Travelogue: Arrangements before Flying

I cannot believe myself saying this but, I am overly excited for tomorrow’s flight to Switzerland. So, I’ve got to make some ends today and make sure this vacation will be enjoyable as much as possible. I am a type of last-minute guy so, do not flame me for being that and I know all the hype and rush and trouble last-minute gets you. But wth, I love all the rushing and anxiety, it made me feels alive!

Despite that I wanted today to go smoothly, my journey started a bit bumpy. Actually, I wanted to get ready before 7am so that when I arrived at the metro station, it would not be so crowded that you can barely breathe. All thanks to me, who refused to stick to the plan, slept away till 9am in the morning. Yet feeling no regret, I woke up as usual and take bath and brushed my teeth, then get ready to go out and renew my International Student Identity Card (ISIC for short). I actually had coaxed one of my friends to come along with me to the center, but we make plans yet has no power over it. He got locked inside his own house and the keys are with his friends which went out earlier. I find this hilarious, but on the dark side, I begin to think, did he purposed locked himself inside so that he would not accompany me? Damn, that is a smart trick if it was! (jot down and take note, will do this trick in the future)

So, I’m on my own going to the renewal center with only a paper written with direction and metro stations names on it. I prayed for luck and guidance for my travel today. On first seconds, it came true. I bumped on my friends who were heading to the exact same place for the exact same purpose. God, I’m glad! With this, I will never get lost. (Mind you, I have a terrible sense of direction) But then, oh crap, I suddenly remembered that I didn’t have metro pass, which means that I must buy it at the station. As usual, morning at the station is very hectic and I had to que up for 10 minutes to buy my ticket. Yeah, so I lost contact with my friends and end up going there alone again. This is the irony of hope and you lost the hope. Haha, God had helped me, but me not buying the monthly pass earlier just blew the chance I got. What a shame, but nevertheless, no problem!

The ride took me at least 30 minutes as I started the train journey at approximately 1030am and arrived at 1108am, okay, its should be more but who cares anyway! After I arrived that the last station, I gambled which exit I should choose and I choose the nearest exit, hoping that the center will be there. Once more, I found the center from the exit and I’m thinking to myself, how lucky am I today. However, the irony happens, because the lady that was supposed to help us register haven’t arrived yet, and she will be there at 1pm. This really puts a blow on my head because now I have 2 hours free time out in the coldness of Moscow city. I decided to call my friend to crash at his place, but only to be reminded that he is locked in his house. (Yeah, I’m that forgetful) So, since my stomach is yelling loudly, I decided to head to Manezh Plaza to grab a lunch. No, its more like a brunch for me.

I had the usual  Kartoshka with Krababoie Myasa and Salat Zakusocnie (Baked potato with crab meat and brothed salat salad). Very fulfilling and cost me 141 rubles. Too bad, I did not take the picture of it, my gut brain took over my cerebrum at that moment. After the brunch, I looked at my watch and I still has 1hour and 30minutes left, so I decided to do some last-minute shopping to add in my shirt collection.Last minute plan means that I doesn’t have the money so, I need to withdraw some cash from the ATM machine. By the way, has any of you guys realized that the ATM machine in Manezh are all missing? I went to all the usual spots but nay!, none of them was to be found. I remembered there was a machine near the Mc Donald’s restaurant so I went there to try my luck. But shame on it, my card was rejected for a reason even I don’t know. So, I’m at wit’s end and suddenly, I remembered there was a machine in the metro station, so I rushed to it. How glad I am that the plaza was connected directly to the station, saved my time and energy! And thank God, it works this time. I’ve successfully withdrawn 3000 rubles. Next, I head to New Yorkers.

So, here’s the shirt and I bought a sweater.

So, after finishing at New Yorkers, I went to ZARA to scavenge some shoes. Earlier, I spotted a nice green shoes with my friend but the thought of the tip of the shoe turns me off. Now looking back at it, it still does so I canceled my intention to buy it. So finally, I’m heading back to the renewal center at 1pm. When I arrived at the location, I had to wait in que because there are other peoples who were there earlier. I was LoL, and amazed that they waited for the lady (the registrar is a young woman by the way, not a lady yet). One thing that I dreaded here is filling the renewal application form, I haven’t been practicing with my Russian for a while and phew! I still managed to fill them. But I stumped on the address section. Me having a bad memory, I can’t remember where do I live, (no pun intended, its just the written address where I live in RUSSIA) So, I left it blank hoping that she would not notice but a minute later, she handed me the form back and ask me to fill in my address. At that time, I was like oh my God, what am I going to write. So, I racked my brain and managed to locate pieces of information and wrote it down. Haha, I even accidentally written the letter T to M in Russian. Confusing? I’m confusing myself and the lady. Nevertheless, she managed to read my awful handwriting and finish my card in like 5 minutes? That was fast and the renewal cost me 300 rubles. There are a lot of benefit using ISIC. If you want to know more, please go to the link above or if you can’t locate it, go here.

So, with the renewal, my plan for the day had been achieved and I head back home. Home sweet home.

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Tags: journey, shirt, shopping