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.
Speaking of graduation, the ceremony will be on the 25th of April at Crossroad77. I am quite excited about it. Would you believe that our graduation fee is three-thousand-pesos?! I don’t really know the breakdown of the fee and I do want to know. After all, it’s my parent’s money, and we are not well off.
My requirements for school must be completed by Friday, March 7. I haven’t had an exam for two of my classes because I was sick. I plan on getting both of the exams tomorrow. I am kind of worried about my grades, because I have been slacking. The truth is, this semester seems like a waste of time and money. Most of my professors were too lazy to teach. I wish I can redo the semester and concentrated more on the matter at hand than criticizing my lazy professors. Well, time can’t be bought and I just have to face the music.
My added replaced our bathroom bidet, it kind of exploded. He also chose a really beautiful mirror from the bathroom vanities section at Home Depot.
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March 2nd, 2008 at 4:15pm
Wow, traveling!
That’s great! I hope you have a wonderful time.
3K? Such a huge amount for the graduation. Well, at least you’re going to graduate. :p
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March 3rd, 2008 at 1:24pm
kala ko dre mangibang bansa ka na… maganda sa hongkong kasi no need na ang visa at marami kang mabibili na mura dun. Congratulation gagraduate ka na
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March 3rd, 2008 at 3:58pm
wow planning to travel with ryan, it’s nice to have bonding moment with your bf. i already got my passport last year. nakuh sis ako nung naggrad sa mapua almost 10K din binayaran namin. i don’t know anong mga fees yon?! hay well ang importante makagrad ka na at mag-start na magwork to pursue all your travel plans. congrats in advance!
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March 3rd, 2008 at 4:16pm
I took a really bad picture for my ID card and passport; but then I try to convince myself that it’s nice when people look at your ID and tell you that you look much more beautiful in real life than the other way round! xD
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March 4th, 2008 at 10:06am
aww. you remind me of my “bad” passport id picture. I have to wait till it expires. huuuuuuuu
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March 5th, 2008 at 3:30am
i’d love to travel kaso i dont think travelling likes me… i get air-sick all the time… if only there was a better way of travelling *sigh*
are you planning to work abroad after you graduate? =)
congratulations in advance - you remind me of my good ‘ol days in school… hehehe! those were the days i guess…
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March 5th, 2008 at 3:39am
My picture on my passport looks so bad XD It look like I’m in one of those mug shots that they take at police stations haha.
I don’t know how much that costs in pounds, but it does sound alot for graduation O_O They should definately break if down for you and tel you what it’s about, they can’t expect you to just hand the money over..
Good luck with the exams
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March 5th, 2008 at 6:44am
My boyfriend and I are planning on traveling this summer too, but we don’t really need a passport for in country flights. I wouldn’t mind getting a new picture for my passport though, since the picture on there was from my first trip to the Philippines which was about 5 or 6 years ago.
And speaking of graduating, so am I. Although yours is up first. Congrats grad!
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March 5th, 2008 at 7:05pm
Iba nga talaga kapag may hatak sis, hehe! Kami din dati when I applied sa driver’s license ko, napakabilis kasi may kilala kami dun.
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March 5th, 2008 at 10:02pm
waa sana ako dn heheh gs2 ko dn mag travel and all haha
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March 6th, 2008 at 10:42pm
Sounds like you had a a pretty packed time! I hate getting passport pictures too… who knows why they don`t let you smile??? It sucks because then we all end up looking like crooks.
Graduation must be very exciting for you. Sucks that a lot of the profs aren’t doing what they’re getting paid to do… sounds like a lot of profs that I heard about… ^_^
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March 7th, 2008 at 9:07am
uy magshopping ka ng mag shopping dyan sahongkong ha. ang balita ko kasi ang mumura daw dyan.. tapos di ba nandya ang disneyland ba? nakakexcite naman.. gusto ko din marating yan eh. hayy
MOA, di pa din ako nakakarating dyan, paano nung umuwi kami, di pa yan gawa.
uy congrats sa yo ha at saka be safe sa pag ba byahe.. ingat ingat
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