Well, another saturday night alone. But. But I went out last night with Jorge and Anotonio to Splash. It was no pressure, because I was not in the mood to hook up with anyone. And I danced like crazy, like never before. It was really good to burn off so many calories.
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
