Ready to Fly
Mar 2, 2008 Buzz, Daily Blurbs, School
Last Friady, I went to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) with Ryan and my parents to apply for a passport. We left home at 12:30pm and our scheduled time is between 3-4pm. We anticipated a heavy flow of traffic going to Roxas Blvd. because of the Interfaith prayer rally at Makati City, which was a success.
We arrived at the Mall of Asia after an hour and grabbed a bite at Teriyaki Boy. We waited for Ryan to get off work so we can all go to DFA together. His office is right next to the mall. At 3:30pm we were already at DFA where a long line has filed up outside the building. It is a great thing that our neighbor works there. We didn’t have to stand in line outside, he lead us directly to the processing room where we only waited for 10 minutes, and another 10 minutes to pay for the passport fee. We spent an hour and 15 minutes at the auditorium for the verification process because that’s where the line was the longest, but the encoders were efficient and fast.
There were about 500 people inside the auditorium at a time. It sucks that I had to retake my passport picture, well, actually it was a blessing, because I didn’t like the first picture. I think that it is important to have a good passport picture because, well… who wants a bad picture on an ID, let alone, your passport? The passport will be given to us by our neighbor after two weeks. Ryan and I are planning on traveling in Asia first. Hong Kong may be our first destination. We also plan to travel all over the Philippines. I am graduating soon, and that means I can start working and earn extra cash.
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