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siegecrossbow

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Hi Buddies I'm back! Sorry for the long period of absence as I was busy applying for university and preparing my VISA matters! I was accepted by the University of Sydney and will be leaving for Australia in July. I hope to go for exchange program in the US and if possible I'll go visit some of you guys!

Congrats on your acceptance to University of Sydney! Be sure to visit UT Austin if you have the chance.
 

Blitzo

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Hi Buddies I'm back! Sorry for the long period of absence as I was busy applying for university and preparing my VISA matters! I was accepted by the University of Sydney and will be leaving for Australia in July. I hope to go for exchange program in the US and if possible I'll go visit some of you guys!

Congrats, what will you be studying?
 

Equation

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Hi Buddies I'm back! Sorry for the long period of absence as I was busy applying for university and preparing my VISA matters! I was accepted by the University of Sydney and will be leaving for Australia in July. I hope to go for exchange program in the US and if possible I'll go visit some of you guys!

Good luck on your studies. Enjoy it while you can. I know I missed my college days.
 

Jeff Head

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I would recommend the following PBS special to anyone.

It is a deeply moving story about a Chinese family (and in particularly their little daughter) caught up in the post world War II years...years of faithful service to the party...purging during the Cultural revolution...and ultrimate survival as a family.

VERY good and revealing...and moving.

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Hi Buddies I'm back! Sorry for the long period of absence as I was busy applying for university and preparing my VISA matters! I was accepted by the University of Sydney and will be leaving for Australia in July. I hope to go for exchange program in the US and if possible I'll go visit some of you guys!

Congratulations! If you're ever in the US let us know your itenerary.
 

Miragedriver

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It would take a heart of stone to not be moved to tears by this ad. Well done. I hope viewers get the message.

Touching organ donation advertisement from Argentina "The man and the dog' will leave you in tears
The advertisers created a piece on organ donation that has left people reaching for their dogs in floods of tears.

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Back to bottling my Grenache
 

vesicles

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Can't express how excited I am now that I am finally eligible for U.S. Citizenship application. I'll let you guys know how it went asap.

Congrats!!

I went through the same process in 2001, with the interview and the whole nine yards. I got the 100 questions off the web and studied for the interview. When I got to the INS (the one in San Antonio), the interviewer asked me two questions: (1) what is the second law of thermodynamics? (2) what does the door bell at the White House sound like? I answered the first one with no sweat (he asked because he saw that I am a Chemistry major). I had no idea how to answer the second one (I knew it was a joke, but no idea how to answer it). And he said it should sound like "cliiiindong" (Clinton was the POTUS at the time). We then did a little chit chat about nothing, like weather, vacationing in the Bahamas and stuff... And that was it!!!

For the actual ceremony, I did in College Station. Since that was the first immigration ceremony held in College Station, the local TV station sent people there. So all my buddies and colleagues saw me on the evening news that night. I got my 15 minute fame (well, more like a 15 second fame), I guess...
 
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