AFTER A NICE TALK WITH MY BROTHER TONY, AND HE CONGRATULATE ME TWICE FOR BEEN AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
AS OF TODAY.YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
HAD A VERY NICE TALK WITH A@P.
HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.
HE IS ALWAYS FIRST IN MY BOOK.
HAD SAID BEFORE, THAT I WILL BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHEN I GO BROKE, AND IRONICALLY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.BUT SHIT HAPPENS, AND CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.
AFTER A HUGE BATTLE, AND BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS GREAT WOMAN REP OF U.S THAT HELPED ME
WITH PULLING STRINGS, BECAUSE SHE KNEW WAS NOT FAIR THE WAY I WAS TREATED BEFORE, TAKI TODAY
IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, AND A VERY PROUD ONE.
PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTANDING ME:I AM JUST VERY HAPPY TODAY TO TELL MY STORY.
HERE GOES THE FIRST PART:
SO THE REP GOT ME ANOTHER INTERVIEW FOR THIS PAST JULY 31ST.
I CALLED HER AND THANK HER.
THEN I CALLED DEZ MY VERY BEAUTIFUL BABY IN SEATTLE AND TOLD HER THE NEWS.
SHE SAID THAT SHE IS FLYING TO CHICAGO AND GOES WITH ME THIS TIME.
SHE CAME THEN AND MADE A VERY BEAUTIFUL FILE WITH THREE TIMES THE PAPER WORK NEED FOR THE INS OFFICER.VERY WELL ORGANIZED, AND SAID:TAKI THIS TIME WILL BE THE LAST TIME, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM, BUT LET ME DO THE TALK.I SAID OKAY.
SHE HAD WORKED FOR A WHILE DOING ATTORNEY PAPER WORK, SO SHE KNEW HOW TO TALK.
HERE WE GOT THERE THE 31ST, AND THE PLACE WAS PACKED MY APPOINTMENT WAS 2:00P.M
I SOMEHOW HAD A BAD FEELING, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PULL ANOTHER STORY TO CUT ME OFF AGAIN.
THE INS OFFICER COMES OUT 2:00P.M AND CAlls me.
DEZ GOT UP AT THE SAME TIME WITH ME.
SHE SAID:YOU ARE NOT GOING THERE ALONE.
SHE GOT UP WITH THE FILE, AND THE OFFICER STOPED LOOKED AT HER, AND THOUGHT SHE WAS A LAWYER.
HERE IS WHAT HE DID:SIR SIT DOWN AND I WILL CALL YOU IN 20 MINUTES.THAT WAS VERY STRAINGE.
I LOOKED AT DEZ AND SAID I SAID EARLIER TO YOU DEZ I HAD A BAD FEELING.
THE OFFICER, WHEN HE CALLS YOUR NAME, THEN YOU GO IN WITH HIM.JUST LIKE IT HAPPENED BEFORE AND TO EVERYONE BEFORE ME.BUT WHEN HE SAW DEZ, HE THOUGHT I HAD AN ATTORNEY WITH ME.
SO HE WENT BACK IN.20 MINUTES GO BY, THEN 30 THEN 40 THEN 50 MINUTES, AND ALMOST FIVE PEOPLE LEFT THERE, AND I LOOK AT DEZ AND SAID:THAT IS GREAT NEXT WHAT?HE TOLD US 20 MINUTES 50 GONE AND NOTHING, AND WE ARE ALMOST THE ONLY ONES LEFT.
SHE SAID:TAKI WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNLESS THEY FIX THAT, OR LAWSUIT AND PRESS WILL FOLLOW.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GUY THAT WITHDREW MY APPLICATION LAST YEAR WALKS IN AND OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME AND DEZ.
WELL WELL I SAID TO DEZ. THAT IS THE FELLOW.
AFTER ALMOST EVERYONE GONE THE INS OFFICER COMES OUT AND CALLS ME IN.
WE WENT ON HIS OFFICE AND I SEE MY FILE ALL OPENED UP, AND LOOKED AT, AND WORKED AT, AND CORRECTED AND ALL.
THE INS OFFICER STILL THINKS THAT DEZ IS A LAWYER
ALL THE WAY AFTER WE LEFT.
DEZ SAID LET ME DO THE TALK.
FIRST THING THE OFFICER SAID:MR. TAKI AT. I SEE THAT THE INS OFFICER BEFORE REALLY MADE A MISTAKE
AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY=YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN LONG AGO.
THE OTHER OFFICER HE SAID REALLY MADE A MISTAKE
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
DEZ SAID AT THAT POINT:OFFICER THE OTHER INS OFFICER NOT ONLY WITHDREW THE APPLICATION WITHOUT TAKI'S OKAY, BUT ARBITRARALY.
THE INS OFFICER SAID AGAIN HE WAS SORRY, AND HE
SAID, LET'S GET THIS THING DONE THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH I STILL THINK TAKI SHOULD NOT HAVE COME HERE AGAIN.IT SHOULD HAVE BE DONE FIRST TIME RIGHT.
ANYWAY THIS GUY WAS GOOD, AND I SAKED HIS HAND SEVERAL TIMES.
HE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD HEAR FOR GOING TO THE OATH IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
AUGUST 13TH I WAS GOING TO GREECE, AND DEZ WITH THE KIDS WERE COMING THE 20TH.
I WOULD HAD TIME TO PREPARE A HOME FOR THEM AND ALL.
SATURDAY TO MY GOOD LUCK THE LETTER CAME FROM THE INS FOR THE OATH DATE TO BE AUGUST 22ND.
I WAS GLAD I CHECKED THE MAIL BOX SATURDAY.
BECAUSE MONDAY I WAS GOING TO GREECE THE 13TH.
HAD I NOT CHECKED THE BOX, MONDAY I WOULD HAVE GONE TO GREECE, AND EARLY TUESDAY I WOULD HAVE THE PERSON I PUT TO CHECK MY MAIL CALLING ME TO COME BACK FOR THE OATH.THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUGH.
SO I GOT LUCKY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH DEZ AND KIDS BEEN THERE WITHOUT ME.HER TICKETS WERE NOT CHANGEBLE, UNLESS BIG $$.
SO I CHANGED MY FLIGHT TO 23RD OF AUGUST AFTER THE DAY OF THE OATH.
SO I COULD BE THERE SOON.
THEN I THINK TO MYSELF AND SAY:HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO FLY WITHOUT AND AMERICAN PASSPORT?
BECAUSE I COULD NO LONGER USE MY GREEK PASSPORT
NO GREEN CARD.YOU GIVE THE GREEN CARD THE DAY OF THE OATH.
I CALLED PASSPORT PLACE, AND THEY SAID THREE WEEKS FOR PASSPORT.NOW I AM REALLY GOING CRAZY.
THREE WEEKS?BY THE TIME I GO DEZ WILL BE BACK.
AND TO KNOW I HAVE CHANGED THE TICKET ALREADY TO THE 23RD.
SO DEZ WAS VERY UPSET WITH NORTHWEST AND KLM
DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE HER TICKETS FOR A DIFFERENT DATE, UNLESS SHE PAID THEM WELL.
I CALLED THE REP AGAIN FOR HELP.
SHE SAID LET ME CHECK ON THIS, AND I WILL CALL YOU BACK.SHE SAID I WILL TRY TO HAVE YOUR PASSPORT READY IN 4 HOURS OR LESS.SO KEEP THE DATE
OF THE 23RD.SHE WAS VERY GOOD TO ME, AND A BIG DAY FOR HER TODAY SHE SAID:TAKI SHE SAID TODAY YOUR OATH AND MY BIRTHDAY.I WILL BE VERY HAPPY.ME TOO I SAID.
SO SORRY FOR ALL THAT WRITING BIG POST GUYS, BUT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND MY EXCITEMENT TODAY.
TODAY WAS MY DAY.ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.EVERYTHING WENT WELL.(EXCEPT MY STOCKS).LOSS.
I WENT TO THE OATH AND IT DID GO VERY WELL.
THERE WERE OVER 300 PEOPLE THERE IN THE COURT HOUSE.THE JUDGE WAS A GREAT SPEAKER, AND TALKED
FROM THE HEART:HE WAS SAYING HOW PROUD WE SHOULD BE TODAY, HOW THIS COUNTRY IS GREAT, FOR ALL TO MAKE IT, AND SUCCEED. THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS HE SAID.HE SAID HIS PARENTS CAME FROM GREECE YEARS AGO, FOR THAT DREAM, AND TODAY I AM A JUDGE, THANKS TO THEM BEEN GREAT PARENTS.I WILL TRY TO BE EVEN A BETTER PARENT FOR MY KIDS HE SAID.YOU PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND BE VERY PROUD FOR YOURSELVES, AND TRY TO REACH THAT DREAM OF SUCCESS, AND IT SHOULD COME.THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
TO HEAR A PERSON GIVE A SPEECH, AND I DID NOT WANT HIM TO END HIS SPEECH.THAT IS HOW MUCH I LIKED WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
THEN I WENT TO THE PASSPORT PLACE ACCROSS THAT BUILDING, AND I FOUND ANOTHER GOOD MAN.
I WAS VERY POLITE TO HIM.THE PASSPORT MAN.
I TOLD HIM MY CASE, AND MENTIONED THE REP HELPING ME, AND HE SAID:FIRST CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEEN A CITIZEN, AND SECOND I WILL TRY TO HAVE YOUR PASSPORT READY IN TWO HOURS.COME AND PICK IT UP
AT 11:00A.M TOMORROW.THE OFFICE OPENS AT 9:00A.M.
I THANK HIM SO MUCH.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS SAD WAS:HE HAD TO KEEP MY CITIZEN CERTIFICATE:IN JOKE FASHION I SAID:
SIR I JUST GOT IT, AND YOU TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME?HE LAUGHTED.NO CERTIFICATE, NO PASSPORT TAKI.
THEN I COME HOME, I LOOK AT MY SI, AND THERE
I SEE MY BROTHER A@P TELLING ME TO CALL HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
VERY HAPPY TAKI TO HEAR FROM HIS BROTHER, I CALLED HIM IMMEDIATELY FIRST.
GREAT TALK WITH A@P, MADE THE DAY EVEN BETTER.
EVEN THOUGH I LOST MY ASS BIG TIME LATELY, AND TODAY.THE DAY WAS AS GOOD AS THEY USALLY COME.
HOPEFULLY TOMORROW I WILL BE ON THE PLANE TO MY BABY, AND MY GOOD FAMILY.THEN A@P OFFERS EVEN MORE
FUN BY LOVE GENEROSITY.AND I WILL TRY MY BEST.
GUYS I AM SORRY FOR ALL THAT POST AGAIN.
BUT I AM EXCUSED TODAY PLEASE.DUE TO BEEN A CITIZEN.SOME MIGHT SAY WHO CARES?WELL I DO, AND A@P DOES. |
