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Sup party people? The wife and I are in Seoul and just finished eating some BBQ. She now in one of the 8 million face shops and I'm out trying to get MERS. Super nice temp here, like 70s or so but it looks like it's gonna be hotter over the next few days. Leaving here to go to Hong Kong Tuesday which will be dreadfully hot. Not to work, I'm certain it will not slow my wife's plan to add 10 pounds to me before the end of the vaca.

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'Tis the voice of the lobstah; I heard him declare:

"You have baked me too brown! I must sugar my hair."

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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G - you should try to run there (where ever you are) in the early mornings. it's fun, i tell ya, fun !

bonus points for a vid camera strapped to yer arm.

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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G - you should try to run there (where ever you are) in the early mornings. it's fun, i tell ya, fun !

bonus points for a vid camera strapped to yer arm.

I've noticed there's a vast shortage of "city runners" here. Used to seeing them everywhere in the U.S. Guess no one's fat enough to have to subject themselves to such a horrid pastime. Oh well, beer/chicken fixes all
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usually it's expats, who like it 'urban'.

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Sup party people? The wife and I are in Seoul and just finished eating some BBQ. She now in one of the 8 million face shops and I'm out trying to get MERS. Super nice temp here, like 70s or so but it looks like it's gonna be hotter over the next few days. Leaving here to go to Hong Kong Tuesday which will be dreadfully hot. Not to work, I'm certain it will not slow my wife's plan to add 10 pounds to me before the end of the vaca.

The weather Tuesday should be 'Mainly fine and very hot'.

http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htmMainly fine and very hot.

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The humidity is the killer...will you be there for the 4th??? You should be able to find an expat party on Saturday somewhere.
Here you go 550HKD/person free flow food and drinks!!!!
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The weather Tuesday should be 'Mainly fine and very hot'.

http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htmMainly fine and very hot.

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The humidity is the killer...will you be there for the 4th??? You should be able to find an expat party on Saturday somewhere.

Here you go 550HKD/person free flow food and drinks!!!!

https://www.gormei.com/en/events/4th-of-july-party-by-stone-nullah-tavern-x-little-burro/

Unfortunately I will be on my way back to the states on the 4th. I don't think I've celebrated the 4th in the U.S. Since I met my wife. Canada, Hong Kong, and now on a plane.
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Unfortunately I will be on my way back to the states on the 4th. I don't think I've celebrated the 4th in the U.S. Since I met my wife. Canada, Hong Kong, and now on a plane.

She's stealing your heritage man, don't you see it?

Have fun!

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She's stealing your heritage man, don't you see it?

Have fun!

Oh I see it. Chinese expansionism strikes again! Speaking of that, we arrived in Hong Kong a couple days ago and have commenced the fattening. I had so many Shanghai style soup dumplings last night I felt gross. Those things are a bite of heaven.
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I had so many Shanghai style soup dumplings last night I felt gross.

You ate 144 dumplings, you weigh 144 lbs., or you gained 144 lbs.?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Oh I see it. Chinese expansionism strikes again! Speaking of that, we arrived in Hong Kong a couple days ago and have commenced the fattening. I had so many Shanghai style soup dumplings last night I felt gross. Those things are a bite of heaven.

Yes Xiaolongbao are very delicious but also very dangerous; as the soup approaches the same temperature as the sun it can spray everywhere when the novice eater takes their first bite.

They make some so big they come with a straw

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