November 22, 2010 Monday
WOKE up at 6am, for our passport renewal appointment in DFA. Parang naalala ko tuloy pag may interview ako dati for work, dahil naka Polo with collar ako!
Actually 11:30am pa, pero kabilang dulo kase and lugar namin sa DFA, so we anticipated the traffic and all that in Edsa. 8am na, grabe traffic ang Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue Cubao Southbound! matutuwa kaba if you saw this???
Sabi ko kay Mark baka we can find another way to get out of EDSA, but there was no other way because when your stuck in EDSA on a Monday morning, there's no other way but stay stuck...parusa talaga! Ako nga nasa passenger seat lang napapagod na, what else si Mark?...lumagpas na kami ng Cubao...Greenhills na, eto tumambang sa amin, kung di ka ba naman mainis, eto lang pala besides Cubao ang traffic....
I feel so hungry already, we arrived at Macapagal Avenue at around 10am, for whatever reason, na dapat relieved na kame ni Mark, may pinag-awayan kame, di ko maalala, ang babaw. Basta I remember when we entered S&R parking and parked our car, mejo sarcastic na kami magusap, pag nagaaway pa naman kami di kami sumisigaw, di lang kami nagpapansinan, basta I remembered binato ko yung parking ticket sa kanya(sa lap niya di sa mukha, tsaka di mabigat yun haha) binara ata niya ko di pa ko tapos magsalita, eh pikon ako, so binato ko haha.... Ok, eto na S&R na buti nalang member ako ng S&R, kundi, san pa kami magpapark...there's a long line dun na nadaanan namin eh, sabi namin siguro di naman tayo jan, bahala na, check namin later, chow muna!
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| Roasted Chicken with rice at 99php |
10mins to 11:00 am (since we were adviced to come to the DFA office 30 minutes before your scheduled appointment), we walked through the office na...there's this long line outside(Mark and I were wishing na di naman sana yun yung line kase its so hot), I went to the guard asked where's the 11:30am appointment line, he points on gate 2, ay buti nalang walang pila-->1st counter, have your applications assessed and marked by the officers, sabi ko kay Mark "yes,aga natin walang pila", i asked next procedure to the guard and points to the tents with monobloc seats, pila daw dun...yikes nasa dulo na kami malapit sa entrance gate--ganon na kahaba! di pa natapos yung 11am appt. nagpictorial nalang kami haha
Asar na talaga kami, pero wala naman kami choice, but we were close to giving up and leave, knowing were not okay bec we had this asaran thing, no choice but talk nalang talaga... nagpustahan pa kami ni Mark sabi ko "bet we'll be done by 3?" sabi niya di pwede may kausap ako ng 4pm...tignan mo 3 talaga, and i could see in his eyes na naiinis na siya! but between us two, he's the more patient one! after the never ending movement of the line,"tayo-upo" as we get to the 2nd counter, super bilis na, got to the 2nd floor, paid then had our data capturing (pics)taken. That must've been the longest day of our life, after the Edsa ordeal, its dfa ordeal, sabi ko siguro pag uwi namin ok na kame. I am so lucky to enjoy the services of my blackberry data, i've been tweeting and on ym with my dad, take care ko daw si Migi. Sabi ko di pa kame natapos. He ym'd again at 3pm super lakas daw rain at QC, sabi ko wala dito! We ate again at S&R and had this...
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| Beef Baked-roll and a soda(just share, di naman nila sinisita haha) |
As we leave, i could see the clouds are getting really darker. So we hurried to the car and left immediately. At EDSA taft until Ayala tunnel, its another traffic ordeal..In twitter, everybody was talking about how traffic it is everywhere, flooded areas etc., so its not just us but almost everyone in the streets because of the heavy rain. Passed Buendia, Mark needs to go in the loo , he said he'll stop over the next gasoline station, and I said "don't na, sabi na nga its traffic all over eh, let's stop muna at Fort"(i again wanted a Sonja's hazelnut tart hehe kaya todo pilit na we stop over Fort). Of course napilitan siya. So, I showed him the pics from MMDA, so he believed me. We stopped at Shell, sabi ko "i'll wait in the car" he comes back kinakatok ako, sabi ko ayoko nga bumaba. yun pala he was pointing on someone, i couldn't see kse it was raining, then i took a closer look, it was Antonio. I went down, he was going to fetch Tins,he was also tired from North driving towards South. After a while we decide to meet with Tina at Italianni's High Street and ate dinner there, that was 6-7pm. After a long stay at Italianni's i made them yaya at Sonja's...
and we all decided to leave high street at 11pm, ready for Edsa,AAntonio and Tina took the c5 route. We decide to go EDSA, but we saw it was still traffic, Mark takes a u-turn and took Buendia-Mandaluyong shortcut. and at last, we got home!
That was a very,very, very tiring day...So here are my tips when you go to DFA to renew your passports like we did:
1. Leave home early, specially if you're coming from the North! we did that but i guess we chose a wrong route. So try Roxas Blvd, instead.
2. Wear something with collar and not blazer, believe me it's hot outside, though seats are provided and there are tents and fan, its still very hot there. If you're lucky enough, you can sometimes feel the wind of Manila Bay pati amoy niya haha. Wear something comfortable, cotton siguro, magugusot lang damit niyo because of the upo-tayo system. Don't use earrings and necklace, they had mine removed, because they have to capture your pic with the ears showing. Also, don't use colored contacts, because they will ask you to remove it as well.
3. Before you enter the DFA office, bring something to drink or bring crackers, its pretty exhausting to be in line for long. Water not softdrinks, Gatorade not any other juice. must be thirst quenching drink.
4. Dala kayo ng pamypay
5. if you have an ipad, itouch, psp, ds, books, dalhin niyo na dahil sa pila, aantukin kayo.
6. Pls wag kayo magdala ng tinapay na Gardenia na ang palaman ay mayonaisse at ham or egg, kase naamoy agad, yung katabi ni Mark, yung buong loaf ng Gardenia na wheat bread nilabas from her bag., I find it annoying na naghalo na lahat ng maamoy dun. tapos they're munching pa chips shempre pag natabig yung juice malas mo naman diba?
7. Gate 2 pag renewal and for tour purposes ata, may other line dun pang agency ata eh, ang haba sobra eh.
8. Swerte mo if member ka ng S&R kase you can park your car there and eat.
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