Immigration Proceedings – Part II

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

It’s official! I am a US Permanent Resident!

For those not in the know, I had what was known as Conditional Permanent Residence status. The conditional part was due to being married to Jennifer for less than 2 years BEFORE we migrated to the US. The conditions of the my residency were that I was to remain married to Jennifer for two years and share in the responsibilities of the household in that time, to prove that our marriage was real and that I was not going to be a drain on the US resources. Obviously, proving our marriage was important to show that I didn’t want to just gain residency or citizenship, then cut and run! Continue reading →

What a world we live in…

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

I was flipping through some channels tonight and stumbled across a show I’d been wanting to watch for a little while. The show is called Penn & Teller’s Bulls***. From watching that one show, it would appear they dissect issues that most of us seem to overlook but are actually crucial issues to our daily lives. Tonight’s episode was – Food. Continue reading →

Immigration proceedings and Parkersburg,WV!

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

Okay, so I recently received a “Notice of Action” from the USCIS informing me that was required to travel to Charleston, WV for “biometrics” appointment on Thursday, June 3, 2010. What’s a biometrics appointment? In a nutshell, it’s a finger print and mug shot. LOL! I was asked countless times why I couldn’t have done that at the local sheriff’s office. Basically, I had to have an official USCIS Officer/worker there to take the details. As you can imagine, there are many thousands of people doing exactly what I’m doing here in the US. I would be a logistical nightmare to manage all those people if they just went to their local sheriff’s office to get their biometric information taken. It just easier, for them at least, if they have offices located throughout the country and have people travel to the locations, rather than sending official workers to the applicants. Continue reading →

Thursday League Roll Off

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

I have to say, in spite of all the ups and downs of the season, I enjoyed this season very much. I have learned much through out the season, least of all, how to keep your emotions steady. I have a tendency of being very hard on myself if things don’t go my way which often leads to me getting angry and start to throw the hell out of the ball. This is obviously not a good thing, but I’ve got a lot better at keeping cool and staying on a more even keel. Continue reading →

Summary of my season

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

This last season (bowling, of course) has been one of HUGE ups and downs. Sadly, mostly downs. I’ve struggled all season with release problems, accuracy problems and timing problems. Recently, there has been a glimmer of hope at salvaging the last quarter of this season after my visit with Mo Pinel, of MoRich Bowling, in Newport, KY. A new release, a new fit and a new ball later and I saw some quick improvements. However, with each improvement, there was a swift pull back to reality. In the last 4 weeks, I’ve bowled two 600′s only to follow them up with low 400′s. Talk about a violent swing in results.

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Bring on March!

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Kelly Te Huna

Okay, so March is already here. Sue me!

This month will prove to be a rather busy one for me. This month I turn 30, I have to submit my application the United States Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) to have the conditional status removed from my Permanent Residence Visa, I will travelling to Newport, KY for a bowling lesson and I will competing in an in-house bowling tournament. YAY MARCH! Continue reading →

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Ah, the first snow of the season

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Kelly Te Huna

Seeing as I’m originally from a slightly more temperate region of the globe, waking up to find a fresh blanket of snow on the lawn is still both very strange and very exciting. I love that you go to bed seeing what would ordinarily be out your window and wake in the morning to a beautiful scene that is breathtaking and really quite amazing. My only complaint would be that its just too cold! Continue reading →

Home, Sweet home. Sort of.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Kelly Te Huna

This last weekend has been a busy one for us. We found out on Saturday afternoon that the tenants of the house we were wanting to move in to, which incidently belongs to my mother-in-law, would be completely moved out by the end of that day, meaning we could start moving stuff in on Sunday. Continue reading →

A virtualized development environment

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Kelly Te Huna

For quite sometime now, I’ve been developing all the projects I’ve been working on directly on my machine. This is handy for a number of reasons, the most important of those reasons being that I don’t have to be online while I’m working and I don’t have to upload to any servers. Continue reading →

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Job interview update

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Kelly Te Huna

On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, we traveled to Lexington, KY for a couple of job interviews, including one for Bankers Life and Casualty Company.

Just a week before, 24 hours after posting my resume to CareerBuilder.com, I was contacted by someone from Bankers saying they had reviewed my resume, were very impressed and invited me to an interview the following Tuesday. Now, I might not have done the job application process in its entirety before, but my assumption was that if I had posted my Resume under the title of “Experienced Senior Web Developer”, then the only people “reviewing” my resume would be those looking for an “Experienced Senior Web Developer.” A pretty safe assumption, wouldn’t you say? Continue reading →

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