Public Service: How to get a Philippines Passport

Salamat sa nakalagay na expiry date sa passport ko, this year na pala ang expiry. September pa naman pero nung may news na gagawin machine readable na daw ang pesteng to, aba naisip ko na kumuha ng passport. hehe 

Actually renewal lang naman kukunin ko pero for the sake of many, well parang same step lang naman for getting a passport first time.

Best way to check it, go to http://www.passport.com.ph/. Check yun mga requirements lalo na sa mga bago. At my case, binasa ko nga lahat, at dinala ko pa lahat. Kinabahan pa nga ako kulang ako isa sa secondary requirements. Anak ng tinapa pagdating sa DFA, yun lumang passport lang pala ang kailangan. Nagabala pa ko magpxerox at dalin yun ibang ID! hehe Pero in your case, better to bring lahat ng requirements para sigurado. Iwas abala kung baga.

Great thing sa renewal eh, first of all ayoko pumila sa may MOA na DFA, kasi literal na kailangan maaga ka pupunta dahil sa dami ng tao. Hanggang labas pa naman ang pila. Ok na yun dati sa may Pasay, malapit sa Cuneta astrodome, kahit mahaba pila eh mabilis. Pero mabuti na lang sa mga panahon ito, marami ng DFA centers for passport. Isa yun siyempre sa may MOA, bandang EDSA cor Macapagal blvd. May isa sa may malapit sa SM Manila. Mayroon isa sa Gale at Megamall din, at may bago pa sa may Alabang. At ang pinakalatest and convenient sa kin, Ali Mall. Bagong bukas. hehe Kaya nung nakita ko na news yun na magbubukas sila nun, hinintay ko talaga muna bago ako magset ng appointment.

Oo nga pala, di pwede walk in. Except sa Ali Mall na nakapaskil dun pero sabi tatanggalin din nila yun walk in. Ang maganda eh malapit lang sakin at higit sa lahat, di ako biyahe sa Ortigas at Megamall na ayokong puntahan. 

After mag set ng appointment, wag kalimutan iprint yun form, 3 pages yun at be sure na pupunta kayo dun at least 30mins before the time. Ang ginawa ko, yun nga pero ang matindi pala dun. Anak ng tinapa ang tagal sa picture taking! hehehe Eh yun una madali, verification ng form then payment tapos eto ang nagpatagal sa lahat. Biometrics crap.

Mabuti na lang well kahit may pinapalabas silang DVD, eh may dala akong Spectacular Now. Grabe, that film is like 80's nostalgic teenage life and love with a more serious tone na sa sobrang tagal, patapos ko na yun film, eh dun na ko sa climax, bigla ako tinawag! hehe Nasira ang viewing pleasure. But that's not all.. Nung sa part na pipirma ka, ang hirap magsulat, kailangan confine mo yun sulat mo sa maliit na space. Grabe, ilan beses ko inulit at ayun, awa ng Diyos tapos. 

Regular processing eh 950, which is 15 business days na totoo nga. At yun express na 7 business days ata, 1200.00. Gipit ako at di naman ako lilipad agad agad, so dun ako sa Regular. At siyempre ayoko ko na bumalik kahit malapit lang, so paLBC ko, 120 yun. 

A total of 1070php is needed for a Philippine Passport. 1320 pag express. Well, as usual LBC eh mabilis naman, namiss ko nga yun unang araw ng delivery, pero bumalik sila next day. Passport looks international at least. hehe Yun pirma talaga na paulit ulit ko ginawa eh napakaliit. Bwisit. hehe 

Well, yun place maganda ha at tamang tama, after nun eh kahit di ka naman magmadali umuwi agad kasi Cubao lang naman, ako kumain pa muna. Pasyal pasyal. hehe Kaysa sa Ortigas o kahit MOA eh pagkatapos kumuha ng passport, uwi na agad, dahil maiipit ka. 

Ok yun program ng DFA na ganun, more offices and it will help a lot of Filipinos na di na mahihirapan pumunta gaya dati na Pasay lang pwede. Now, marami na centers at sana damihan nila, lalo na sa Probinsya o Munisipyo. Aba may mga nagapply na galing pa North or iba, South pa. Kaya well damihan lang nila. 

Yun pirma part na yan, baka pwede naman nila lakihan yun space, I mean kung ang reason nila eh international standards, baka pwede naman madali yun process na yun. Kakabad trip. hehe 

Well, saan maganda kumuha? Ok yun Cubao, kaunti pa lang pumupunta dun. hehe Saka yun malapit sa SM Manila. Or yun sa Megamall din, pero yun lang, maaga appointment kasi pag rush hour, baka pasyal pasyal ka muna dun bago umuwi. =)

Prayer for All

To all the Priests and Nuns, servants of the church, please give them strength and courage to continue serving you oh God, even they are tired or sometimes run out of resources, continue to bless them. Please give them hope and bless them bountifully as they are serving whole heartedly for your glory. Please forgive them as well for the shortcomings and mistakes they may have been doing. 

To my LOJ community, please continue to bless us in serving to your call. As the eternal light taught us to become closer to you for your glory. To all the elders, builders, please bless them with wisdom. To all the preachers, please bless them to endure the mission of proclaiming God's love. To all the servants who are working tirelessly to serve the community and for your glory. May we grow and continue our mission to be the light of your word and share it for your glory. 

To all the people in this earth or even who doesn't know you, help us to continue to serve and share your love. Save us from our frailties and may their minds open not to convert their ways but to know better the meaning of life. To give hope to others, to teach faith and live the life of love. May your presence be felt always to all of us, in the name of Jesus who is our saviour, and redeemer of all!

(reasons why my prayer time before was an hour. Everyday except Sunday. It works some of them. =))

Prayer for Friends

I pray to all my friends, whatever situation they are. Please guide them and please bless them. Thank you for having such friends who are helping me always. To CRAP, I pray that whatever path we choose, we stay as best friends. Continue to bless us in our journey and keep close in life. To my closest friends, please continue to shower your grace and guidance in life. I want to thank them as they are a part of my life and continue to be there for me. 

I pray that one day, I'll pay them back for the love and help they gave me. I pray that I'll continue to gain more friends like them in the future or for the rest of my life. 

Prayer for Family

I pray for my Family, for my loving parents. For my Mom and Dad who are quite sick. For Dad, less stress and please give him a good health always. Check out to him especially in his condition. To Mom, please help her always. Please let her know to enjoy life despite in this situation. For both of them, I hope and pray that one day, even they are not together, they will forgive each other and have peace for the rest of their lives.

To all the siblings, to continue help and look of each other despite the problems or struggles we face. To Kuya Allan, help him to be productive and provide for his son. To Ate Aila, please help her in her financial difficulties and take care of her as well and her family. To Kuya Alpro, help him to move on on what happened, bless him with more opportunities to move up and make up. Please help his family as well and bless them. To Algerro, I continue to pray for wisdom that he can be as happy and peaceful everyday. If you can help him to live normally, that will be great. For me, you know what I always pray for.  To all members of the family, I continue to pray for blessings and forgiveness. May we serve you always oh God and we live 
through your love and grace. 

Please bless us as always. 

broken lines (collection 43)

Thy life pure of mysteries, whether it's for better or worse..
Cannot easily comprehend such events after it happened.
I wonder, why God let it happen? 
Despite such obedience and surrender to his will, events come and go.

Sometimes, I even challenged him to make things great or worst. 
But the greater mystery of his will, is God moves things to make everything in place.
Even I have reservations, or whirlwind of feelings going through..
In the end, what matters most is God's will.

Will of love, to nourish us  in times of trouble and despair!
Will of hope, to strengthen us after great failure!
Will of faith, to believe that God will make things brand new!
These are gifts that sometimes we don't cherish.

Gifts that were given at the start of our lives.
It is our duty to make them understand as we get older or enlighthen in this life. 
Events, decisions and circumstances will unravel this will, thy great will..
Sometimes, we feel unworthy, or ashamed due to our weaknesses. 

However, thy God still loves us by sending his fullness of love, his son, Jesus.
With the fullness of the Spirit, he delivered what has been planned long before..
God's will to be felt to all of us, and Jesus sacrificed his life to redeem us from damnation.

I truly now understand after all these things happened and revealed.
It is only the matter of choice between how we make things better or worse..
Thy goals can't be done alone, or with a help from each other..
We start, by getting inspiration, a source of strength from the highest above.

With a promise of eternal great salvation to all!

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Going into holy week eh naisip ko, ang bilis naman ng 3 months ng taon. 

At di pa ko nakakakilos. Naman. hehe

This month naman, well, I think and believe, time to move. 

Move into somewhere better.

Move my arse to become healthy. hehe

Move on to a good place. 

Ah, this month, it's a month of survival. From sa work na pwede mas humarap due to some well, mga nagpaparamdam. hehe 

House naman, adjustment sa ibang bagay.

My life, eto nga, masimulan na nga. Napagiwanan na bigla. At isama pa ang mainit na panahon.. Pero this month, at last, makakapahinga na din after months  of doing all the stuff and making ends meet. I'm quite tired. Not quite pala, kinda soft word. 

Very tired pala..

Pero sa ngayon, isipin ko na lang na at mamotivate na lang na tuloy ang dapat gawin and better to spend the holy week, with Him. Just to clear things and focus on the good things.

Instead of frowning or just daydreaming of something. 

It is time to move my arse. =)

Can't believe na medyo maiiksi na mga post ko ha. Wala na kasi masyado makwento. hehe