A short story from region 7 written by carlos cortes

2. What do you think is the
meaning of “Devil in the Details”

3. Read Beyond the Lines
1. Who is the father of Peter? Cite some
evidences.
2. What kind of relationship do Cherilyn and the
person in charge have? Cite some evidences.

4. Setting
Mactan Cebu International
Airport

5. Germany

6. Singapore

7. Characters:
Man – German; Efkemann,Heinzjuergen;
Aryan features associated with typical
German
(blonde hair,blue eyes,with German
passport)

8. Woman – Filipina; Efkemann,Cherilyn
Her passport was issued in Cebu on Feb.20,
1998.Phil. Passports were valid for 5 years and her
would expire 2003.
26 going to 27;Cherilyn Hawak born in Talibon,Bohol
General rule: anyone going to a foreign country had
to have at least 6 months’ validity left in his
passport.
Kid – 2 years old; efkemann,Peter; DOB 07aug00
Brownish hair topping a face more Visayan than
Eurasian

9. • Woman – Filipina; Efkemann,Cherilyn
• Her passport was issued in Cebu on Feb.20, 1998.Phil.
Passports were valid for 5 years and her would expire
2003.
• 26 going to 27;Cherilyn Hawak born in Talibon,Bohol
General rule: anyone going to a foreign country had to
have at least 6 months’ validity left in his passport.
• Kid – 2 years old; efkemann,Peter; DOB 07aug00
• Brownish hair topping a face more Visayan than
Eurasian

10. Exposition
• Next in line was a typical family bound for
Singapore; man and woman and a kid
about 2 years old, and a baggage cart
laden with their boxes and suitcases. The
man handed over their tickets and
passports, bound for Frankfurt.
• The person in charge for checking the
details of their passports is screening the
passports as well as the physical features
of the three.

12. • The kid’s passport was literally a piece of paper;
different from the passport of his father. The
german government offered a children’s version
of its passport cheaper than others.
• DCS (Departure Control System) computer
program accepting passengers for a flight.
• For international flights, he needs to input so
many things, care is essential because a single
typo was all it took for the whole entry to be
invalid and one would have to start all over
again.

13. • I would assign them good seats, one seat by the
window for the kid, for both flights.I would tag
their baggage for Frankfurt and waive the charge
for excess baggage . But were their documents in
order?
• On my screen , Efkemann, Heinzjuergen entering
supplementary information :
PASDE6792035487,DOB09OCT67. The code
PASDE meant Passport Deutsch.The numerals
were his passport number.

14. • The name of the passport matched the name
on the ticket, except the for the spelling of
Jurgen.No big deal.I knew the u with an
umlaut was written as ue on tickets.
• The kid was Efkemann, Peter .
PASDE2057644.DOB07aug00.
• 2 holders of German passports would be
natives coming home

15. • As a phillippine passport holder, she would be
a visiting alien. If frankfurt found this one
inadmissible, she would be deported and the
airline would be fined five thousand
Deutschmarks and he will be suspended for a
week after an investigation.

16. • Efkemann, Cherilyn PASPHZZ395624, issued in
Cebu – Feb.20 1998. still valid and would expire
in 2003. DOB 24Aug75.
• There were entry and exit stamps showing she
had been to Hongkong and Taipei.
• Her German visa was the Schengen Staten type
w/c is valid for only few months. She’s going to
Germany for the first time.Married three years
and never yet been to her husband’s homeland?

17. • Schengen Staten visa did not become valid
until a certain date w/c might be a month or
more from its date of issuance.
• Words to look for “gultig vom” and “gultig bis”
valid from and valid until
• On cherilyn’s visa:
• Gultig vom – 04-05-02 (tomorrow’s date)
• Gultig bis – 07-07-02 (months away in the
future, as the expiration date should be

18. climax
• Today was April 4, by the time their
connecting flight landed in Frankfurt it would
be early in the morning of April 5, the first day
Cherilyn’s visa was valid.
• The difference between American and the
European styles of writing dates all in
numbers was what had been bothering him.

19. • Date written as 01-02-03 would mean january
2, 2003 to an American, but would be read as
01 February 2003 by a European.
• Going back to the passports the gultig vom 04-
05-02 did not mean April 5; it means 04 May
• If their flight would bring them to Frankfurt on
april 5, his wife’s visa would be valid on april 5.
• The German immigration officer who would
be looking at this visa in Frankfurt would
interpret 04-05-02 as 04 may .

20. resolution
• The visa is not valid .it will be valid on may 4.
• The wife was informed that she will be
checked in up to Singapore only. And advised
to rebook for may 3 , or 4.
• The wife keep on blaming the filipina at the
German embassy who mixed up the date on
her visa

21. theme
• Accuracy of information should always be
backed up with legal documents.
• Success or failure of others are
sometimes fell into the hands of others.
• Asserting the veracity of ones
document