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Getting hospitalized in a hotel
A month ago my friends and I were planning an out-of-town trip. I got excited over the idea that in Tagaytay a tarpaulin advertised cable car and a zip ride (something like rapelling) as seen by friend Dette. Like in any outing, the cost needs to be known and for many days we tried to know how much the 'damage' will be. It wasn't in the net, and nobody seemed to know how much the cable car/zip ride tickets are. So we just settled to spend October 12 in Quezon City. That day was also the feastday of Our Lady of La Naval so I scheduled the funday Sunday into morning Mass and pilgrimage there, lunch time in Trinoma or The Block, a treasure hunt after lunch, and back to La Naval for the procession.Rachel was joining us for that day. But the Thursday before, her initially a check up activity became an urgent operation. She had to go under the knife! The schedule was again revised. In the morning we visited her in the hospital instead.
It may look like we guested in her hotel suite but actually it was her hospital recuperation room. No wonder foreigners flock Asian Hospital for medical tourism.
Saturday morning outreach!
For the second year in a row, volunteers were provided for DFV Foundation's medicals/story-telling/values seminar for children of San Miguel Elementary School in Pasig. Vergelle et al were not able to make it because they had finals in UP (may they pass each test with flying colors). This time, about a third of my co-volunteers from September Caloocan outreach made it: Marose, Nicca, Kristine, Ivy, Lester, Emem, and Cita.
Like in that outreach, physicians were a scarcity. There were only two from Makati Med. DFV expected 300 primary students to make it, so to share the load (sounds Smart huh) Corito asked me for two nurses to play physicians. Hahaha, to the delight of Kristine of Marose, they played the part so well, the only thing they didn't do was to sign on the prescription pads for the medicines. In DFV's outreach last year, seven physicians made it. This time only two, helped by two newly sworn in registered nurses.
More girl scouts were fielded and they added more fun to the outreach. Continuing my practice of patience, I was about to fume to think of the apparent disorganization of the scouts, of how hello I'm thinking they should have thought about this little thing and that little thing so that this little thing could have gone smoother and that other little thing too. Maybe precisely because I was there, I was there to direct them. And boy was I right. Instead of fuming, I commandeered them hehehe. Of course in a friendly way. I wuz da boss of the steering committee. Hehehe. I just reasoned out hello girl, you're a grown up and they are not. They just need to be guided and prompted what to do because they do not have the bigger picture. (Maybe this thought can help adults to be understanding with children?). Another day to practice patience!
Of course Miss and Corito were there to support us all. John Lloyd was there too.
Pictures to follow. (I tried to cross post from multiply to here? Shutterfly was down. So I opened a photobucket but it's the link that is given, the individual pictures aren't shown..haah..).
Like in that outreach, physicians were a scarcity. There were only two from Makati Med. DFV expected 300 primary students to make it, so to share the load (sounds Smart huh) Corito asked me for two nurses to play physicians. Hahaha, to the delight of Kristine of Marose, they played the part so well, the only thing they didn't do was to sign on the prescription pads for the medicines. In DFV's outreach last year, seven physicians made it. This time only two, helped by two newly sworn in registered nurses.
More girl scouts were fielded and they added more fun to the outreach. Continuing my practice of patience, I was about to fume to think of the apparent disorganization of the scouts, of how hello I'm thinking they should have thought about this little thing and that little thing so that this little thing could have gone smoother and that other little thing too. Maybe precisely because I was there, I was there to direct them. And boy was I right. Instead of fuming, I commandeered them hehehe. Of course in a friendly way. I wuz da boss of the steering committee. Hehehe. I just reasoned out hello girl, you're a grown up and they are not. They just need to be guided and prompted what to do because they do not have the bigger picture. (Maybe this thought can help adults to be understanding with children?). Another day to practice patience!
Of course Miss and Corito were there to support us all. John Lloyd was there too.
Pictures to follow. (I tried to cross post from multiply to here? Shutterfly was down. So I opened a photobucket but it's the link that is given, the individual pictures aren't shown..haah..).
Wow I was patient today
Not that I was ill or something or I saw the doctor but today I am happy to say I acted with patience. After my friend and I parted ways - I took the jeep going to MRT Belair that passes by Jupiter Street. For the second time the driver of the jeep DID NOT turn left to Paseo and then right to Jupiter. The first time it happened weeks ago I lambasted the driver because before boarding I asked him if the jeep would go to Jupiter. It was I think three times I confirmed with him and the driver said yes yes yes. And like some yeses, it really meant a no.
Fast forward to today. I had a hunch the jeep was bound straight to Buendia MRT but I thought otherwise because it made a swerve from the right to the leftmost side as if making for left of Paseo. When the light turned green, finally, I was disappointed (not really) that it made straight and not left. Hmm like what happened before. This time I didn't make a fuss but when all the passengers went down, that was when I politely told the driver that hello was it bound for MRT Belair. And this driver was pala the same driver that did it the first time!!!!! He pointed to the MRT as 'MRT' and then towards Mercury Drug store at the corner of Buendia and Jupiter as 'ayun Belair'. Had I not been in the mood I could have hit him over the head..but no..I was cool and polite and respectful! That's a feat. I just told him I will get off near Jaguar to go to Jupiter. And..the respectful tone I gave him gave back to me a respectful tone from that dang driver.
Peace, man!
Fast forward to today. I had a hunch the jeep was bound straight to Buendia MRT but I thought otherwise because it made a swerve from the right to the leftmost side as if making for left of Paseo. When the light turned green, finally, I was disappointed (not really) that it made straight and not left. Hmm like what happened before. This time I didn't make a fuss but when all the passengers went down, that was when I politely told the driver that hello was it bound for MRT Belair. And this driver was pala the same driver that did it the first time!!!!! He pointed to the MRT as 'MRT' and then towards Mercury Drug store at the corner of Buendia and Jupiter as 'ayun Belair'. Had I not been in the mood I could have hit him over the head..but no..I was cool and polite and respectful! That's a feat. I just told him I will get off near Jaguar to go to Jupiter. And..the respectful tone I gave him gave back to me a respectful tone from that dang driver.
Peace, man!
Update on protest of YouTube desecration videos
I share the letter sent to me by Mr. Ritchie--
Dear Tina,
28,692 people have petitioned YouTube to pull the Host Desecration from its site. But they refuse to comply.
Why?
Just yesterday, YouTube removed a video called "Welcome to Saudi Britain" which asks viewers to petition the British government NOT to accept Sharia (Islam) law in Britain.
Contradiction -- YouTube removes an anti-Islam video, but keeps 43 videos showing desecration of the Holy Eucharist in horrible ways -- one was flushed down the toilet!
What should we do in response?
Well, besides expanding our YouTube protest, it’s time to appeal to a higher court: to God in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
That's why I'm doing an act of reparation in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
Will you join me?
Go here to let me know or reply to this email with yes in the subject line.
The intention is to do reparation for the 43 desecration on YouTube, for all sacrilege against the Holy Eucharist, and for whatever intentions are in your heart.
Thank you for praying with me, and please continue countering the desecration videos on YouTube by seeing the action items below.
Sincerely,
Robert E. Ritchie
P.S. Go here to let me know that you will offer reparation in front of the Blessed Sacrament for the 43 desecration videos on YouTube. And I’ll keep you posted.
Four point action plan to protest the Host desecration videos on YouTube:
I got the tips from Mr. Robert Ritchie.
1) Go to user fsmdude (person who posted the videos) YouTube channel and flag all his videos. Right under the video window is the link to FLAG. Next choose “hateful or Abusive Content.” Next Choose the sub-section – “promotes hatred or violence.”
1) Go to user fsmdude (person who posted the videos) YouTube channel and flag all his videos. Right under the video window is the link to FLAG. Next choose “hateful or Abusive Content.” Next Choose the sub-section – “promotes hatred or violence.”
Next choose “Religion” as the “group attacked.” Next type in your specific reason, such as "he is desecrating what Catholics hold sacred. YouTube just removed an anti-Sharia video, so why the double standard?”
2) Call YouTube (Google owns YouTube). Dial 650-253-0000, then press 0 for a live person. Tell them, in polite yet firm terms, how upset you are with the 43 desecration videos posted by user fsmdude. Ask them to remove his videos and pledge never to allow such videos again.
3) Send a fax to YouTube/Google 650-253-0001 telling them, in polite yet firm terms, how upset you are with the 43 desecration videos posted by user fsmdude. Ask them to remove his videos and pledge never to allow such videos again.
4) Pass on this 4 point action plan to all your friends and family members. In numbers there is strength.
My airport errand last Saturday
After two weeks in Netherlands to parents-sit her 86 and 90 year old Mom and Pop, my housemate flew back to the Philippines. And the lot fell on me to pick her up. Don't get me wrong, I love driving to the airport and observe people arriving from somewhere, and see how they are welcomed by their friends and family. And I just love to see planes take off or land. Last year in Palawan, we stayed at the army camp very near the airport. One would know that a plane has landed because of the approaching sound.
Take a look and guess which NAIA terminal I was. Maybe the origin of the flight is a give-away.
Like my own flight abroad last July, the plane was delayed. The 8:45 am arrival became 10:15 am. Good thing I brought the newspaper. I went to stay in KFC where it was cooler. At 10:15 I packed up (as if) and went back to the greeters' area. There I saw whiteys and moreno-morenas. More than half of the whiteys were blue-eyed! It was entertaining to look into their eyes. Kakaiba.
Here are pix of a long-awaited arrival. I guess the are married or soon to be married or they were newly married but the guy had to go back home and now he's back. Whitey with a morena. Why do they love Filipinas? Because we are a caring bunch! And the white female counterparts are not? Uhmmm...I dunno..
Guess where I was
Today after the lastest session in my training project, I went to the BIR to get the COR for my learning center. This is the certificate of business registration needed for the Barangay Clearance needed for the business permit for the Municipal Hall (haa a rundown sentence). Yesterday I went to our barangay to ask for the list of requirements for a business permit. They were just the ones to give the clearance for the veracity of the business address.
Last year I went to this place also to get the COR as a "management"
consultant. The ale in BIR chose that title, not me. I found out that my RDO was transferred to another site within Makati also. It was too late to make habol so I decided to stay a little bit longer to see if there were properties for lease or for sale.The original BIR office rooms were on sale. Plus the current site of the travel agency that I got ideas for educational tours. I asked the lady in the administration office if pre-schools could be set up in the building but she said no. There was someone who asked the same question before but he got a negative answer. My bias for learning center showed!
Along the way I snapped photos of the
announcement of the transfer, from the floor I was directed to by the lady guard I asked where the BIR was. It used to be in the ground floor, now it was in the 7th floor. I
saw that after the kindhearted lady who lent me the ballpen suggested I talk to anyone in the office I was in, for my queries regarding other requirements for the form 1901 I filled out. It was from there that I learned my RDO was transferred. The lady I asked even asked me if I would want them to process it for me. I declined, saying I could handle it myself. If LTO had external fixers, this RDO had at least an internal one.
My trip there was not in vain because I used time to do my long-delayed exercise. It consisted of going down (but not up!) the stairs. This shot gives an idea how much similar it was to climbing a steep mountain (daw, according to me).
This shot with the elevator that only goes to selected upper floors. Would you believe the escalators are not turned on. They just tell you to exercise if you're going to the second up to the fourth floors.
September 28 outreach!
At last the day came to help pull teeth and heal people. My friends and I helped out in a medical-dental mission I co-organized at the biggest barangay in the Philippines. It was located at the gym near AMPAPP (Ang Muling Pagkabuhay ng Ating Panginoon Parish). More than a hundred fifty aching biters/snappers were pulled out by the team headed by Doc Aga, the Executive Secretary of the Philippine Dental Association. They were helped by friend DMD Noemi and assisted by registered nurses and other volunteers in the quick two-hour operation. It was like a production line of first anesthetizing a group of people, and then the systematic extraction. I was surprised that within twenty minutes of settling down, the first tooth was already done! And three immediately after!
More texts and the first pictures to come later. Hang in there.
And..here they are! This was the day that the dentists were on center stage! Literally..they were on the stage. The doctors were below the stage.
Doc Dzen and Nurse Marose writing the common prescription for dental patients. Pages of a tickler notebook were used in place of prescription pads. Ballpens used were lent by volunteers. I'm proud to say that they were returned to their rightful owners after use! There was no need to put a sticker with a label "Stolen from...".
Here is Doc Noe applying anesthesia to the patient patient. The anesthesia takes effect within 5 minutes, when injected on the lower jaw, faster when on the upper jaw.
The Sanitize team was in charge of disinfecting the dental instruments used. Three basins with the chemicals were the wash basins for these three "gypsy girls". The Cotton team supplied the cotton that were needed to stop bleeding. Initially I thought assistants were needed to maneuver the patients' heads but there was no need for that.
Patients patiently waiting for their turn. The dental patients were half the number of the medical patients. More than three hundred were given check-ups by only three doctors. Make that "medical" doctors. My dentist friend Glenda said that she was also a doctor. Dentist to be specific.
Photo of the gym as we left for the tour of the bukid.
I asked Ate Lydia to tour me around their place. She was the one from AMPAPP's Social Service department who wrote me a letter requesting for a medical-dentals. I wanted to see how else I can help them out by survevying their area. Volunteer Krysta (my loyal WYD buddy!) accompanied me. Our "tour guides" were Inang Buen and Ate Jessica plus her husband and youngest daughter Bebe. She has a name but I forget now what. Let's call her as her mother calls her.
This is Bebe.
They call it the bukid since it was like that, and mostly the relief from AMPAPP goes to that place since it was the poorest of all the Kapatiran places. The Kapatiran is the local organization of a certain area. We were with Inang Buen, the head of Kapatiran Siete. The bukid was precisely their area.
More texts and the first pictures to come later. Hang in there.
And..here they are! This was the day that the dentists were on center stage! Literally..they were on the stage. The doctors were below the stage.
Doc Dzen and Nurse Marose writing the common prescription for dental patients. Pages of a tickler notebook were used in place of prescription pads. Ballpens used were lent by volunteers. I'm proud to say that they were returned to their rightful owners after use! There was no need to put a sticker with a label "Stolen from...".
Here is Doc Noe applying anesthesia to the patient patient. The anesthesia takes effect within 5 minutes, when injected on the lower jaw, faster when on the upper jaw.
The Sanitize team was in charge of disinfecting the dental instruments used. Three basins with the chemicals were the wash basins for these three "gypsy girls". The Cotton team supplied the cotton that were needed to stop bleeding. Initially I thought assistants were needed to maneuver the patients' heads but there was no need for that.
Patients patiently waiting for their turn. The dental patients were half the number of the medical patients. More than three hundred were given check-ups by only three doctors. Make that "medical" doctors. My dentist friend Glenda said that she was also a doctor. Dentist to be specific.
Photo of the gym as we left for the tour of the bukid.I asked Ate Lydia to tour me around their place. She was the one from AMPAPP's Social Service department who wrote me a letter requesting for a medical-dentals. I wanted to see how else I can help them out by survevying their area. Volunteer Krysta (my loyal WYD buddy!) accompanied me. Our "tour guides" were Inang Buen and Ate Jessica plus her husband and youngest daughter Bebe. She has a name but I forget now what. Let's call her as her mother calls her.
This is Bebe.They call it the bukid since it was like that, and mostly the relief from AMPAPP goes to that place since it was the poorest of all the Kapatiran places. The Kapatiran is the local organization of a certain area. We were with Inang Buen, the head of Kapatiran Siete. The bukid was precisely their area.
Where to get low-cost training PCs
I am looking for low-cost training PCs. I started to do so last Tuesday and I realized so far the best bet is Netopia's training site proposal. At least the one in Waltermart Pasong Tamo. Conveniently located, and near eateries, and even the moviehouse. Cost-effective for trainees as many as 18. Problem is I only have one-sixths of that number.
When I registered Crossover LC's name, I placed the working capital as Php 100,000. My seatmate said that I should have just insisted to the ale on the counter that it's much less than that. The higher the capitalization, the higher will be the payment for a business permit. Haay. I just wanted to use a name but because I had to do it legally, I realize it's not that simple. I think with the advent of my first client (crossing my fingers na hindi maudlot!), what I guesstimated as my working capital may be correct. So..God help..please give me a stream of projects!
Last night I surfed Openpinoy.com and found out they're like another HMR. I'll check them out soon. Branded Pentium 4 with flat monitor costs less than 7,000! I also surfed to Yugatech to find out I can assemble a mini PC with Intel Atom processor that costs only 3,000. With the other necessary paraphernalia, I dunno how much that will be.
When I registered Crossover LC's name, I placed the working capital as Php 100,000. My seatmate said that I should have just insisted to the ale on the counter that it's much less than that. The higher the capitalization, the higher will be the payment for a business permit. Haay. I just wanted to use a name but because I had to do it legally, I realize it's not that simple. I think with the advent of my first client (crossing my fingers na hindi maudlot!), what I guesstimated as my working capital may be correct. So..God help..please give me a stream of projects!
Last night I surfed Openpinoy.com and found out they're like another HMR. I'll check them out soon. Branded Pentium 4 with flat monitor costs less than 7,000! I also surfed to Yugatech to find out I can assemble a mini PC with Intel Atom processor that costs only 3,000. With the other necessary paraphernalia, I dunno how much that will be.
Outreach on Sunday, Sept. 28
Two months ago I received a request letter from a parish sent by fax. I was amused to read my name with the title "Dr." They thought an outreach with a medical mission must have a doctor as its organizer! But no, I used to aspire to be one, and it never materialized. I guess I'm just a doctor in my heart.
For the third year in a row, the less privileged have benefited from activities I have organized for their bodily and spiritual health. The next one will be a whole afternoon affair in the biggest barangay in the Philippines - in Bagong Silang, Caloocan. Networking with people, the number of volunteers is impressive. A group of 14 dentists care of Doc Noemi, 3 MDs, and 11 nurses, plus other volunteers will help more than four hundred locals. Medicines and supplies are taken care of my generous donors. This is all possible with the collaboration of Maam Chuchi and the Ang Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoon Parish people. Thanks to all.
For the third year in a row, the less privileged have benefited from activities I have organized for their bodily and spiritual health. The next one will be a whole afternoon affair in the biggest barangay in the Philippines - in Bagong Silang, Caloocan. Networking with people, the number of volunteers is impressive. A group of 14 dentists care of Doc Noemi, 3 MDs, and 11 nurses, plus other volunteers will help more than four hundred locals. Medicines and supplies are taken care of my generous donors. This is all possible with the collaboration of Maam Chuchi and the Ang Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoon Parish people. Thanks to all.
Crossover LC's possible first client!
Barely a day old, Crossover had its prospective first client call me up! It's not the other way around anymore when the thing could be termed a client call. The Singaporean lady-client representing a headhunting firm called while I was in the training room. Like any good person inside a classroom, my phone was on silent mode so I knew I missed her call when I checked my phone. I emailed as a reply, and the back-and-forth communication finalized costs which they approved. By about next week I will have the first three (buena mano!) trainees. Now I just need to know where to get low-cost machines...hmmm....
Salamat sa hulog ng langit!
Salamat sa hulog ng langit!
Jurassic niche
They say in business that you have to have your niche. Thanks be to the pioneering company where I spent close to six years of my life (post salad days eaten away), I can say I do have a niche in conducting the same subjects I went back to that firm for. That was post Y2K years, and still, there was a demand for Cobol programmers. The yeare 2001 was the year the WTC was bombed, and it nearly retrenched me. Good thing the dreaded thing didn't happen and I still was employed.
The company I worked for could have been the pioneers of Philippine BPO, now that that term is so much in vogue. The group that started it was the group that resigned from its mother company to follow their feel that offering services outside the company will surely boom. Sad thing the mom co. didn't heed so the opportunity was seized by the rebel group. They had their niche - offering consultancy services to US companies that needed a more cost-effective way of computer systems development and maintenance, mainly in the "jurassic" mainframe world. In short, they outsourced a part of that to Philippine hands. That was their niche.
Working for them also put me in the niche of training greenhorns the ever needed subjects of Cobol, CICS, JCL, and DB2. I wholely thank the company for giving me the rare opportunity of training rare subjects. This is the reason why I am now where I am, teaching CICS. Providence also guided me to email an inquiry to the school. Within two hours I had an answer. They were in need of an instructor like me.
The company I worked for could have been the pioneers of Philippine BPO, now that that term is so much in vogue. The group that started it was the group that resigned from its mother company to follow their feel that offering services outside the company will surely boom. Sad thing the mom co. didn't heed so the opportunity was seized by the rebel group. They had their niche - offering consultancy services to US companies that needed a more cost-effective way of computer systems development and maintenance, mainly in the "jurassic" mainframe world. In short, they outsourced a part of that to Philippine hands. That was their niche.
Working for them also put me in the niche of training greenhorns the ever needed subjects of Cobol, CICS, JCL, and DB2. I wholely thank the company for giving me the rare opportunity of training rare subjects. This is the reason why I am now where I am, teaching CICS. Providence also guided me to email an inquiry to the school. Within two hours I had an answer. They were in need of an instructor like me.
A different kind of mix
My friend Nancy's and my favorite halo-halo is Chowking's. I usually order the petite halo-halo as my dessert after the wanton noodles. I discovered the great taste (no, not the coffee) of Chowking halo-halo many, many years ago but this year they made it extra special with the kind of ice shaver they use. (In my previous blog I said I had to fetch money from the house because I leave my moolah there to avoid the temptation to pass by Chowking after schoolwork). The ice shaved is of a finer type and it blends well with the ingredients. This time their ube is softer and smoother in texture. Yummy!
Here comes Goldilocks without the three bears. After the BNR, I walked to where I was eyeing a foreclosed property in M. Antonio at shady barangay Pio del Pilar. At the corner of Pasong Tamo and Lacson (is it?) was the old branch of Goldilocks my family and I used to frequent when I was a kid. It was my chance to try out their version of halo-halo! I wished Nancy was there to try it with me.
It took around ten minutes for it to be served. It was worth the wait. Instead of the halo-halo in the usual parfait glass or bowl, the halo-halo was presented on a plate. The ingredients were enveloped in two thin crepes, and there was a small scoop of ice-cream beside them. The presentation was nice, it really enticed me to eat...this different kind of mix is great! If you happen to pass by a Goldilock's restaurant, try it. I hope you will like it as much as I do.
Here comes Goldilocks without the three bears. After the BNR, I walked to where I was eyeing a foreclosed property in M. Antonio at shady barangay Pio del Pilar. At the corner of Pasong Tamo and Lacson (is it?) was the old branch of Goldilocks my family and I used to frequent when I was a kid. It was my chance to try out their version of halo-halo! I wished Nancy was there to try it with me.It took around ten minutes for it to be served. It was worth the wait. Instead of the halo-halo in the usual parfait glass or bowl, the halo-halo was presented on a plate. The ingredients were enveloped in two thin crepes, and there was a small scoop of ice-cream beside them. The presentation was nice, it really enticed me to eat...this different kind of mix is great! If you happen to pass by a Goldilock's restaurant, try it. I hope you will like it as much as I do.
The day I eventually registered my business name
I am enjoying my life as a freelancer. Yesterday after the half-day training in MITC TOP, I walked along Buendia to get to DTI. Though I left the huge umbrella in the school, I had a gut feel I wouldn't need it. (I didn't since luckily the rain didn't come). When I arrived at the DTI, I learned that they have another site to welcome business name registrations. Lady Guard said I should make it sooner since they only let in a number of registrants a day. Even if it meant not being in the cut off number, I just had to visit the new office. It wasn't so far away - only ten minutes walk at the Trafalgar in de la Costa Street.
For more than a month I had been trying to register the business that was at the back of my head - the learning center. Done online, one can really expect to have the name approved after a looong time. The first time I registered a name, it was disapproved. I applied for another name and up to now they haven't gotten back to me.
When I was already at the Trafalgar, my patience was tested again since the elevators weren't that fast to pick me up. The elevators there were the same at the Makati Municipal Hall where you wouldn't know at which floor the elevator is currently based. There were about six of them but still it seemed like forever when finally elevator D picked us up. If you are not familiar with the elevator at the Munisipyo or at the Trafalgar at that, there is a contraption in between elevators where you press the floor you want to reach. Then the LCD will flash which elevator will service you. It took like fifteen minutes! And so many warm bodies in a narrow lift! Felt like a sardine in a can or even a warm body in a crowded sauna.
So finally I stepped out to the 12th floor. DTI at last. I asked the ate from the window how face-to-face registration is different from the online one. She said that was mush faster because the approval is in realtime. I asked till what time they are open since I was encouraged to go to the house and get money for the registration! She said only about 100 are accomodated over the day and she gave me the tip to come in very early since some come as early as 7:00 am and the priority numbers then can be as many as 60. She observed that there was no sign yet by the guard that the cut-off was reached so I just may be able to get a number yet. I leapt for my chance. Wow! I was registrant #100, the last of the mohicans! Hahha. Then I inquired from Manong Guard what time they are open. He said till 4:30pm. So I got the application form and duplicate for sole prioprietorship BNR (business name registration) and headed home. I thought I can come back at 4:00 since they close 30 minutes later.
I went home to fetch not a pail of water but to the money for the BNR. I left 3:30 and told myself I can just walk there. But I thought otherwise because there was a commotion on the road. A possible bank robbery. I became a little uzi too and got the information from mamang sekyu's that the robbers entered BOI to get to the new East West Bank. What? Rob a newly opened bank? The robbers might be lugi. I detoured to the eskinita that brings me to the major thoroughfare. So jeep was my mode of getting there. Better that than the fat burning briskwalk intended, than being caught in the middle of a gunfight.
The elevators at the Trafalgar were consistent. Waited about 10 minutes to get to the 12th floor. So I entered the office and asked if they called PN (priority number) 100. They got mad because according to them I was there too late. Hmmm...closing time was 4:30 right? I was there 30 minutes before closing time. Government offices have a different culture, don't they. In private banks they will still accomodate you as long as you came in before closing time. I had to contend with the snide comments of gov comrades kesyo what was my priority number etc etc. I knew I was the last with PN #100 but one said there was another at #103..should I believe that? I saw Manong Guard put up the cardboard that says "No more priority number" when he gave the last one to me.
With patience I explained about what Manong Guard told me. In the end they still accomodated me but with many side comments. I saw they were really annoyed.
The good thing about this is that. I need not wait a million days to have my business name registered! TADAH! A new business name is born: CROSSOVER LEARNING CENTER!!
For more than a month I had been trying to register the business that was at the back of my head - the learning center. Done online, one can really expect to have the name approved after a looong time. The first time I registered a name, it was disapproved. I applied for another name and up to now they haven't gotten back to me.
When I was already at the Trafalgar, my patience was tested again since the elevators weren't that fast to pick me up. The elevators there were the same at the Makati Municipal Hall where you wouldn't know at which floor the elevator is currently based. There were about six of them but still it seemed like forever when finally elevator D picked us up. If you are not familiar with the elevator at the Munisipyo or at the Trafalgar at that, there is a contraption in between elevators where you press the floor you want to reach. Then the LCD will flash which elevator will service you. It took like fifteen minutes! And so many warm bodies in a narrow lift! Felt like a sardine in a can or even a warm body in a crowded sauna.
So finally I stepped out to the 12th floor. DTI at last. I asked the ate from the window how face-to-face registration is different from the online one. She said that was mush faster because the approval is in realtime. I asked till what time they are open since I was encouraged to go to the house and get money for the registration! She said only about 100 are accomodated over the day and she gave me the tip to come in very early since some come as early as 7:00 am and the priority numbers then can be as many as 60. She observed that there was no sign yet by the guard that the cut-off was reached so I just may be able to get a number yet. I leapt for my chance. Wow! I was registrant #100, the last of the mohicans! Hahha. Then I inquired from Manong Guard what time they are open. He said till 4:30pm. So I got the application form and duplicate for sole prioprietorship BNR (business name registration) and headed home. I thought I can come back at 4:00 since they close 30 minutes later.
I went home to fetch not a pail of water but to the money for the BNR. I left 3:30 and told myself I can just walk there. But I thought otherwise because there was a commotion on the road. A possible bank robbery. I became a little uzi too and got the information from mamang sekyu's that the robbers entered BOI to get to the new East West Bank. What? Rob a newly opened bank? The robbers might be lugi. I detoured to the eskinita that brings me to the major thoroughfare. So jeep was my mode of getting there. Better that than the fat burning briskwalk intended, than being caught in the middle of a gunfight.
The elevators at the Trafalgar were consistent. Waited about 10 minutes to get to the 12th floor. So I entered the office and asked if they called PN (priority number) 100. They got mad because according to them I was there too late. Hmmm...closing time was 4:30 right? I was there 30 minutes before closing time. Government offices have a different culture, don't they. In private banks they will still accomodate you as long as you came in before closing time. I had to contend with the snide comments of gov comrades kesyo what was my priority number etc etc. I knew I was the last with PN #100 but one said there was another at #103..should I believe that? I saw Manong Guard put up the cardboard that says "No more priority number" when he gave the last one to me.
With patience I explained about what Manong Guard told me. In the end they still accomodated me but with many side comments. I saw they were really annoyed.
The good thing about this is that. I need not wait a million days to have my business name registered! TADAH! A new business name is born: CROSSOVER LEARNING CENTER!!
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