I am now officially an American (not citizen yet)

taiwanluthiers · Dec 2, 2014

I just made it through immigration and customs. I spend one nervous hour in secondary for unknown reason... but then I was called and brought to the new immigrant processing area. I gave them the packet and passport and the passport came back stamped with a note saying "welcome to america, etc."

I am now staying in Los Angeles.

RAHagen · Dec 2, 2014

Awesome, welcome! Make sure to drop by Texas sometime!

taiwanluthiers · Dec 2, 2014

I plan to move to Austin...

GregGleason · Dec 2, 2014

Congrats!

Greg

RAHagen · Dec 2, 2014

taiwanluthiers said:
I plan to move to Austin...

TEXAS!!!

ChrisAttebery · Dec 2, 2014

Welcome! Now, Get the heck out of LA. Austin is supposed to be a great city. Northern California is beautiful but expensive.

chadrog · Dec 2, 2014

Congratulations?

jmwiese · Dec 3, 2014

I'm an Austin resident going on 2 years now. It's a great place to live with some great rocketry clubs close by.

taiwanluthiers · Dec 3, 2014

I was thinking of living in LA at first, but now that I seen it, no thanks. The place just looks like it's rife with crimes. Also for whatever reason God saw fit to end the drought here, it rained like it has never been.

ThirstyBarbarian · Dec 3, 2014

I've heard Austin is really nice.

tim cubbedge · Dec 3, 2014

Welcome to America!

evil ed · Dec 3, 2014

Welcome, y'all!

AfterBurners · Dec 3, 2014

Congrats!!!

Ford Prefect · Dec 3, 2014

Welcome!

Bat-mite · Dec 3, 2014

Woo hoo! Study up for that citizenship test that most natural-born Americans couldn't pass!

taiwanluthiers · Dec 3, 2014

It's not even that hard... and passing that test is the easy part.

cwbullet · Dec 3, 2014

Welcome!

Mightyrocketman · Dec 3, 2014

welcome

Peartree · Dec 3, 2014

As a member of a family of immigrants (grandparents, mother-in-law, children, niece), welcome aboard and good luck with the bureaucracy.

johnv2 · Dec 3, 2014

Welcome!

john

ThirstyBarbarian · Dec 3, 2014

The stars at night
Are big and bright!
(Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!)
Deep in the heart of Texas!

Remember that, and the Alamo, and you should be ok.

From what I have heard, Austin is different from much of the rest of Texas in terms of its politics, general attitudes, and values. It should be a really interesting adventure for you. I'd like to get to Texas sometime myself. This is a really big country with a lot of variety in it and lots of regional differences, and it's worth getting around to see it.

How soon are you moving to Austin, and how are you getting out there? You could probably make a good road trip through a lot of the southwest and see some very interesting sights along the way.

K'Tesh · Dec 3, 2014

Sorry for the delay... I've finished 127 pages of a ~140 page report (due at 0900 PST Friday), and I'm a little busy (and tired).

Congrats

RAHagen · Dec 3, 2014

ThirstyBarbarian said:
The stars at night
Are big and bright!
(Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!)
Deep in the heart of Texas!

Remember that, and the Alamo, and you should be ok.

From what I have heard, Austin is different from much of the rest of Texas in terms of its politics, general attitudes, and values. It should be a really interesting adventure for you. I'd like to get to Texas sometime myself. This is a really big country with a lot of variety in it and lots of regional differences, and it's worth getting around to see it.

How soon are you moving to Austin, and how are you getting out there? You could probably make a good road trip through a lot of the southwest and see some very interesting sights along the way.

Agreed. Austin is a completely different animal. Texas is so big you get a lot of different people with different ideas depending on where you go. Make sure you visit the Dallas/Fort Worth area! Maybe even attend a DARS launch!

SCP · Dec 3, 2014

欢迎你，火箭朋友

samb · Dec 3, 2014

Tai Fu has been to Austin and attended UT at one time, at least according to his intro post: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?120377-Introducing-myself&p=1384081#post1384081

Things may have changed a little: more people, more highways (and road construction), less weirdness. Anyway good luck and I hope you get to build and fly something soon, wherever you are.

RochonRockets · Dec 3, 2014

Noticed your screen name, What instruments do you make? Welcome to the US of A!

taiwanluthiers · Dec 3, 2014

I make guitars.

I want to do a road trip to Texas, because I got lots of stuff that I think it may be less hassle to drive it rather than ship it. But I also need a car, a drivers license and enough drivers ed to be able to drive long distance. I didnt drive in Taiwan at all because there was no need to drive.

I am now officially an American (not citizen yet)

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