Mein Leben - Meine Wahl

Went to the Deutsches Institut Taipei this morning for my student VISA. Got up early and took the 8 o'clock bus, then met my cousin for lunch at Taipei 101. 

We went to a Italian restaurant called Diamond Tony's Italian Restaurant (http://www.diamond-tony.com.tw/main.htm) which located on the 4th floor of 101. I love their fettuccine with white sauce, and the prices are reasonable!!! Both my cousin and I had the luch special plus $160 for the side order. So, for the whole set luch I had a seafood mix soup to start, and followed by a salad with itlian dressing and garlic breads. Then the main course was Sauerkraut and Pork with Fettuccine. At the end came the Tiramisu and ice milk tea. The whole set costed about NT$500, but the fettuccine was quite a huge portion. I could barely finish half after the soup and garlic breads. The soup and salad were just so-so, but my cousin said that her creamy bacon soup was good. Anyway, I think just the main course is a perfect portion for a lady, the side order is not necessary unless you are really hungry. 

Back to the VISA thing. After the luch I went to the DIT, and there were already some people waiting inline. Wen, the girl who is going to Tübingen with me, was there too, so we chatted a bit about our schedule. She said that she is going to graduate right after the exchange program, so she doesn't have to come back before September next year to catch up the next semester. In other words, she gets to travel in Europe as long as the VISA is vaild. Me, on the other hand, must return to NCHU before next school year started. So since I have to come back earlier, I've decided to depart earlier as well, to make up the time lost^_^

Ok, back to the VISA thing AGAIN! The DIT personnel was very nice to everyone, and the VISA only costed NT$1310 (30Euro). Germany has raised the VISA fee to 60Euro at the beginning of this year, but the fee remain at 30Euro if the applicant is going to Germany for study or research. Unlike the US charges nearly NT$7000 for student VISA......... Well, I can only say that luckly I choose Tübingen instead of VT! 

DIT said the VISA processing time is about 8 weeks, so I just have to wait again. WAITING is what I've been doing the most in this year....