How To Get A Postal ID

3:12PM March 14, 2013 - Thursday

I decided to get a Postal ID (the easiest valid id that you can get as they say) in our city of Bacoor in the province of Cavite. I have searched in different forums about how much a postal id cost and based on some blog authors.. it only range from 200-300 and you can get it minutes after you have filed for one as long as you have complete requirements which are the following:

• 3pcs 2x2 picture (white background, wear shirts with collar)
• Birth Certificate (photocopy of NSO or LCR birth certificate will do)
• Cedula (issued by the Barangay)
• Barangay Clearance

So first thing in the morning after i did my morning routine (jogging and exercise), I've waited until 9am to be sure that the barangay hall is open. There i was first in line and when i asked if i could get a Cedula and a Barangay Clearance, the barangay secretary asked for a Voter's Clearance. He explained to me why is it needed:

1. Its an initial requirement before getting a Clearance.
2. It will be an assurance or proof that you are from that municipality/barangay/sitio
3. If you're residing in a subdivision (such as my case), you must get it from your Home Owners Association President.
4. I don't know you (he literally said that)

If i knew that there is a thing called a Voter's Clearance needed, I would be willing to get one ahead of time but the problem was I'm not even a registered voter. So i asked the secretary again regarding my case (non registered voter) and he just said " you still need to get a Voter's Clearance from *insert HOA President's name here*.. then i'll give you you're clearance. Hindi kasi kita kilala".. The phrase "Hindi kasi kita kilala" or simply in english " I don't know you"  set it off for me. So does it mean that everybody should befriend you in order to get a clearance? what's wrong with that secretary?

Anyways, I went to our homeowners association and asked for a Voter's Clearance and they asked me if i was a registered voter and i said no. They can't give me a clearance because its just for those who are registered as a voter and not for non registered ones. 

So how will i get my Barangay Clearance now? first thing i did was call the Comelec Office here in Cavite and asked what to do (yep, you can ask them that).. i talked to a woman over the phone and told me to get a Certificate of Non Registration from the nearest Comelec office (usually its located in your Municipal Hall) and then present it to the barangay in order for me to get a Barangay Clearance. She also wondered why is it a requirement for a clearance so i just said i don't know. Still i did not procure one because i told my sister to call the barangay to settle the issue and yes, the barangay secretary gave in. I also asked for a Cedula so he gave me one. Just to be sure i asked him what are the requirements to get a Postal ID and he said the things above (bulleted). I've shown him my birth certificate and asked him if it was valid (it was a LCR Birth Certificate) and he said its okay. So for those who only have their LCR BC with them, you don't need to get a NSO Certified one for the Postal ID. When he saw my maiden name, he apologized to me and said "sorry hindi po kasi kita nakilala". I just said its okay (i'm not angry at that time,, just pissed lol). He added "dapat sinabi mong *insert maiden name here* para naissue-han na kita agad ng barangay clearance".. Sorry but i am not the type of person who will use his/her maiden name to get ahead of system. but now i know there's a perk for being a member of one of the known clan in our area. LOL..

I went to the Bacoor Municipal Hall situated in Bacoor Bayan. For those who don't know how to get there, here are the two routes i usually take:

• Route 1: From our place (Near Molino) ride a jeepney going to Zapote Talaba/ Baclaran. Get off at Zapote Talaba and ride a jeepney going to Binakayan. Pay 8php and tell the driver to drop you off in the Munisipyo
• Route 2: From SM Bacoor, ride a jeepney/ Baby bus going to Binakayan or Mabolo. Get off at Mabolo and ride a jeepney going Bacoor Bayan or Zapote Kabila. Pay 8php and tell the driver to drop you off in the Munisipyo.

 Go to the Post Office (beside Regional Trial Court) and go in the office. Ask the man in the first table that you're getting a Postal ID. present him the requirements and he will give you 2 pieces of the form you will need to fill up. Accomplish the form and wait for him to send you to the next room. He will also ask you to keep your Cedula with you.

Inside the next room, you will see a sign "POSTAL ID" in one of the tables there. A woman will issue you a receipt stating that its only 175 but she will get 350 from you. The additional fee of 175 is divided into:

• Notary
• Document Seals
• A Signature
• Lamination

And there's an additional fee of 80php if you don't have a 2x2 pic with you (or if you have the wrong one/ non collared)

After I have paid for the fees, the woman issued me the receipt and told me to go back the next day at 2pm to get the ID, just present the receipt on the guy outside. (if you won't be able to get the ID at 2pm-5pm the next day, you can get it the following days anytime.)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Getting a Certificate of Non Registration

1. Go to the Municipal Hall (Its in Bacoor in my case)
2. Go to the 4th floor and look for the Comelec Office
3. Bring with you your Cedula and a Valid ID
4. Present your Cedula and ID if it was asked 
5. You will then be asked to wait or go back the next day

Getting a Voter's Clearance (if you're a registered voter and doesn't have his voter's id still)

Living in a Subdivision:

• Ask an officer from your Home Owners Association as to where and when you can get one (Usually they will point you to the President of your HOA)
• Ask for the Clearance (make sure he/she signs the clearance or else it will be null and void; also make sure that the one signing is the President of your HOA, the Barangay officials know who the President of each HOA in their area)

 Not part of a Subdivision

• Go to the Barangay Hall and talk to the Barangay Secretary, he/she will tell you where you can get one or who will you talk to in order to get one. (There was a girl next to me that was asked to get a voter's clearance from a specific person in their area)
• Go to the location and ask that person for a Voter's Clearance (the person's signature is very important) 
• When you leave the Barangay Hall, he/she will call that person to notify him/her of your arrival (the secretary will probably phone him/her)

*If you have your Voter's ID with you, just present it to the secretary to be able to get your Barangay Clearance. No need for a Voter's Clearance.

Hello Valentines...

8:14pm  Sunday

Valentines day is coming and its either red rose or red horse day. Why? Its a day for couples and singles alike, giving roses to your dearie girlie of your life or drown in a case of Red Horse cause some girlie / boyet dumped or friendzoned you in the past. Well, just don't do anything stupid for the V-Day. If you're in a relationship, its good if you cherish what you have because others are going solo for the time being and same for those single out there, enjoy your freedom that some couples have limits on. No matter what your relationship status for the moment, V-Day is for everyone. Go ahead and enjoy it..

Friday night dream

3:21pm Saturday, December 15, 2012..

i had this dream.. i was with my brother and a certain girl who i can't recognize.. we were going to a certain mall by commute.. it felt real, i can feel the wind hitting my face as we rode the jeepney, i can hear the bustling city noise.. everything felt real.. then i felt someone grabbed my hand and it was this girl i am with.. she was sitting next to me, my brother on the other side of the small jeepney.. we're not talking with each other rather, i was trying to get a glimpse of her face, her hand was familiar, even her scent.. we got out of the jeep a few minutes later and my brother said he must go and meet someone so i said take care bro and i was left with this girl holding my hand and she began to walk as i walk beside her..we just go and went to boutiques, arcades and just chat..  her voice was familiar, very familiar.. we headed for the cinema, bought two tickets for this new movie and got the afternoon screening.. so we just went to this diner to eat and kill time.. we've talked about things happened before..why those things happened.. it was a lengthy chat and now i have an idea who she was.. i was trying to make sure that my hunch was right when she suddenly pointed out the time and said that we will be late for the movie screening.. so she held my hand and we rushed to the cinema.. it was a lengthy film and we both enjoyed it.. we got out of the theater and went home..

 It was dark.. around 8pm.. we rode the van going to her place..i payed for two and we got on the van.. we didn't talk while in the van because the other passengers were asleep.. she just leaned her head on my shoulder.. and asked me why those things happened before.. i couldn't utter a word.. we just sat there in silence until we reached our destination.. we got off in a gas station, where we rode a jeepney to their place..

We got off in this street with tricycles.. the area was familiar indeed..we walked up until we reached their house.. now i know who she was... we said goodbye to each other and i kissed her forehead..waited for her to get inside the house, and waved goodbye.. minutes later i received a text message from this unknown number and said "Thanks for the wonderful time..".. my alarm goes off and i woke up...


The mall we went to was Alabang Town Center (ATC).. i remembered purchasing two tickets to this new movie... and it was the upcoming Superman film... the girl? she was the one whom i courted for almost 1 1/2 years.....

"if everything i did before made and reached something... that dream wouldn't have been a dream, it would be a reality...."

Books and the Looks

Bakit  Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo?

Ramon Bautista

One of the most entertaining books i have read (actually i don't read that often but yeah, i've read quite alot of books since highschool days). It is a compilation of questions asked by different people with love problems to Mr. Ramon Bautista on his formspring account, http://www.formspring.me/ramonbautista. 

About the author: Ramon Bautista is a self-proclaimed internet action star and next boyfriend material. He took up Film and Audio-Visual Communication in the University of the Philippines as his undergraduate course and pursued graduate studies in the same field. He is a university teacher, radio DJ, TV show host, film producer and commercial model. (Source: pg136, Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)

As i have said on the first part of this blog, its a compilation of different questions which varies from school problems to love problems from different individuals who idolizes Mr. RB. HHoe provides straightforward answers, suggestions and insights in a somewhat solid, sometimes in a derogatory manner but in a way that he wants to open the eyes and minds of the people who is in that situation who is afraid of the facts in front of them.

The book has ten (10) chapters all in all:

• Chapter 1 - Ayaw nya sa'yo
• Chapter 2 - Moving on techniques
• Chapter 3 - Long Distance Relationship
• Chapter 4 - Paano sasabihin kay mommy na bagsak ka
• Chapter 5 - Paano Lumandi
• Chapter 6 - No Boyfriend Since Birth
• Chapter 7 - Ba't di ka crush ng crush mo?
• Chapter 8 - Premarital Sex
• Chapter 9 - Paano ganahan magstudy
• Chapter 10 -  How to live an awesome life

There's a wide range of topics and questions in each of the chapters and you will learn things that you have not realized before and at the same time, you'll enjoy reading each and every page of this book. Its an eye opener for all teens up to older years.

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Personally, I have learned so much reading this book. I've learned how to deal with the things that still bothers me, though i lack the ability to do most of it. Fun book to read actually. There is this chapter wherein he was criticized by a fellow poster that he indirectly promote discrimination and cyber bullying by the way he answers every question asked by formspring members. 

Post: I was a fan until i read your responses to your followers. I just want you to know that you "indirectly" promote discrimination and "cyber-bullying" with your responses. Please answer constructively. It won't make you less of a person.

RB: Edi i-unfan mo sarili mo

You can't stop cyber bullying. What I promote is strength of character. If they bully you, I encourage you to stand up and say "so what?! I'm enjoying my life, walang basagan ng trip." It's a mean world out there. The internet's a similar world where they weed out the emotional and mental weaklings like you. If you can;t handle it, stay out of my internet love triangle and just follow Paolo Coelho and other positivity-charged teen soul chicken soup websites. Or better yet, go offline and fund sanctuary in the comfort and safety of your parents.

And yes, right now I'm discriminating and cyber bullying you. Now give me that "so what?! I'm enjoying my life, walang basagan ng trip" attitude. It won't make you less of a person.

Source: pg113, Bakit Di Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo

He answers that way to some post, some he answers in a funny way but there are times that he's having a hard time answering and asks for help from fellow formspring members. He has a pretty positive outlook in life. 

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In love, problems will rise from time to time, its part of the challenge on being in a relationship with someone. But even singles fight their own problems of looking for the right one or the pwede na yan for some. Its hard, really hard. 

In a guy's perspective, we do the courting, the effort, the waiting and the sacrifice just to have the chance to hear that girl's sweet "Yes". But many of us reached the end line with a "no". Its pretty hard to accept I will vouch for that. Doing those things out of love, the effort done, sacrifices, and the waiting game for how long? weeks? months? even a year? then its just a "no"? Guys know that its part of the cycle, the taking of risks and stuff. Why do the other party let them do those things for a long time then just say no?. Then girls will complain that they can't find the right guy for them. Look at the "friendzoned" guys and you will find the right one. We won't show that its not okay for us to hear that "no" and the reasons, We won't say that we can't accept that decision. We will just go with what the other wants us to be for them, whether it will do good for us or not. Things that we did in the past for those ladies will be remembered in a series of flashbacks and its just too hard to go after that. I don't speak for all the males of the world like an Alpha Male. I am just stating the things other guys have went through and experienced (yeah, such as myself). 

Move on, its all about moving on until we are too far to see where we came from..

Easy? tell that to a guy who did everything for someone, wasted time and effort just to be with that someone. hell yeah easy.. pfft. hahaha

"There is more to life than love"

Ramon Bautista

1:02am 11/03/12 Sunday

We Were There.. Realizations

Bokura Ga Ita / We Were There

Anime, Manga

Genre: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

One of the best anime ever created, Bokura Ga Ita (We Were There) is about the story of main characters, Yano Motoharu and Nanami Takahashi; their school life, how they met, their relationship, and their struggles in life. Its a must read and must watch series because we can learn some valuable lessons just by watching or reading it. An anime that has values embedded on it, values that you will think about for a certain time and finally realizing that it may happen in real life.

For me, this is the best manga / anime ever created. i can easily put myself in Yano's place, i have encountered the same problems before and when i had the chance to watch this anime, i easily understood what happened that time, and more of exactly how i think of things before. I'm not a great guy, not a bad guy either. I'm just in the middle, and i just like to keep it that way.

I have favorite quotations from that anime that i have pondered upon for a very long time and i still believe in it.

"if memories become dreams, then dreams also become illusions."

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"If I could change my past I will do it, if that will make you stop crying. I wish I could, 

but I can’t"

- this is the time where we wish that we could change our pasts to correct a mistake that we did..

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"I think it’s a lot easier to place the blame on yourself than someone else , if you blame someone else, you’ll get stubborn and say you’ll never forgive them but when you blame yourself, you can shrug it off since there’s nothing you can do about it, and you wont get angry that way either"

- one of my personal motto in life. For me, its a way to keep yourself cool and avoid conflict with others. 

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"someone once said that memories are just fractions of mind, when we remember, we fiddle these fractions around in what we think the right way. therefore, memories are creations. to remember means to dream.. and memories themselves are nothing more than mere illusions."

- you took a photo of your childhood in black and white show it to others and then you remember the color of your clothes, your toys and everything else way back that time. You are the only one who knew those things therefore creating the illusion to yourself and for others..

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For me, Memories are part of growing. We tend to create the best memories with those we consider as friends or family and at the same time we create the worst with them. Why? we're always there with them, through thick and thin, for better or for worse. We get to spend our time with them laughing and goofing around, forgetting all the problems we had and also, we spend some of the worst times with them, in some point we enter in an argument with our friends or family, we fight, we curse each other, but in the end, it will all be part of what we call memories and it will be an illusion that your friends or family will be the only ones who will live to remember those illusions.

I have made some things in the past not so long ago that i regretted the most. Pretty much like Yano Motoharu in the story, its normal that we regret something that we did in the past but its for us to leave it all behind and learn from it.

"You turn them into memories. The past holds as little reality as your dreams. Hurry and realize that already. and turn her into memories. Let go."