happy ending
my cedula epic would not be finished without its hollywood style happy ending.
i called my abogado who assured me my cedula is printed and i can come to pick it up anytime. and pay 1.200 pesos. got little upset, as you imagine.
since from monday i start a new job i have decided to travel to SD on friday (yesterday).
trip was bad as usual, minovio has gotten me new motion sickness pills: "not that stong and better for you", yeah, right! "not that strong" sure proved to be truth so in santiago i asked to be transferred to the seat next to the driver in the front of the bus. i understand this is not exactly allowed but i can tell you, no one has ever said NO to me in any means of transport...
fast forward to SD: my lawyer had to go to another department in a different easily combustible building so i strolled to the extranjeros dept alone. same layout as last time, same fat ladies, lot less sweaty gringos. lady at the desk 1 took my paper cedula from me and pointed at the lady sitting next to cedula machine in the corner shouting "IMPRIMIR!"
now, dont get me wrong, i did go to SD only because i was told my cedula is already printed! and now this! but alas, this time plastic was available, cedula was duly printed and was was shown the door less than two minutes after i entered the office.
have you noticed the surprise? NO PAYMENT REQUIRED!
admitedly at the cedula picture i look like a vicious maniac knocking ice-creams out off the children's hands but nonetheless - i am now legal.
1.200 pesos saved on cedula was spent in la cuchara de madera (they now charge whooping 145 pesos per cheesecake slice) and on a dress in plaza lama. i must have embarrased poor chiri getting very excited in LCDM..... we then procceded to have lunch at chiri's place (beans with PUMPKIN - yes, i was rather suspicious but god was it nice! followed by postre from the usual shop).
bearing in my my problems on a way to SD i knocked myself out with some more motion sickness pills plus pain killers (every time i go to SD i end up with mild migraine, must be temperature and pressure) so travel home was a bliss. To my big surprise metro now extended the service to sosua/canarete, four times a day.
see - no complaining.
out of curiosity, on cedula my piel is labeled as B (blanco), what other option there are? is there an M, as in moreno?