, collecting unnecessary stuff, making me a payless payboy courier more than anything else.
Wish me luck, anyway.
The first taste of a success there will result in a transcript of the proceedings. Here.