I made an appeal

As you can see from the time below, i have woken up rather early this morning. I have a practical class at nine so i thought i could do some read-up beofre that. But alas! Here i am writing an entry but i guess it won't hurt to spend a few minutes. :-
The past two days have been pretty stressful days.. If you have read my previous entry, you would know about the fine.

On monday i went down to the international student's office to ask if i could make an appeal for a request to have my fine reconsidered. My international student officer just looked at me in amazement..she went " there are thousands of international students who travel on the train using student consession but never get caught. It was just bad luck!" :-( That definately made me feel worse. But she was very helpful. She gave me a list of documents to put together.I also had to wrie a letter stating why i had taken student consession.

I sat in front of the computer thhinking of what to write. I needed the letter to sound apologetic. Managed to get the draft out. On wednesday morning, i went down to the international students office again and got my letter printed out after approvel from the international student officer. She also gave me a letter to confirm that i was a newly enrolled student of the university. i submitted documents like my air ticket, visa, electricity bill (needed an official letter to prove my address of residency, crap!) and passport (needed to show the arrival stamp).

i finished at four and i wanted to get the letter posted out on wednesday itself. I brisked walk to the town centre just in time for the post office to close. But the guy behind the counter was nice enough to actually process the postage for me. He even offered to make sure the letter got posted yesterday itself so i will not loose a day. The mail will take about 2 or 3 days to reach the recipient. i was hoping for the letter to reach the recipient by at least friday. He knew i was an international student and in fact has been very helpful since i first dropped by the post office. He keeps me informed about the latest calling cards out that offer the best rates. the Best pre paid card value to get. :-)

The wednesday ended with me posting a letter and then off to the grocer to get milk,bread and strawberries..yum!

I always look forward to thursdays as it is a relatively short day. It is elongated slightly today as i have a project meet up with my lecturer at one. I am hoping he will see us at twelve (lunch break).

hmm..now i can't decide what to pack for lunch at this point of time. i will probably be staying in this weekend. I don't plan to head out untill my appeal is settled. If it gets through..i'll be grateful...*fingers crossed*