Bureaucracy Strikes Again
Sadly, the renewal of the passport did not go as smoothly as I’d hoped.
Going down to see good ol’ MoM, I explained that I didn’t have a medical report, and so, since my employment had expired, BUT I had received a letter saying that the renewal had been approved pending the submission of the approval letter with a medical report, could they kindly just extend my visa for another two weeks until I get the results in.
Unfortunately I think I got stuck with one of those cranky old lady bureaucrats. You know the one. Sour, dour face, lips pursed permanently in a frown, glasses throwing up a thin layer of protection between you and some beady, suspicious eyes, and eyebrows permanently turned downwards as if someone had drawn them that way. I got nagged about not having gotten the medical exam done over the last couple of weeks, but as anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, time is not something I’ve had a lot of in the last little while. Things will probably start to slow down somewhat next week, but in the meantime the business continues.
I’m going to have go in in the morning with a letter typed up from my company explaining that the results are not yet in, and please give the poor guy a break and stamp his damn passport. After that, I’ve got to go down and check out the World Cyber Games for a couple of hours, take in the ambience to write a piece on it, as well as interview Robert Krakoff of Razer, the guys that make professional level mice and other peripherals, but the interview with the Relic lead designer is canned on account of the fact that no one can find him. I don’t know, I don’t want to know…
Anyway, more articles and scripts to write. It never ends…