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It's been a long time since I last updated my journal. I am terribly embarrassed about my previous entry and the series of misunderstandings it caused. For that, I apologize.
Anyway, many things have happened after that particular entry, so I'm not going to describe every single one of them and, instead, focus on the actually important ones. Twelve days ago, Vestibular results were made public and, much to my surprize, I was approved (finally). It felt really good when I saw my name on the list and I couldn't quite believe it had finally happened -- after trying for four years, I sort of lost all hope in getting there, but never actually gave up on it, although I'm not sure what I'd done if my name wasn't on the list. Me and my friends celebrated for two days in a row, with short stops for sleeping for a bit. I had never drank so much beer in so little time and it felt good, since I was able to hold my alcohol and all, but I really don't see me doing this again. Maybe when I graduate, but I'm not sure if I'll be willing to do this again.
After the dust settled a bit, I started looking for the required documents I needed in order to enroll (Authenticated Birth Certificate copy, authenticated ID copy and two authenticated copies of my High School diploma). The documents, obviously, were needed in order to prove that 1) I was born, 2) I was still alive and 3) that I had completed High School. The Birth certificate and my ID were easily found, the problem arose when my High School diploma was nowhere to be found. It's good to note that I have graduated from High School four years ago and really had no idea where I had put the thing -- I used it to enroll in another College, back in 2002 and had left it inside my closet, but I only found my Diploma from the First to Eight grade; there was no trace of the rest. I asked for a second copy of my diploma the same day and was informed that it would take them 30 days to get it done -- standard procedure, I guess, but I couldn't afford to wait until February 13th and then requested a declaration from the school in which the school stated that I had graduated and that the Diploma would be ready and all. The document I had requested had the same legal value as the diploma, and all Colleges accepted it -- all but UFPR, the one I was approved in. It was refused and I almost shoved it down the fat bastard's throat -- he didn't manage to give me a single reason as to why he was not going to accept it other than 'we won't accept it' and was generally unpleasant the entire time. Some of these people forget his salary comes directly from the (rather high amount of) taxes I pay. To make a long story short, I finally got my diploma today after talking to the Principal and all is good, but I'm still pissed off at the bueraucrat that wasn't going to allow me to use the document, even though it had the same legal value as the declaration... at least I know that once I finish everything, I won't have to put up with this kind of thing for a long while.
On my next entry, I think I'm going to talk a little about SXXI, to check what people really expect from it (after saying what I think about it, of course, since no information about it has been made public yet). I would write stuff on it now, but the entry would be too long and I'd rather to focus on one thing at a time for the time being.
Anyway, many things have happened after that particular entry, so I'm not going to describe every single one of them and, instead, focus on the actually important ones. Twelve days ago, Vestibular results were made public and, much to my surprize, I was approved (finally). It felt really good when I saw my name on the list and I couldn't quite believe it had finally happened -- after trying for four years, I sort of lost all hope in getting there, but never actually gave up on it, although I'm not sure what I'd done if my name wasn't on the list. Me and my friends celebrated for two days in a row, with short stops for sleeping for a bit. I had never drank so much beer in so little time and it felt good, since I was able to hold my alcohol and all, but I really don't see me doing this again. Maybe when I graduate, but I'm not sure if I'll be willing to do this again.
After the dust settled a bit, I started looking for the required documents I needed in order to enroll (Authenticated Birth Certificate copy, authenticated ID copy and two authenticated copies of my High School diploma). The documents, obviously, were needed in order to prove that 1) I was born, 2) I was still alive and 3) that I had completed High School. The Birth certificate and my ID were easily found, the problem arose when my High School diploma was nowhere to be found. It's good to note that I have graduated from High School four years ago and really had no idea where I had put the thing -- I used it to enroll in another College, back in 2002 and had left it inside my closet, but I only found my Diploma from the First to Eight grade; there was no trace of the rest. I asked for a second copy of my diploma the same day and was informed that it would take them 30 days to get it done -- standard procedure, I guess, but I couldn't afford to wait until February 13th and then requested a declaration from the school in which the school stated that I had graduated and that the Diploma would be ready and all. The document I had requested had the same legal value as the diploma, and all Colleges accepted it -- all but UFPR, the one I was approved in. It was refused and I almost shoved it down the fat bastard's throat -- he didn't manage to give me a single reason as to why he was not going to accept it other than 'we won't accept it' and was generally unpleasant the entire time. Some of these people forget his salary comes directly from the (rather high amount of) taxes I pay. To make a long story short, I finally got my diploma today after talking to the Principal and all is good, but I'm still pissed off at the bueraucrat that wasn't going to allow me to use the document, even though it had the same legal value as the declaration... at least I know that once I finish everything, I won't have to put up with this kind of thing for a long while.
On my next entry, I think I'm going to talk a little about SXXI, to check what people really expect from it (after saying what I think about it, of course, since no information about it has been made public yet). I would write stuff on it now, but the entry would be too long and I'd rather to focus on one thing at a time for the time being.