Hi All,

Probably most of you were aware that I recently got my Application for Naturalisation Approved. I immediately booked it as there is a 14 days timeframe to book your Citizenship Ceremony at your local registry office.

It was booked today 15th September 2009 at 3:00 PM. I was told to be there at 2:30 PM for document checking and for them to confirm who you are. I got there 5 mins before 2:30 there was a small queue I was last in the queue.

I felt a bit excited but all my excitement, sense of achievement has gone with the wind, I was a bit annoyed, frustrated, disgusted to be honest. Most of the people in front of me due for the oath taking ddoesn't even know how to speak in English. I am soooo disgusted. My 4 years of ups and down, highs and low for this was nothing really. I felt a bit insulted that I didn't even noticed that my name was called. I mean how would you feel? You have embraced the culture, studied the language, adhered with the law and passed the life in the uk exam for what??? But the person in front of you or beside you didn't know how to speak the language let alone understand it!!! You wouldn't mind if they tried speaking the language but the lack of effort would make you really feel disgusted.

And when the ceremony was finally conducted, we were stating our names, affirming our oath of allegiance I didn't felt any sense of achievement at all. Ceremony took 30 mins all in all. Room was full of mixed race, we were all made British in the end but the sad thing is some of us didn't understand what was it all about. We weren't one in the end. It was sad as well because my two other kids is still in the Phils and I have now come to the end but their journey is just about to begin. Sad really