2 weeks of Emotional

It has been another 2 weeks that I didn't come to update. So I will update here briefly…..

============ 17- 23 May 2010

It has been quite emotional week for me…. After I've learned that I eventually got accepted by Emirates officially, I was quite excited about this new coming. However in the same time I had been so worried about my mother who has been in the hospital, awaited for surgery. It was kind of frustrating feeling that I am away from her, and I couldn't do anything for her but calling her everyday and keep cheering her up. It was quite emotional for me. Plus I had been worried about her, how was she, how she felt…etc. And she got an appointment for surgery on Wed 19th which was the HUGE day about politic in Bangkok. So the day of surgery had to be changed because the government announced as a curfew day. And eventually she got surgery on Friday 21th. As I mentioned before about politic in Bangkok, It was so terribly horrible. I was so emotionally about what happened there. I think Red-shirt did too much which made a very very bad consequences to everyone. Moreover, on the side of their leader, Taksin, he came to the CNN another other global news and announced that He had nothing to do with all of these violences. I feel, this is so drama! very Drama! Anyway It has been quite emotional week for me.

At the weekend I thought that me-raul and his friends/ Raquel and Jose/ Ester-Alex we would go somewhere out of city, relax. Eventually plan was suspended because we just made the booking on Wed and Thu. Surprising they are all full. So At the end We, all of us decided to go to Fresh market where me and Raul always go. We had breakfast till lunch time, and kept drinking a bit. It was quite fun. Overall, we had a "tranquilla semana" like; nothing to be worried, clam weekend…. which was good for me!
































============ 24- 30 May 2010

It has been another emotional week for me….. Because It's getting to the real thing that I will be moving to Dubai. I started to think ahead about what is going to happen. I have been worried with everything. I was very nervous, but in term of worry…. what is going to happen there, what people whom Im going to meet, What friends…. Also about me and Raul, what are we going to do while we will be away, what I would feel, How we are going to keep contact, how will i do for that….Will i be crazy, will i be lonely, Is Raul going to be fine? Is he going to be sad… etc. Too many questions in my head await for the solution to prepare for those results. Unfortunately, there is no any solution but "Faith". Too bad, that "Faith" somehow doesn't work with me at this stage. I need something more than that. As the result, I had been quite emotional. My mood goes up easy, down, quiet…. Didn't know what I want. I stuck myself with laptop, tried to find something entertain myself, to distract myself. <==For this, I even thought, Am i wasting my time to just distract myself? You know, too much. But good thing that I had a project which is "a flyer for my farewell party". So I had been busy to create the flyer… I've post it at the end here. This week, I went for more Vaccinations which went okay. Also my mother was okay from her surgery, but still lying down on the bed, trying to be recovery. Then again, I am still worried about her, to be there doing nothing but lying down on the bed and depend on people's help. I feel that I am useless, I cannot do anything for her as I have many thing, I am dealing with at the moment. Again, back to "worried too much". Weekend, we actually had an agreement for Barbecue lunch at Helena's place, So I was quite excited about it. That will be 4 couples, Me-Raul/ Raquel-Jose/ Ester-Alex/ And Helena with her husband. Unfortunately, at the end Helena couldn't make it. She fell ill. What a pity that she had prepared everything already and she tried to hold herself till the last minute. Well, she suggested may be be can do it on Sunday. Anyway, So Me-Raul/ Raquel-Jose/ Ester-Alex, we decided not to waste a day as we all are free. We went to "long beach" for Aperitif and lunch, Pealla. After lunch, we got a bit get going feeling. So we made another Easy dinner at Jose's place. We watched "Eurovision". During the time, I went to Ana' s farewell party where is not that far from Jose's and came back for Pizza. Ana is a friend whom I met from the meeting of SokaGakkai. At the end of the night, we went home. Even though we were saying that we would go out. But I guess all of us got quite tired for long day.

Next week will be quite busy week for me (I guess) that I will getting ready for my luggage, and stuffs. Also by Saturday, I have invited friends to come over for drinks, farewell party…. Look at a Flyer I made!!!!

"Final Approval" from Emirates &Anniversary weekend.

Continue….

--(Fri) 8MAY - I have received an email from Emirates said; …..I haven't uploaded any documents yet, (It was 30days left for Day of joining) and they were being concerned if I would have enough time to request of resignation from current employer***. They needed to know if I am still able to join them in Dubai on 7 June as I made myself committed in the contract. They needed to finalized the list of crew who would come that day…. So I replied that I would complete upload all document on next monday and will email them to alert again.

***(General, you need to tell your employer the resignation in advanced for 30days. And Emirates policy, they suggested you, NOT to do any action till you will complete ALL of requirement Medical check. Then Emirates will advise you to request the resignation from your current employer.)












--(Mon) 10MAY - I made all scan of all documents and sent it to Emirates. I was nervous because it means soon I would be finalized, It was getting the confirmation of truth. Also I sent a an alert email to them that I completed all of medical document. Hopefully that It would make thing faster….

--(Tue) 11MAY - I received the reply from Emirates straight away!!! Unfortunate, there was little problems :
[1] one report from doctor. He didn't put the actual date in the X-ray report, and the doctor's stamp on that report was not seen well. Because the stamp was quite light, and bad quality of Scanner.
[2] The blood test report didn't contain the date!! aggrrhh~! It actually did contain the date, but it was in the first page of the whole set of the test report.

Today, I could go only the lab of blood test and asked them to reprint with "date" in all pages. However, I had to wait till thursday to meet a doctor as he didn't make any visit today and also because I got the final exam of my Spanish course tomorrow!!
--(Wed) 12MAY - I went to Barcelona for the last time, for my Final exam…. It went pretty well. Not bad. And after the exam, some classmates and me, we went for aperitif. Among of my classmates we agreed to have Farewell dinner on Friday in Barcelona, which means If i go, I need to find a place to stay over in Barcelona. Aron, Taiwanese friend offered me his apartment to stay. But it was not the point, going to Barcelona costs me somehow. So I was not sure If I wanted or not. After aperitif, I went with Masako for Japanese lunch…. 〜おいしかったです。


--(Thu) 13MAY - I went to see a doctor in the morning, asked him to make another report as Emirates has requested. It took only 5mins to be done. After, I went to make a scan of those document at Raul office. I was so happy that everything done!! I would send the missing documents today to Emirates and tomorrow I would get the Final approval for sure!!
. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .On the way back from Raul's office, to have a breakfast in cafe. I received a phone call from my aunt who live with my mom, Pa Ki. She told me that my mum has been in the hospital since Tuesday because she can't walk, and apparently she will need a surgery!! I was in shocked!!…… I asked my aunt that I'll call her back through Skype later once I get home later, as she used a mobile to call me. So at that moment, I didn't get enough information what was actually happening. During I had a breakfast, my mind started to get crazy. I even thought about dates back to Thailand to visit my mom.
After breakfast, I got home. Instead calling my aunt, I called KIK first, talked to her about something else, Blackberry phone and iphone. I really needed to be distracted by something else first then I would be able to think and see the problem better. After I called KIK, I called my aunt to continue the conversation. My aunt said; there is nothing serious and nothing to be worried and It doesn't scary as it sounds. What a relief !! ….. However, still worried.
……….……After all relief, I resent the document to Emirates again. I didn't think I would be replied by tomorrow as Fri.-Sat. they don't work in Dubai.
……………And eventually I decided not to go for Farewell dinner with my classmate in Barcelona. Because Raul came up with a Surprise weekend for our anniversary, in Siurana.

--(Fri) 14MAY - Nothing much to say for today, I only talked to my auntie, my mum, to cheer her up. And arranging something, and discussed what was happening in Thailand. And packed a bag to get ready for "Siurana". We left home for Siurana about 1830….

----------Weekend------------ " Wonderful " !!! Please visit my Facebook for some photos.

















































































--(Sun) 16MAY - Still in Siurana/ I got a feeling in the morning that I would get the reply from Emirates. I used my laptop through wifi access in the hotel to check. "YES!!!!" - the "FINAL" was approved! I also received some documents from Emirates, to be prepared. ~~~Yeyyyy!
-It has been 4weeks total after I got the result of Final interview to get the 'final approval'. Now I had to plan when would I open that Cava bottle for the Celebration.

2nd week of the Medical

MEDICAL~~!

May 4th - " THE RESULT "

Today I had to go to get the result of the blood test from the hospital and then I would go to visit a doctor at 10h00. I woke up quite early because I was so nervous and didn't sleep well. Why? I don't know. May be I was so afraid of some sickness in my blood that I never know before... and that means "I am sick" and "I don't get job... ever and forever". This would be enough reason for me to be nervous, no?

Anyway, I went to hospital at 09h30 to receive the blood test result. On the way to go to hospital, while I was walking, I thought-First I gonna see the result, and in the result papers I need to find the word only "NEGATIVE" not "POSITIVE". The papers would be in Spanish-So 'negative' in Spanish is "Negativo", There! not a problem no need to understand much. I was standing at the counter, asking for my blood test result from the hospital officer. And she said... Sorry, your test hasn't arrived!!!!! "Wha--?" I said that I must use it today to see a doctor at 10 o'clock. So she called to the lab office and asked them to send the fax. And my original test result will be send by 1PM. "Aaggrrr! I don't understand!! I've paid €230 for this test, why is so difficult to be ON TIME!?" Even more, now she asked me to pay for the doctor visit IN CASH!! (here, you have to pay the visit first before to see a doctor). I claimed that I paid with the card for the first time's visit why not this time. She said the first time she didn't realise that my doctor has a specific request of payment for all of his patients to pay in cash! I politely complained by asking her opinion that; As you know that I am here for the Medical check which is quite expensive and I am responsible for all expenses myself, It costs a lot of money. And because of that, most of people would use their credit card to pay these expenses, rather to pay in cash. What would happen if I didn't have enough cash to pay? What would happen if I want to pay only with a credit card for my personal reason??...... She started to look guilty, and said she would go to ask doctor for me. At that moment, I thought I would see the blood test's result first, if there was POSITIVO somewhere in the paper, I would just leave, back home and get drunk because It means the end of story! ...... My career and My sickness. There is no need to see doctor.

I heard the telephone fax which was behind the counter was ringing and the fax signal started to send... .. .. My heart started to beat stronger stronger and stronger.... I could feel that my face getting hotter because of too much nervious. Now the printing was started.... one page- two pages.....one more .....more... and............ now It finished. She stood up after the printing finished and gathered all those papers and handed to me. I took them from her without looking at them just yet, and excused myself that I would go to get some cash from ATM machine to pay the doctor visit and will be back. I took a paper and sat down at the waiting area. I looked and searched carefully.... Page 1... Page 2..... Page 3.... Page 4 and 5 THERE!! Full of the word "NEGATIVO".... (it was hapetitis A-B-C and Syphillis) Page 6 I could see it so clear " H-I-V" test- and next to "Hiv" is 'NEGATIVO' YES!! No "positivo" anywhere in these papers....~~ What a relief~~!-I sighed. pffff~.... Now gonna find a ATM mechine and come again to visit doctor.

I met a doctor, he filled all the forms I need in English, and asked the nurse to take me for vision check. Nurse took me to another room to check my eyes. After she checked my eyes with the machine she gave me the paper with the result and explained to me that, give the test result to a doctor and later bring the paper to pay at the counter 20Euros! "WHa~?!?" again!?? ..... what she did was only "Okay, read this line please while you are wearing glasses.......now take them off and read this line with your right eye/ left eyes... etc" 20Euros! Damn!! I was so upset! After the test, I was waiting for a doctor to call me in the waiting area. He came out from his office and walked directly to me and asked for the result paper and forms which I had from Emirates, that he needed to fill and asked me to go home! ¿Eh?!.... I don't get it!! I asked him about the expenses he said, it is not necessary. Moreover, he asked me to give him the vaccination form. He will provide some vaccines which are free in Spain for me and come to meet him on Thursday, free of charge!..... Well now, sounds better!!

In fact, when I saw a doctor for the first time, He just look what tests I would be needed, and wrote the prescriptions to go to check.... and this time, He didn't really do the check with me. He just looked at the blood test's result, the x-ray film and fill up the form and sign! Nothing more nothing less. I paid him to do this for 120Euros! Now he might be empathy so he helped me.

Today I actually expected to complete all the documents but It didn't happen. Well, perhaps on Thursday should be done. However, today I was already happy that I was almost official be hired by Emirates because I knew all the result.... Blood test, Chest x-ray...etc. I am a healthy man!! Only Vaccination and Dentist to go. Thus, in the afternoon I went to dentist clinic in this hospital to make an appointment which will be on Friday. That means everything will be completed on this week! yey!.....

End of the week~ I eventually got the vaccination from doctors on Thursday however some of them are not provided in the hospital; Yellow fever-MMR-typhoid.. I need to go to another place for it, the center of ministry health and social (pff~~more complicated, need to make an appointment for it. However It's free... well.... no complaint. I will send all the documents first to Emirates anyway, and will update the vaccination with them later, don't think that would be problem) And I got the dentist to fill the form for me already. So now I got everything. On Monday 10th May, I will scan all documents and will send to Emirates. So I will get the "FINAL APPROVAL" by next week!!!

Friday 7th - COOKING THAI cuisine at Nick-Silvia place. I taught Nick to cook Thai cuisine. We cooked Pat-tai-kung (Shrimps Patthai), Beef Paneng(red) curry, Stir-fired Squid yellow curry, and Tomyam chicken.... It was so good!! Nick is so interested in cooking, he loves cooking so I told him some tips and tricks to cook like Thai. :o)



----------8th May 2010, * 30 days left. -------------------------

Busy busy busy weekend/ (April 30 & May1-2, 2010)

April 30th - "La Feria de Abril"
(The April fair)

The April fair, the annual spring fair is originally from the region Andalucia-Sevilla city, south of spain. The fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa or Easter Holy Week. People dress up "the traditional Sevillana dress" and gathering together in the fair night time and dance "Sevillanas dancing" drinking Jerez sherry, or manzanilla wine. I got a chance to go to this fair in Tarragona with Fernando, Raul and Rut. Rut has been practicing the Sevillanas dancing, so we got a friend who can dance Sevillanas, which make the huge different comparing if you just go there to watch and see. At this time, we met other friends and new friends in the fair. Gerard, a friend of Rut, he is a professional photographer, so he told some trips for taking photos. Before, I studied how to take photo from the videos but It wasn't enough and didn't understand that much. It was really good to hear some techniques from a person, a real person not a video.

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PS.- More photos Please visit My album in Facebook... Thanks

May 1st - "Zipi y Zape concert @soho Tarragona"
Me and Raul were invited to go to this concert at Soho bar in Tarragona. A member of this band, the guitar player and a singer, Patxi, is our friend, through Rut. It was really fun and was so great. He sang one song that I REALLY LIKE! Such a surprised. "La Chica ye ye" It was THE FIRST song for me that I learned and practised in Spanish since I couldn't speak Spanish at all.




















































May 2nd - "Mother day" ~Lolita of the Linaje~
Today we went to have lunch outside the city with "The Linaje" [except Paula- too bad :-( ] It was BBQ lunch. Because May 2nd is Mother day, plus May 4th is Birhday of Raul's mother. So we celebrated 2 in one!

Medical check in Tarragona

24 - 30 April 2010

After I had been so busy, being happy that I am accepted by Emirates. Now it is time to start to prepare and complete all the requirement documents for the official final approval by Emirates.

Last week, I did not really do the celebration for the good news, any "Very special dinner, party, etc." that indicated that I passed the interview. However, me and Raül had done some special occasions; Tapas nights/ Day in Barcelona for St. Jordi/ Juan's visit. Hence my celebration Champagne is still in the fridge. I think It makes sense that we should wait for "the official final approval" which will also confirm the day I will be in Dubai, sounds likely more real.

Monday- Today I didn't go to class in Barcelona, because the alarm didn't go off. So I was recommended by Raül to go to hospital and check the information for the medical check. I went to the private hospital where Raül told. I went to Monegal in Tarragona. I walked straight away to the information counter and tried to explain that I need the medical check for work and show them my documents. It was quite difficult for communication at the beginning. So I said, It is a necessary to talk to doctor IN ENGLISH, because the doctor must be able to communicate with me, be able to understand and follow the requirements which indicate in the papers. Lucky me, I got to meet a doctor who can understand English perfectly. But in that hospital he is not a GP who can do the medical check for me. He is a doctor in ER. After He read the papers, he suggested me 2 options, 1) Go to the next building of this hospital where provide the medical check service and ask again for the doctor who could speak and understand English. OR 2) Go to another hospital where he goes to make visits as a GP doctor, there he can do the medical check for me. And he said, to complete and follow the requirements for the MED check, he recommends for private hospital because the public hospital provide the service for only when you are sick due to the social insurance in Spain. Of course, I still can do some checks in public hospital, but that would take much time to do so. Due to I really want these checks to be completed as soon as possible, so going to public hospital, asking for doctor who can speak English..etc, I don't think that is a good option. And the total price(according to all checks which indicates in the papers) should be around €300-500, he said. "pfff~~~....." (THB13,000-21,600/ €1= 43B) And the time for this process would take place about one week to be completed, in both hospital. Before I left, I asked for the information of another hospital where he is a GP doctor. I thought that would be a good idea just go to see him there, as he already knows the requirements in the papers.


As long as I was still at Monegal hospital, so I went to the next building of this hospital and asked about the potential expenses. The nurse took the papers to make photocopies(list of requirements) and said that she would call, to let me know later this evening.
After that I went straight away to another hospital to ask about the potential expenses, and some information where the doctor whom I spoke with this morning. It is called Medica de Tarragona. I was discussing with nurses for while and they could already estimate the potential price, which is about €400 something(17,500B.). At the end, the first hospital didn't return the phone call. So I just went for the 2nd hospital.

Tuesday- Yesterday, the doctor whom I spoke to, he wrote the time of his visit in another hospital/ tue-10h-12h/ Wed 18h-20h/ Fri 10h-12h So I went to see him this morning. He wrote the order for all checks; X-rays, Blood test..etc. Unfortunately, I couldn't have any test today. :o( And for a visit the doctor, it cost €60 (2,600THB) Damn, it was only 10mins!!

Wednesday- I got blood test today, so last night after dinner till the test, no drinks-no foods. And also I got the X-rays scan; Chest and Dental. I really like the Dental X-ray because the machine is so cool!! (...je je je...) I got the X-ray films straight away afterward. And for the blood test's result will be on next tuesday, which is perfect. Because my doctor makes the visit on tue, so he can complete my papers with all the test results.
After nurse took my blood for test, and wrote down the form, she injected something under my skin on my arm area in a very very small amount and used the big head pen to make the mark around it. And I have to come back to her in next 2 day, to see if it will be Negative of Positive. No touch, no itch, no washing, nothing for 48hours. I asked her what is it.... She explained in Spanish and of course, I didn't understand. So I gave up to keep asking.

The blood test costs €230 (9,920THB.) and the X-ray €110 (4,750THB)

Thursday- There was no more test for the medical check. And...... I didn't go to the class! Bad Boy!

Friday- In the morning, I got an appointment with a nurse who injected something in my skin. The spot that she injected, it looked like a mosquito's bite, It was a bit pain Only when she pressed on it, like I got a bite from bee or something poison but It was not itchy. At the first time when she saw it, she didn't look that convinced, sure. So she asked another nurse who confirmed straight away with her confidence that it is negative. Well..... I asked her again, what is it. She tried to explain to me in Spanish but.... I didn't understand!! Well, as long as I am still alive, I can wait to ask a doctor on next Tuesday.


So far, I have spent 60(Doc.)+230(Blood)+110(X-ray)= €400!! already ( 17,300THB.)

..........There will be more with another visit with doctor, €60. And some more vaccines and may be dentist. pppff~~~~...... I will update again later. However, all the documents should be completed by next week and by next weekend, I should be able to open my Champagne bottle already!!




This weekend plan.... Me-Raül-Fernando and Rut, we are going to the April fair. There are 2 areas, one is like fun fair-with all rides. And another part, with all tents, people dresses Sevillana and dancing sevillana/ drinking eating. I will post it later :o)