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My husband (Daniel) and I started a small business a few months ago.  It isn't a formal business. It's more of a "sideline" (as Filipinos would call it). We have no office or personnel.  All we have is a Facebook page.  All of our clients are friends we know.  This "business" that we have actually started as a hobby.  For several years now, we have been designing logos, certificates, backdrops, tarpaulins, give-aways and what-nots for several friends.  All the work we did was for free.  But, naturally, people notice work/service that is done with a heart.  A lot more people are asking us to design stuff for their birthdays and such other special occasions, and so, we decided to make it into a small business.  We only ask for a minimal amount for our service, and we employ the services of third parties for the printing since we do not have equipment (yet).  Thankfully, we never ran out of clients.  I had two clients last week, and m...

For most professionals, the Professional Regulations Commission office is part of their existence.  Every three years, you have to go there and have your license/s renewed.  My husband is both an architect and a master plumber, so he has his share of PRC blues.  We were there a few days ago (I have already mentioned this in my previous blog).  Daniel renewed his license while I had my subjects evaluated for LET qualifications. You have to be at the PRC office very early in the morning so that you will not be caught up in the very long lines.  Since we live in Bacolod City, we need to ride a ferry boat to go to Iloilo City.  We usually take the 6 o'clock trip and we would arrive at Iloilo City at around 7:30AM.  PRC's processes are more organized compared before.  If you are only going there for a license renewal, you don't have to join the long line of new licensees.  The line for those who will only renew is much shorter.  The rene...

Daniel and I recently went to the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) at Iloilo City.  Daniel was there to renew his architectural license, and I was there to have my subjects evaluated.  I am planning to take the LET (Licensure Examination for Teachers) and I need to know what should I major in.  I only have two options: Math or TLE. If I major in Math, I'll be a total Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi. Aw! Iced Coffee, sans rival, and free Internet at CoffeeBreak across PRC, Iloilo City Anyway, Daniel and I decided to have a coffee break at around 10AM.  We were looking for nearby coffee shops and we saw a CoffeeBreak shop just right across PRC.  The place looks nice and cozy.  It has around 5 to 7 tables inside, plus 3 tables outside.  We chose a corner table, and ordered iced coffee and sans rival.  It's just funny because the waiter pronounced sans rival as SANS rival.  The "s" in the word sans is actually not pronounced. ...

My last blog was about the American TV series that my family and I followed when I was still young.  There was MacGyver, The A-Team, and Knight Rider.  As I grow older, of course, the TV series shown on TV changed.  I was rather sad when MacGyver ended, but thankfully, other TV series took its place.   Image from imdb.com One of my favorite TV series was DARK JUSTICE (1991-1993). I bet most of you even haven't heard of this one.  This TV series is about a judge who becomes a vigilante by night because he lost faith in the justice system. His wife and daughter were murdered by a car bomb that was supposed to be for him, and the culprit evaded imprisonment due to a technicality.  I think this is the TV series that inspired me to become a lawyer "someday" (not in this lifetime, I hope).  It's tagline was "Justice may be blind but it can see in the dark." That might sound cheesy now but back in the early 90s, it really sounds cool. I can still rem...

Yesterday, I was writing about some of the rules my parents gave me when I was still young.  I also mentioned that I was allowed to watch Dayuhan on TV (1987 Filipino TV series).  Some people might think that my childhood TV dates were full of Filipino TV shows.  The contrary is true actually.  When I was young, my parents, especially my father, encouraged us to watch English/American TV shows.  Of course, we were allowed to watch Filipino TV shows but that's for another blog. Image from firehow.com The TV show that left an imprint on my mind is MACGYVER.  I was in grade school when this TV series was being shown (1985-1992).  MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson) is a secret agent who can solve anything and make anything with the use of his duct tape and Swiss army knife.  I can still remember some recurring themes wherein bad guys would trap or imprison MacGyver in a room and he would just escape by using stuff found inside that ro...

Yesterday, I read about Chelsea Clinton's childhood rules which were given to her by her parents.  One of the rules that she had when she was young was "no cartoon shows during weekdays".  Aw!  Good for her.  After reading the article, I also remembered a few rules that I needed to follow when I was still young. One of the rules I can distinctly remember is GO HOME RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL.  I went to a public elementary school, and our dismissal time was around 4PM.  Most kids would stay at school and play or hang-out with their classmates but I had to go home right away.  This rule, however, was only until I was in Grade 4.  When I was in Grades 5 and 6, I was allowed to stay at school until 5:00PM.  Hooray for that!  I believe that this is a pretty reasonable rule. It was for my own safety.  Also, when I was allowed to stay a little bit after school, it was as if my parents were telling me that they trust me to use the one hour wi...

A few years ago, people in Bacolod City were not known to use the pedestrian lanes when crossing the streets.  People just crossed anywhere on the streets (me included) causing chaos and confusion to the already chaotic streets.  Pedestrian lanes were also virtually non-existent.  I mean, people couldn't see them because the lines were not being maintained.  People felt that somewhere out there is a pedestrian lane but they don't know exactly where. Lately, the local government improved the implementation of traffic laws.  Pedestrian lanes were re-painted and traffic enforcers are placed all over the city streets to guide people to use the pedestrian lanes.  Since some (bad) habits are difficult to break, railings are placed in the middle of the streets, save the parts where there are  pedestrian lanes.  These railings "forced" people to cross the street properly. Other than that, the traffic enforcers get the attention of anyone who tries cr...

Nowadays, most institutions ask for NSO (National Statistics Office) documents in Security Paper (SecPa).  Here in Bacolod City, you can acquire NSO SecPa documents by going to the NSO office and WAITING IN LINE for them.  Some people actually go to NSO as early as 3 in the morning because I think there is a limit as to the number of people that NSO can serve everyday.  Is it 300 people a day?  I'm not so sure.  But anyway, I cannot imagine myself waking up at 1 in the morning, riding a jeepney to the city at 2 in the morning and waiting in line from 3 in the morning until, probably, around 11AM.  And I don't think that there are jeepneys available in our area at 2AM.  Image from phlist.com I am in need of a SecPa document and I was thinking that there must be another option.  So I went to the website of NSO (which is www.census.gov.ph), and there I saw a link to http://nso.citizenservices.com.ph/  wherein you can acquire your SecPa ...