Looking forward to work
My green card came in the mail today, we are hoping that my SS card will come in the mail next week. So I can get a driver license and start looking for a job. We thought I might need to go back to school to get an IL teaching credential in order to teach in the public school system. I have checked out the website of the local university and a university that offers online degree. But we found out from a woman who used to be a math instructor at the local university and community college that I should be able to teach at the local university and community college with my foreign masters degree.
The local university and community college are not currently advertising any vacancies looking for math instructors. I may just apply for a clerical or secretarial job first. I think I have enough administrative, computer and clerical experience to handle clerical and secretarial job. :-)
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Filed under migration, slice of life | Comment (0)Election day and Social Security office sucks
Today is the presidential election day and T’s day off from work. He voted early so we could go down to the nearest social security office to inquire on the status of my Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Social Security Card. The car park at polling station was full even though it’s 6.30 a.m. Either because many people were exercising their rights before they started work or they thought it would be less people early in the morning!
The nearest local Social Security office took about two hours to and fro, we would prefer to find out the status through phone if someone would pick up the darn phone at the Social Security office. We waited 30 minutes in line, was told the woman who processed our application was on leave and we would not get any information other than the Immigration Services had validated my data.
Though the woman who talked to us was all polite, you know she didn’t care and would not go an inch further. She could have go ahead to assign the SSN or corrected the mistake in my name, but she choose to do nothing. The Social Security office at this location sucks, the people work there are worst than Malaysian government servants.
Filed under migration, slice of life | Comment (1)Employment opportunities at the local community college
It has been more than four weeks now, have not received the SSN and green card in the mail yet. There are a lot of things cannot be done without the SSN, can’t take the driving test, can’t open a bank account and can’t apply for jobs. I spent most of the time organize the home and taking care of the blogs.
The first two weeks, I did check out information on how to get a teaching license in IL i.e browsing the website of the local university and some of the universities that offer online college courses. It seems would need to go back to school for at least one year to be able to teach in the public school system here.
Then, met a woman who used to teach in the local community college, she told me that I could apply to teach in the college or university with a masters degree. She has a masters degree in math and was working as an math instructor before she quit to stay home with her children.
It’s good to know that! I will be looking out for employment opportunities at the local community college and university!
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Filed under migration, slice of life | Comment (0)Go to church and lunch with parents in law
The big boy left for a toy show to trade his action figures and hot wheels 6.30 a.m. Since the SSN hasn’t been assigned and I am yet to get a driver license and car insurance, he arranged for his parents to pick me up for Church. His parents attend the United Methodist in the neighboring town, about 15 minutes drive from where we live. Most of their relatives i.e. uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and second cousins attend this church. However, we do not plan to attend this church, so today is just a visiting.
Oh boy, I have never seen a congregation with so many elderly people. :-) It’s not that I have anything against elderly people, we were at the second service at 10 a.m. more than half of the people are older than parents in law, who are in their 60s! However, it’s encouraging to see some older people are continuing to serve in whatever capacity they can.
We went to the cafeteria the retirement community where parents in law live for Sunday brunch after church service. It’s a buffet on Sunday. They have wide selections of breakfast, sandwiches, salads, fish and chicken. I had some baked salmon, salad and a croissant sandwich, they were delicious. They must have a good cook at this retirement community!
Filed under family, slice of life | Comment (0)Air conditioning in the car
We were out visiting garage sales last Saturday when temperature hit the 80s. It got quite warm and stuffy in the car, We have to wind down the windows to get fresh and colder air. Unlike in the tropics where we used to live, not every car here has auto air conditioning, some cars have only heaters, but no air conditioning!
Winding down the windows in the fall weather might work, but what do people do when summer comes? I wonder how much it will cost to install air conditioning compressor in the car. Summer in Illinois can be hot and humid, how did people survive without air conditioning in the car is beyond my comprehension.:-)
