December 11, 2012

• Report # 950

  Well day by day I seem to be getting a step closer with this whole visa process, though the frustrating part is that it seems I’m making progress at such a slow pace, and I can’t understand why I can’t get things done any faster. Today I went to Teleperformance in the morning at 10:00 am to see the lady about getting a new job offer letter and another document, but after waiting for 10 minutes the security guard told me she was busy and to come back at 12:00 pm.

  I walked over to the mall and had some pancakes and eggs and than spent a little bit of time on the computer in the internet cafe and I walked back to the place….. once again having to wait. After about 20 minutes I was told I could go in, and I saw another lady, who I had heard of before but never met. She got me to clarify the errors on the letter and she printed me off a new one, and after checking it, I know this time it’s 100 % accurate.

  The lady told me I could go to the institute of national migration tomorrow and that I would be able to start the process. I then headed to the internet cafe to try and fill out the application form, and I found out that I needed a number code, something called RFC (Registro Federal de Constribuyentes) which is basically a federal tax number. Seeing as I didn’t have that I was not able to complete the form. I tried multiple times calling either lady that I could talk to, but neither of them answered.

  I headed home and tried calling them again, but once again no answer. I decided to go for an afternoon run at Fundidora Park and after finishing the 10 kilometers I called again and this time I got an answer and the lady gave me the number I needed. I then headed to another internet cafe which was at a metro station on the way home and I tried to plug in the number, but I got a message saying it wasn’t correct.

  I called the lady back and she verifited it with me again and I had the right number. She told me that’s the number that the national migration institute gave the company, so I will have to check with them tomorrow. I just hope I’ll be able to get everything sent in and get this process of getting authorized moving, though it’s an extremely slow and frustrating process. At least I know little by little that I’m finally starting to make some progress.

  I got a call today from a human  resources company, and the lady was telling me about a job helping Microsoft clients, but I told her I was in the process with a company now to get hired. And I went back to that place way back at the end of October with another human resource company, so I still don’t know what happened with that. Now I’m just focused on the job offer I got and it is the one I am going to go through with.

  I was actually kind of cold as I headed home as I just had shorts and a -shirt on after my run and it was only about 14 C (58 F). Tomorrow will be another cool day and then I believe it will warm up again. Monterrey is such an interesting city with their weather how all year there is hot weather, and then suddenly it can drop and get cool, or even cold for just a few days, and then get right back up to being hot again. I stopped at Church’s Chicken on the way home and then I had a shower and now just will be relaxing and getting up kind of early tomorrow to go to the migration place.

  Yesterday I met a friend at Fundidora Park and she had baked me some delicious sugar cookies. I had four of them yesterday, and after typing this up I’m sure I’ll have a few more…… they are amazing. I will have to get her something before I go back to Vancouver, though I still have no idea when that will be ! We walked through the park and along the Santa Lucía Riverwalk, and through some streets downtown before deciding to head to Paseo San Pedro, which is another mall there.

  We talked through a huge luxury store called Palacio de Hierro (Iron Palace) and it’s a big department store filled with small stores of almost any luxury brand that you can think of. (Christian Dior, Gucci, Chanel, Coach, Prada, Armani… and many more) There were so many ladies handing out perfume and cologne scents for people to try. My friend was unable to smell anything as she had been sick and her nose was out of order. Today I was sneezing a lot so I hope that I didn’t catch anything !

  I found out that Palacio de Hierro sells frappuichinos so of course I had to try one… and it was very good. Afterwards we walked around the walk for a lot more time and eventually had lunch at the Sierra Madre Brewing Company. We walked around a bit more afterwards, and than took a fairly long walk from the mall all the way to the front of San Agustin as that is where I had to catch my bus to head home. I said good-bye to my friend who took a taxi, and I waited to board a bus.

  It was a fairly long wait as there was just sooooooooooo many people. The bus I had to get on starts off at a university so by the time it arrived at where I was waiting, it was pretty full, and then here there were so many people too so it did take a while. I finally got myself crammed onto a bus and then got myself home. My weekend ended up being pretty boring. I had plans with two people, but both of them ended up flaking out….. I really am not a fan of those types of people.

  On Saturday I just walked to the Las Galerias mall (which was jam packed as always) and ordered the super cheap pizza and spaghetti dish I like from the food court, and picked up a frappuichino and a donut while I was waiting. I walked home and that was pretty much it for a very uneventful day, though I did go for a long run in the morning. On Sunday I was heading to the theater to see Premium Rush and I made a stop at Subway before I headed to the theatre.

  It was soooo busy and they only had one guy there, well a teenager around 17 probably, and I really felt bad for him. He was all alone and there was a line-up full of people, and of course as each person wants their sandwich done specially and a little different, it’s not an easy job. I can’t understand why the management only would have scheduled one person to work there on a busy Sunday afternoon seeing as it’s the holiday season. I waited for about 20 minutes and then made my way to the theater.

  The movie was about some people who work for a bike courier company and they have to make a delivery, a ticket worth a lot of money, and they are chased by a corrupt cop who is into dealing with the gangs, and it was a pretty good movie….. lot’s of action and biking stunts ! I noticed I got a message posted on Facebook from the mother of my ex. This was the second time in the last few months that she had left me a message, and both times they were not very good.

  The first one didn’t bother me too much, and I thought it was just a reminder or something that I should be thankful for all that she did for me, but the 2nd message was just plain nasty. She basically wrote that other people shouldn’t be so stupid and follow my plans as I’m basically an opportunist and she used some not very nice words. I tried to send her a message explaining things as she really didn’t know what she was talking about, but she responded back with something else, and it still didn’t accept what I had told her, so I removed her from my friends list on Facebook.

  I really don’t know what her problem is with me. I told her soooo many times in the past that I was so thankful for allowing me to come and stay in her house for a few weeks two years ago, as well as for all of the things she showed me and did for me. She saw the photos I posted with my friend’s family in Sonora, and I think she got the idea that after my relationship with her daughter ended that I was just looking for some other Mexican family to go and stay with or something like that, but those would all be ridiculous assumptions on her part, and she never once tried to talk to me about anything that she had been thinking.

  I had planned on coming to Mexico for almost two years to try and live and work, and I was working in Canada 40 hours a week and saving money for a year and a half. I have been renting my own places for the majority of the time that I’ve been here, and I’ve never asked for anything from anyone. The only reason I ever went and stayed with anyone is because they invited me……. I didn’t go out of my way and ask anyone.

  I did stay with my friend Arturo for a week while I was getting settled here, but his family was very nice to me and I really do appreciate it so much. Maybe my ex has talked to her mom and said things that aren’t true and if not, her mom has just created false ideas in her head, and clearly she believes what she thinks and to her I’m not a great person now. Well that’s ok. It’s unfortunate that she has thought what she has thought, especially after we got along so well in the past, but as the saying goes, you can’t please everyone.

  I just can’t believe the things she said, and how she decided to do them. She commented on my pictures albums in Facebook, and she basically expressed herself like a Mexican teenager would. This lady is 50 years old too ! I’m not going to dwell on this too much. I haven’t talked with my ex in months, even though I did say Happy Birthday to her in October. So this stuff is just in the past and I can’t be dealing with any of this stupid gossip stuff now, as I have much more important priorities.

  It’s just disappointing that people that you get along with so well in the past end up turning so nasty for no reason. Maybe she saw her daughter upset and thought that I did something bad, or maybe she saw me with the pictures of my friend, thinking that I was dating her and I was just trying to be with another Mexican girl and spend time with the family.

  It was my ex that ended our relationship, and I respected her decision so I don’t know what her mom expects. Obviously she would prefer I stayed home and didn’t do anything with anybody, but I can’t live my life to please other people. Facebook should be used as a way to share pictures with friends and family and communicate with friends and family who live far away, not as a site to post hateful messages and spread gossip.

  Unfortunately Facebook has brought out the worst in many people, and a lot of people have gotten in trouble or ruined friendships or relationships over what has been posted. We should all just try and be a little bit nicer, and if we have a problem with someone or any concerns, we should talk with them personally to find out what is going on instead of just jumping to conclusions and posting nasty messages…. it would save a lot of anger and frustration in so many situations.

  For the next question:
  
  Do you ever delete people from Facebook, why ? What sort of issues have you had on that website ?

  I will leave you all with my first set of pictures from Monterrey. Take care and I’ll talk to you all on Friday, bye for now.
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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