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If you are close to me, then you might know that my Mom is not actually my best friend kind of Mom. In fact, in most of the days of our lives, we spent it arguing with each other. This morning was kind of different. It was one of the rare days that Mom would surprise me with her Mommy power.

What happened?

Well, I have been working my ass out to cope up with the financial needs in the house and my Mom knows that I do my best in everything. Even if we argue a lot, she knows that she brought me up well and that I am a responsible person.

So, when I arrived home from the office she asked, ”Aren’t you going to sleep yet?” I answered, “No, just finishing up some things to be able to work smoothly next week.” She then went down stairs, and when she came back, she brought me a cup of hot noodles. With a smile on my face, I said thanks. We had a bit of a chit-chat then I told her I am just gonna sleep now then work on things later when I wake up. She then leaves the room smiling.

I can’t help but appreciate her being a Mom when she does that, and maybe its good the she rarely do that for me to appreciate her greately.

Being a Mom is not a simple thing. Not all women are blessed to have this gift. God had choosen me to be a mother of two at a young age. I admit that I don’t think I was ready for such responsibility when I got pregnant, but I let His will be done. So, I take on love and life with an additional two precious lives attached to me.

Like my Mom, I think I am not the best friend kind of Mom, because often times when I correct my daughter, I lose patience and shout at her. But, that doesn’t stop us from loving each other. It hurts me when I do those kind of things. STRESS just sucks the hell out of me most of the time, that I could not control my temper. However, I do my best in avoiding those situations.

So, my daughter may be scared of me when I get angry, but at least she knows well enough that she could count on me for comfort. Just awhile ago, she went into my room bringing a fake flower.

She comes closer and tells me, “Mommy, this is for you.” I smiled and kissed her. She then snuggled with me in my bed and told me, “I locked my room.” She then covered her ears, “Lola Mommy is going to shout at me.” I smiled and say, “It’s okay. Mommy will handle it. Just go to sleep so that Lola Mommy won’t have the chance to shout at you.” So, not long after our talk, I heard a snore. She had fallen asleep while I was writing this post.

This is a beautiful day. I am feeling the love of the family and that just inspires me to work my ass out.

I just want to say, that an hour ago I don’t have fear of spiders; in fact when I was young I use to watch boys from my neighbor having a spider match on a stick. I was a spoiled brat, so even if I don’t know how to win that match, I would have my own spider warrior in a box, just in case someone would challenge me.

So awhile ago, I was scanning videos on youtube and found this:

Now, I think I would be like this:

What about you?

Just to be clear, I am not an employee of NSO nor any public office. I will/am writing base on my experience.

I wanna tell you a story to go about the process. Last June 2008, I ordered an authenticated birth certificate online through eCensus. It could process everything you need from NSO and deliver it to your preferred address. TIP: If you are in the Philippines, choose to pay through bank, because even if they accept credit card, the charging would be different. There is also another service by Teleserv, but I haven’t tried this one yet.

Yes, ordering online is a bit expensive, but it is worth it. I got my order on date expected. I will qoute the exact explanation of this from FAQs of eCensus site:

Processing of paid Copy Issuance requests takes about three (3) working days after receipt of payment and nine (9) working days for Certificate of No Marriage Record (CENOMAR or Singleness) requests. Delivery will take two (2) to six (6) working days for destinations within the Philippines and six (6) to eight (8) weeks for destinations outside the Philippines.

When I receive my order, I discovered that my son’s birth certificate was not updated in which it should have been becuase it has been processed December 0f 2007 as I was told by the person who processed it. Since, I wanted things done, I immediately processed it myself and it only took me 4 hours to go to the office of the registry and requested for an update on the birth certificate, then I was informed to have it stamped on NSO and it is considered authenticated. So, I did all that and got the updated and authenticated birth certificate of my son. All that only took me 4 hours, though it could have been much less if I know where to go on the processing of these things, government offices is not organized and people could get lost.

So there, I have it stamped because it needs 6 months for me to have a colored authenticated copy of the birth certificate. 

Now, May 2009 and more than 6 month had passed and we are going out of the country, and a family friend advised me to have an authenticated copy of the birth certificate of my children.

Yesterday, I went to the NSO office early. It was 7:30 am when I arrived there, thinking that the office will open at 8 am. I thought I was early enough, but when I saw the number of people already there, I knew, I won’t have a “smooth sailing” in processing this birth certificate. The “snake line” is already zig zagging like crazy, and to know the exact number, I got 2327. Imagine that! Thinking I was early, 7:30 am and already more than 2 thousand people were already there before me.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IN GOING AT NSO OFFICE:

• It is a given that there’s a lot of people base on the story I just told, so it would be better if you won’t bring a child with you, because it would just burden them and you in the process.
• If you are a senior citizen, though I suggest you shouldn’t go there, it’s actually advantageous for you. All you need to do is have your senior citizen ID and go on all the processes like a boss. You don’t need to fall in line like regular people, you could just present your ID on every officer in charge in every process and they would surely give you the way.
• Though I mentioned having a child would be such a burden, some officers are considerate and let the parents who brought their children along with them cut in the line. – MY OPINION: Hell, I have a child too and just because I wasn’t stupid enough to put them in stressful situation  by bringing them with me, I am in additional suffering? If I could have known that bringing a child would be advantageous in cutting into lines, I could have brought my 2 cute ones. BUT anyway, I wouldn’t torture them with some other things in there. I can’t bear to see my children perspire because of being in a crowded place. SO NO, I’d rather have that moment squeeze all the liquid within me than have my children suffer. It was such an UNFAIR situation, but I didn’t voice out. I just smiled, because I just arrived and I am feeling okay at that time.
• Beware of line crossers. Some people would pretend to just insert in the line. Here are the examples: An officer is facing the lady, Ma’am please look for the end of the line, you are not being fair to those who have sacrifice of being early and had been standing in the line for too long.” The lady pretended as if she didn’t hear the officer. The officer then hold the ladies arm and said, “Ma’am, didn’t you hear me? I said, look for the end of the line. Thank You!” The lady then panicked and searched for the end of the line. Another lady, not far from where it happened heard the officer and got a better excuse, she said “Oh, where is that person I was following, I lost him.” Obviously, she’s lying because all of us in line were perspiring like hell and she’s fresh like a new comer fresh. I didn’t voice out as well, this is still just the first step, so I keep all the complaints to myself and decided to just blog about it. So this is what I am doing now.

Okay, back to the processing. Step 1: is getting the number and a form to fill out. I already have that one and the next step is this:

Just check out the picture, see the dirt on the lower left side? It looks like a bee house and it has been there for quite some time. So imagine how many times they clean that place, or do they ever clean that place?

The third step is the payment, and to tell you from the time I was there, I waited 5 hours to be able to finish the process for that day. YES for that day. I thought wrong, I couldn’t get the birth certificate in a day, I need to be back on the 21st, which is tomorrow to get it. 

Another question that is yet to be answered: Is the birth certificate updated? Stay tuned

So, lesson learned. It is better to process things online, than go through the hell the I have been while processing it on the office of NSO. The devil would definitely get on with you in there. Praise God, I am blessed enough to not be fully consumed by the devil there.

God Bless. I’ll update you when I get the birth certificate.

I know a lot of people hate me and most of them are plastic. I guess being hated just means I have done a lot of things for them to notice it .. at least I have done something.

Anyways to my haters: I am happy to exist

It’s hard to be popular because a lot of people would judge you beyond what they should.

• If you work for/with me, judge me according to the job or tasks I am doing as a professional.
• If you are my friend/family, I am giving you the right to interfere in the decisions I make in life by giving your “friendly” advice, but I want you to give it to me in the way I would know it was/is you.
• If you don’t know where you stand, or maybe you are a fan. Just be satisfied on writing comments considering it is within the topic.

To haters, please BACK OFF.

If you don’t like the way I run my life, then be glad I am not ruining yours. It’s my life, and I am not a robot, so I get hurt in the process but I move on … and so should you! OK?

THANK YOU!

I haven’t been active into blogging lately, so I removed my shoutbox since all the messages or almost all the messages I am getting recently is from a spammer or a bot spam.

If you want to message me on a certain topic, you could do so by commenting on my post related to that or if you want to message me personally, you could go to my new blog: Babsy

Thanks

It is hard to find a right place to buy clothing for costumes. I had been searching all week but haven’t completed my list yet. If by next week I couldn’t find what I am looking for, then I would certainly resort to plan B.

Costume will be shown when I am done with it, and I will be detailed on how I arrive to such. Wish me luck.

Yeah, that’s right. All I ever do now is have a nap and I am amaze because I still have full energy during daytime.

Super me

Anyway, I have to take a nap now.

I envy my mom because she has this flawless skin. I however inherited the skin type of my dad. I have stretch marks, open pores and keloidal scars.

A microdermabrasion seems to be the answer to my prayers to have a flawless skin like my mom. I will start saving money to have this treatment to show off some sexiness.

Wish me luck.

I use to think …

• A kiss could make a baby. Now, it’s clear it is just the start of the process.
• Babies come out of our anal. It’s usually on the opposite side, and mine is not even on that area (CS).
• I have a lot of friends. Then a situation arises where everyone was screened and now, I have a few left.

In my life, I have known some people who doesn’t sleep. I sometimes don’t sleep for a day or two. So, it made me wonder, does our body really needs sleep? Because in my experience there are times I would get sleepy but I would then be active after that even without a sleep.

Well, anyway being a full time Mom on day time and a professional worker at night makes me appreciate that I have maximize the use of my time. Feels great.