Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Stolen Water Meter and Incompetent Barangay Officials

Our water meter was stolen yesterday early morning. Oh diba, pati water meter pinatos. Sabi ng husband ko ghetto na daw yung community nila. Dati side mirrors lang ang kinukuha, now pati metro...naman. Now, nagmamadali na lumipat ang asawa ko ng house.

Anyway, sabi ko naman water meter lang yan at least di kotse ang ninakaw. Pero hassle pa rin kasi we are taking a bath sa ground floor CR dahil nakiki-igib lang kami sa house ng tito ni Arch.

So our yaya went to the Barangay Hall to file a Barangay Report, which is needed to get a new meter from Manila Water. Naka 3 beses na nakapunta yung yaya ko sa hall, wala daw pwedeng pumirma. Alam niyo kung ano sabi? Tulog daw si Barangay Captain kasi fiesta last Sunday. Sana daw maintindihan namin. Oh diba ang bongga!!!! San ka naman nakakita ng ganong sagot? Buti pa ang chicharon may laman, yung ulo ata ng kausap ng yaya ko e hangin lang!

Binalikan ng yaya ko yung Barangay Hall ng mga 6pm. Yung kausap daw nya sabi, sya na lang daw pipirma. Hay, pinagod lang nya yung tao.

Nakakapang init ng ulo!

NBI Clearance Application - Las Pinas City Hall

I have read horror stories about the looooooong lines and horrible system in getting NBI clearance. Since NBI has changed providers and now have biometric system, all applications will be deemed as new applications.

I was thinking of getting the clearance in Mandaluyong because it is nearer our house, or Robinsons Otis because I have read that the processing there is faster and the lines are not that long or Las Pinas because I can ask a staff of my dad to fall in line early. I decided to try in Las Pinas yesterday - January 30.

The messenger arrived around 6am I think. He queued in the line for women. When I arrived around 7, the line is sooooo long already. We were thinking maybe only 50 women were in front of me. They started distributing the application forms by 730am. I was so nervous because I still did not have my cedula, the messenger was still getting it from the other building. A lot of women before me were not given an application form because they, too did not have cedula yet. When it was my turn, I did not show the front page of my cedula, I just told the person somebody is still getting the new one for me. Thank God, I was given an application form...oh by the way, I was already the 108th. If the women before me who did not have the cedula were given application forms, I will need to go back next time. The cut-off for application for women is 120 and for men 180 per day.

I was praying that the processing will take half a day. Unfortunately, I was there until 4pm. Yes, it took that long. I did not take lunch anymore since I do not want to lose my place in the line - though we, the people who were left, honored the numbering still. Bigayan na lang diba =) Ang bagal kasi ng encoding. There are only 2 computer terminals. One terminal is dedicated for those who were asked to go back kasi di na-process yung application nila last year - during the transitioning to the new system...though konti lang yung mga taong yun. The other terminal is for the new applicants. Tapos, yung mga nagtatype e ang bagal bagal. Naturingang students of an IT school pa sila.

Good thing, the applicants were nice and jolly persons. Wala na lang nagsusungit kasi kung may magsungit dun malamang lahat kami bad trip na. Pinagtatawanan na lang namin yung case namin. Then one applicant, kasama nya mom nya. The mom was directing people like ayusin ang line, walang pinapasingit, etc. It was favorable for us. Pero kung nanay ko yun, siguro mapapacringe na lang ako. Hehe!

I was able to get my clearance yesterday. Last year, when I applied in Mandaluyong, I was asked to go back after a week. Syempre the praning in me, I was thinking na baka may kaso ako na di ko alam. Haha!

Tips:
1. If possible, ask somebody to fall in line for you early like around 4 or 5 am. (Yung isang applicant galing syang Alabang that day, 4am pa lang ubos na yung slot. Buti naka abot pa sya sa Las Pinas)
2. If applying in a city hall (like in Las Pinas or Mandaluyong), make sure you have cedula from that city BEFORE falling in line. Feeling ko pinagkakakitaan lang ng city hall yan e. Kasi wala naman sa NBI website yung requirement na yan.
3. Wear light or comfortable clothes.
4. Bring fan, candy, snacks, books or magazines, water jug.
5. Be friendly to your 'seatmates'.
6. Pray
7. Smile at wag uminit ang ulo....matatapos din ang processing. Hehe!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Year of the Water Dragon

How did you spend your Chinese New Year Long weekend?

Last Saturday, my husband and I went to Ahavia Spa. Finally, nakapag massage na ulit kami.

Last Sunday, after hearing mass, we went to Greenhills. Antonio had a haircut and played at Timezone. Nakakatuwa si Antonio kasi after 3 years, umupo na rin sya sa car chair ng barbershop. Then, we ate at Papa John's. Grabe ang sarap ng pizza! =)


For dinner naman, we ate at Zhu at the Fort. Okay lang naman yung food. Mas gusto ko pa rin sa Kanzhu. =)

After dinner, we walked towards Boni High. We tried Jamba Juice and stayed near the water fountain. At first, nagbububbles lang yung mga kids...then, di na nila napigilan, naglaro na sila sa fountain. Buti na lang si Antonio medyo takot so di sya nabasa...hands lang =)

playing with bubbles

Nieces of Archie, running around

Then, last Monday, we just went to Megamall to look at some sofa sets and appliances needed for the house.

What a way to start the Year of the Water Dragon =)

Thursday, January 19, 2012

T, U, V

T for Truck

U for Umbrella

V for Volcano

Happy 38th Month!

Antonio's milestones:
  • Super super daldal. Matutulog na lang ang dami pang sinasabi
  • He is in the ‘questioning ‘ stage now
    • Who’s that?
    • Where is the sound coming from?
    • Why? – Why is he sneezing? Why does he have colds? Why are they shouting? Why are you laughing?
    • Where is daddy? Where are my cousins?
  • He can now say “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen” and say our short morning prayer
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*Antonio getting ready to have his afternoon nap*
Antonio: (whispering) Ate Rose, carry.
Ate Rose: Bakit carry? E ang bigat mo na?
Antonio: Thalap e
Ayos naman sa hirit! Haha!

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Grabe naman sa memory. Recently, he was gathering his puzzle pieces so he can assemble them. When he saw the Mickey Mouse puzzle pieces, he stood up and went to his cabinet, looking for something.

Mommy: What are you looking for?
Antonio: Puzzle piece. Kulang e.
Mommy: Pano mo naman nalaman na kulang e di pa nga buo.
Antonio: I am looking for the puzzle piece. Kulang (still looking for the piece)
Mommy: Hay, halika gawin muna natin *I started completing the puzzle*
I was shocked, kulang nga. Shockers! Then, I suddenly remembered na the day before nga, he saw one piece of that puzzle in one of his toy bags

Friday, January 6, 2012

Crossroads


I am pretty sure lahat tayo dumadaan or dumaan sa crossroads...that our heads (sometimes hearts) are aching kakaisip kung ano ang dapat gawin.

Deciding and discerning are so difficult to do. Ipagsolve mo na lang ako ng puzzle or math problem wag lang mag decide kung ano gagawin ahaha OA.

Before I wrote this entry, I was in a crossroad. Di ko alam kung ano ang tamang gawin. Yung isa, alam kong hiningi ko talaga kay Lord yun pero may major isang problem lang talaga (minsan napapaisip ako na di talaga binibigay ni Lord lahat ano? =p Siguro dapat we will earn it.). Yung isa naman, I will not do anything, ganito pa rin ako...pero sayang yung opportunity ng isa. Ahaha palabo na ng palabo. Basta my decision was to go forward. Sayang ang opportunity. Bibihira yung ganong opportunity, ang hirap palampasin. Bahala na si Lord sa akin. Ipinagdasal ko naman yun thus, I know I am on the right road. =D

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

First Surprise in 2012!

When I learned that there will be Disney on Ice again, I told my husband na we should watch. I was planning to buy the Php900++ tickets for the 3 of us, kaso sabi ni husband ko parang ang mahal daw (kahit ako magbabayad haha). So I kept on delaying the purchase. Tapos when we went naman to Megamall, 2 weekends before Christmas sabi sarado na daw yung ticketnet, so sabi ko sign na talaga yun na di na kami magwatch.

January 1 lunch time, somebody called my husband. It was my husband's cousin. She has 3 tickets daw (Php675 each) for the 8pm show that day. It was supposedly for the apo of the maid of the cousin's boyfriend (ang haba ahaha) kaso the apo is sick. So they are selling it for Php1500 na lang daw sayang naman e. Since good deal and sayang nga, my husband bought it na. Then, the cousin said na Php1000 na lang daw bayaran namin kasi ilibre na lang daw nya si Antonio. Oh diba ang bongga!!!!

We left our house around 6pm, got the tickets at the cousin's condo, then arrived Gateway around 7pm. Since may time pa naman, we had a quick dinner/merienda at TacoBell. 730pm nasa loob na kami ng Araneta. Maaga pa pala kami! Haha! Our seat was Upper A, at the side of the 'stage'. Okay naman pala ang Upper A =)

Here are some of the pictures I have taken that night.





I was nervous na baka di lumabas sila Buzz and Woody, kasi gustong gusto talaga ni Antonio yun. Buti na lang they were there =)

We are so happy kasi I know Antonio enjoyed the show. Kahit pagod na pagod kami (puros party and dinner the whole week), okay na rin. Once in a lifetime naman to and super discounted pa! =D

Grabe talaga si Lord. Unang araw pa lang may surprise na! =) Kaya naman I know 2012 will be a very good year for all of us!

New Year's Eve

Since we celebrated Christmas Eve with Arch's family, we celebrated New Year's Eve naman with my side.

I thought of preparing games for my siblings plus in-laws and parents. Para naman di lang kwentuhan ang activity namin...Haha! We played Q&A and charades. Dapat may bingo pa, di na namin natuloy at tuwang tuwa sila sa charades, nagisip pa sila ng mga movies na pwedeng i-act. Haha!

I was the one who thought of the movie titles. Di naman masyadong mahirap at di rin naman ganon kadali. Kasi baka pag mahirap, magreklamo ang mga kapatid ko. Reklamador kasi yung mga yun! Haha! I underestimated my siblings....grabe yung mga mahahabang movie titles, less than a minute lang kuha na. So sa birthday ng papa namin, we will play charades again...at hihirapan ko na talaga! =p

Home Along The Riles

Jaws

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