Brief Note: Crisis Averted

I once went here for work also.

After going to the Canadian Embassy Consular's Office and filling forms for the better part of two hours, getting my picture taken and signed for official passport use, calling emergency contacts to confirm my identity and paying 400$, I was just about to make official my emergency passport application when the embassy received a call saying my passport had been found and was being held at the police office. Had I been 30 minutes faster in getting everything done, I would not have been able to use the found passport any longer. I even got my money back!
 Bad luck's a finite thing. You run out of it and there's only good luck left eventually.