Por fin, puedo regresar a San Francisco. Me siento muy cansado, pero excitado. Ha pasado un año duro de vivir. Más o Menos. De todos modos, no tengo arrependimiento. He aprendido mucho de la vida en México y tengo amigos aquí en México. Definitivamente voy a extrañar todo.
最後一天, 終於把該拿的拿到了..
早上去Owens Corning, 終於從Raúl Frías手上拿到了.有一點擔心又會延誤.昨天真的被他們嚇到了.每個人都遷拖,說不知情, 害我一直跟蹤所有相關人員才搞定今天會開支票. Jorge Uribe 這小孩天性真是儉樸.善良. Patricia Ortega跟Silvia Vargas的幫忙則是純粹商業的角度. 他們自己該繳的稅外加手續費都扣去了. 可憐的我就這樣被剝削了很多... 多待了兩個月半,沒工作,就為了領五個月的薪水...又被扣那麼多...Evelyn還欠我1500 pesos,我看她是有意要忘掉了,她說我寄放40,500 pesos在她/爸那兒 (雖然我記得是41,000), 後來還我33,000 +2,000, 之後又還我4,000, 所以還欠我1,500. 但最後又說他要找機會還我1,000, 所以就變成1000了. (Patricia說她覺得Evelyn很不真, 天曉得)
Georgina還欠我1200 pesos. Federico 會幫我繼續催, 我已授權給他, 1200也是他的了.
現在開始捨不得,可是有不能再待. 所有都打點好了. 咱們回加州.
Went to Owens Corning only to find that the requisitions are not released/approved by Victor Ortiz since 2/20. I guess that's why everything is so slow in Mexico. can't complain too much, can I?
Anyway, today is Wednesday, so I went to watch my 25-peso movie. Norbit. Pretty boring. I was pretty tired after a long stressful day. running around in Owens Corning, as if I were still working in the company. No one stopped me or said anything. I bribed the security people with the tamarindo candies that I brought from Tapachula. They are pretty nice to me, even though I don't work there anymore. Run into that UPS guy and he remembered me, too.
Took my ride with Trans Galgos Inter from Guatemala, Guatemala to Tapachula, Chiapas. Chiapas used to be part of Guatemala, but Mexico took it over. Along with Oaxaca.
It's Saturday and I made a promise to go to the church with Arturo on Sunday, if I can make it to the volcano on Saturday.
I became desperate last night, as I figured that I would be kind of bored today, if I couldn't make it to the 13:00 tour. But that travel agency/service never picked up the phone. So, I tried this morning and still to no avail.
I decided to call the other agency and the lady quoted me $85.00 USD. I was thinking, what the heck. Talked with Christina, the owner of Xamanek, the god of travellers, and she told me that it is possible to arrange the shuttle bus to come back from Antigua to Guatemala City. So, I hopped on the bus to go to Trebol and luckily hopped on another bus to Antigua, without going further to Tikal Futura (Paulina Rubio is going to preform there... 15/03).
I made my way to Antigua and finally got the chance to ride the famous, or is it infamous, chicken bus. I took the bus, following Arturo's directions, that was supposed to take me to the terminal de autobuses, but I ended up downtown Guatemala again. Found my way through a lady to Tikal Futura and from there I took the chicken bus to Antigua. the ride cost only 7 quetzales. Visited a few ruins from the earthquake. I don't like it there, as there were way too many tourists there. The ratio is very high and I don't like that.
The time is 11.30am. Cyber Place, 4 Ave. 11-10 Zona 1, Guatemala. 502-2232-2660
I set my foot in Guatemala after being tricked by the Taxi Driver from Tapachula, Mèxico. The kind Mexican Immigration officer said my tourist card was still good for another 23 days. Hahaha. So, he stamped my passport and let me go. I walked across the bridge to the other side and walked to the Guatemalan Immigration to get ready to fill out another form (tourist card) only to find they only needed my passport and 15 quetzales. I said I didn´t have quetzales and I got by with paying in pesos. He said, ¨oh, Taiwàn¨. I didn´t say anything at all. Stamped my passport for a 90-day stay and off I walked toward the town center of Talismàn (ta-li-mán).
It was pretty messy and dirty right there. But much prosperous than the Mexican side. My stupidness cost me a lot, including lots of hassle from the local business people:cab driver, carriage driver, pimps, currency exchange solicitors and a 7-hour wait for the midnight bus. A local bump took me to a care-taker/security of the Galgos Bus who then showed me his knife/sword, saying that it is necessary that he carries it in case of robbery to protect the passengers from the robbers.
I was so frigging tired when the bus finally took off. Cost 60 quetzales. Can´t complain too much for that.
Voy a ver a Chayanne en Concierto. No sé. Creo que tengo mucho tiempo en mi mano y hay que aprovechar mi estancia en México.
He escuchado a Chayanne todo el día hoy para conocerme con sus canciones.
(Tiene dinero para arreglar su nariz, pero no tiene $1200 pesos para pagar su empleado(s). Que fea!!! Ella es la peor persona en México. ) Fui a su concierto en Auditorio Nacional. Fue muy chido. Me gusto mucho.
Went to see Georgina Olivera around 4:30. The lights were on, but no one answered the buzz or the phone. She's hiding very well. I think she's determined not to pay me...
I had such bad luck.
也許Georgina Olivera 以為拖到現在我可能就會放棄. 還沒這麼簡單. 這是她個人操守問題, 以及我的堅持和原則. 遠超過了實際的金錢價值. 就像Mel Gibson的Payback一樣.
墨西哥政府不讓我有個合法的立場去跟Georgina 耍硬的..沒關係, 我一定會堅持到最後,到我離開的那一天.
"據了解，專機是在飛越墨西飛航情報區，突然遭到對方航管單位的 拒絕，因此，必須改繞公海航線，才能繼續前往既定的目的地，洛杉磯，至於為什麼總統去程可以飛越，回程卻被拒絕，這當然是跟中國打壓有關. "
墨西哥不讓台灣總統飛越墨西哥, 也不發給我工作簽證. 民主進步的台灣還被墨西哥欺負(中國打壓?) 是有點可悲. 我的事小, 國格重要. 我會堅持到最後,到我離開的那一天, 讓更多人知道台灣就是不畏艱難.可以做的,該做的,就會盡力去完成..
I don't know what's going on with me. Pretty ignorant and stupid, I would put it. It is quite embarrassing that I ordered a steak that's not really a steak that I'm used to. And I ordered it medium-well...... ( I guess the waiter was trying really hard not to laugh.) I was a bit shocked to see them bring in a cart with raw meat, eggs, lime, seasoning sauce and others... I mean, it's raw. Victor said that the Spanish eat raw meat. The Italian don't. So, the sure way to avoid raw meat, I mean, embarrassment is to go to an Italian restaurant.
The manager was preparing it right next to our table. I had this idea to put a spy cam on him. But it didn't come out right.
This is what it looks like when it's done. Victor helped me with the meat. It didn't taste bad with toast. But it still crept me out to eat raw steak.. So, I ended up eating more bread.
18/02, 21:52"Ya basta de jugar. págame mañana. Voy por ti por la tarde."
I went to see the mexico horror movie. Basically, it reminds of "the ring" and "the grudge" and can serve as a prelude to them. It's the mexican
The Year of the Pig. My year.
Fui a el Barrio Chino en la ciudad de México. El más pequeño del mundo que he conocido.
很多人. 看不到表演, 不過可能沒有什麼我沒看過的. 所以,不看也可以. 都是一些小販. 買一些很爛的中國製的小飾品... 晚上經過戲院,不小心還看到中國城那邊還有煙火...
今天又去她的語言學校. 她的助理 Saíb 在. (Ivan大概做了一個多星期就走了. 之前去年十一月時還有Yolanda) 讓我坐了近四十分等她, 等到都打瞌睡了. 突然想說就拍幾張她的照片留念.所以,就拍了兩張...相對於她欠我的1200墨幣, 今天完成一個比較大卡的. 
昨天終於拿到第一張支票.今天跟Silvia, Patricia, 和另一個朋友Hector 去兌現. 第一間在Del Valle 的Banamex說支票上的簽名不完整, 不能放行, 兌現給我們.硬我們塞給Lindavista的分行, 說是Owens Corning是在那裡開戶的,有辦法處理那個問題. Patricia 一直幹醮, 說是墨西哥就是這麼爛. 連墨西哥人自己都這樣幹醮自己, 我就不好意思再加入了. 拼了三四十分的車程,趕到Lindavista, 還好我熟那一區, 省了不少時間問路, 停車, 排隊... 後來才知道是公司還沒開放那張支票. 打了一通電話給Raul Frias 就搞定了. 所以第一間的小姐真的很惡劣..
在美國存錢就直接到提款機自己存就可以了. 這裡都給排隊在櫃檯辦.
Fui al concierto de Marco Antonio Solís esta noche con Julio. Estuvo muy chido. Me gustó mucho, especialmente con mis canciones favoritas somo "Si No Te Hubieras Ido", "Más Que Tu Amigo", "Antes de Que Te Vayas", "Eterno Amor Secreto", "Necesito Una Compañera". vale la pena.
What is going on with Silvia Vargas? I have no idea. Why is she pushing me for the paychecks? The whole experience makes me want to go home as soon as possible.
My roommate is a huevon, too. I couldn't believe that he just took off to work without waking me up and left me arranging, waitng for the plumber and saving the entire apartment. That was totolly irresponsible.
Anyway, speaking of irresponsible, I think Patricia and Gustavo are the same. Why can't she talk with Gus or Gus talk with Patricia to work out the ticket price issue. I can't help but getting the impression that the Mexicans are really slow and slow and lazy... Really.
Anyway, I got ourselves 3 tickets of 250 pesos. I think it's worth it to save the service charges of Ticketmaster.
Went to the Japanese supermarket at about 3:20. They were not doing any more barbeque outside. I got my things from the store and had some food on the patio. The Japanese lady, in the 50s, I guess, gave me a little discount on the calamari. I will try this technique next time.
I still have so many other movies to watch and El diablo viste en la moda to read.
Went to meet Evelyn and got my other 4000 pesos back. She still owes me $1500 pesos. Well, that's still more than what Georgina owes me.
以下是她的基本質料:
GeorginaOlivera@hotmail.com
cel: 044-55-2313-1222
Jardin de Dante, (Instituto Cultural)
Berna 12, Despacho 101 y 201.
Col. Juarez, Mexico DF
今天又去她的辦公室,竟然當我面撒謊, 說四點半左右已傳簡訊.並叫我明天再去. 今天Ivan不在.
有錢整鼻子, 沒錢還我. 等著瞧, 明天要趁機拍她照片. 來公諸於世. 今天先放辦公室的照片.
They are still here. Well, this is a long weekend until tomorrow. 2/5 is another holiday. I remember it. It was the same thing as last year. I came on the Superbowl Sunday and then the next day was a holiday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8AN4Is2Hns
要了一星期了, 還是拖, 果然又不在辦公室. 兩個月前的薪水還是繼續拖, 要這1200 比索, 合120美金,要得太辛苦了. 這娘們實在是可惡之極. 有一次還被我親眼看到在辦公室裡,躲著不開門, 事後還騙說早走了, 對不起, 等等.... 這是原則問題, 該是我的,就應該拿回來, 更何況是努力工作的代價. 一定要證明是我的, 就是我的. 事到如今, 每天特地跑去未果.
實在是太可惡了.... 越想越生氣.
今天室友會有從Guadalajara來的訪客. 所以花錢請了隔壁的太太來清潔一下. 這是去跟Georgina Olivera要薪水未果, 回來後的一個驚喜: 整齊的床,
