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January 22, 2013

Buhay SOLO muli.





Narinig kong sumisigaw na sister ko na bilisan ko daw. Mag-a-ala una Y medya na yun ng hapon. Nagmamadali na ko sa pagkilos at pag check ng mga kailangan kong dalhin. Chineck ko ang dalawang malaki kong maleta, naglagyan ko na ito ng name tag ko at ng green na ribbon para madali kong ma spot-an sa conveyor kapag nasa airport na ko sa gitnang silangan.

Isa yun technique na natutunan ko dati, sa dagat ng pare-parehong maleta at kulay ang hirap hanapin kung alin ang sa iyo. Hindi na rin uso ang paglalagay ng malalaking letra ng name at address sa maleta mo. na kahit nasa malayo e mababasa mo. LOL kaloka lang yun!

Tinimbang na din ng tatay ko yun mga bagahe ko. Wala pa daw 40kilos sabi nya. Sayang sabi ko. Nakapamili pa sana ng mas madami. Para mas madami akong dalang food at pasalubong sa mga kaibigan pabalik.

Nagdala ako ng itlog na maalat (typical na pasalubong haha) kaunting longganisang baboy. Binagoongan na may maliliit na baboy at taba sa sahog. Ilang delata ng pork sisig, at  reno liver spread. Oo alam ko iniisip nyo. Di ba bawal baboy dun?

Bawal nga! tseh!

Pero may dala pa din ako. Hindi naman kasi gaano mahigpit dun sa airport namin. hihihih

Bitbit ang passport at ticket at OEC na isisilid ko sa bag ko. Nagmamadali na ko lumabas ng bahay papunta sa nag hihintay na Van. Muntik pa ko matapilok sa taas ng takong ng stiletto na suot ko. charot! Kami kami lang mag anak ang nasa loob. Medyo malungkot na ko nun papunta palang kami sa airport. Kandong ko ang one year old kong pamangkin at nakikipaglaro. Siya ang higit kong mamimiss sa aking muling paglisan.

5:25 ng hapon ang flight ko. Dumating kami sa NAIA ng lampas alas-tres. Malakas loob ko kasi nakapag online check in naman ako at nakapamili na din ako ng uupuan sa plane sabi ko sa sister ko na panay ang ngawa na sobrang late ko na daw magcheck in haha.

Naayos ko din ang passport ko na nagkaproblema nun nakuha ako ng OEC. Kailangan ko pa mag extend sa bakasyon ng 6 days pa dahil dito. Ayaw nila ako bigyan. Kasi daw less than 6 months nalang e pa-expire na daw ang passport ko. May ganun palang rule! Hindi ako informed! tseh!

Dapat daw ni-renew ko na nun dumating ako nun december one sabi nun nakausap ko sa DFA. Sa isip isip ko. Mahadera kayo busy ako nun sa mga boys, boys, and boys. Chos!

Pinayagan nila ako i-extend ang due date ng pasaporte ko ng another 2 years. Basta maipakita ko lang daw ang contract copy ko and Visa. Nagbayad ako ng 400 na alang resibo sa processing ek ek ata. at another 200 sa mismong fee talaga at yun ang may resibo. Kaloka.

Pero ok na din atleast naging 46 days ang bakasyon ko! haha. Ubos nga lang pera ko. Said na!

Grabe lang ang tao sa NAIA nun araw ng alis ko. Jusme. Punong puno! Isinakay ko ng troley ang bagahe ko at nagpaalaman na kami. Isa isa kong niyakap ang familia zaragosa. Hindi naman ako naiyak. Medyo nanikip lang dibdib ko. Yung pakiramdam na ayaw mo na umalis ng Pinas. Yun parang gusto mo dun nalang sa piling nila.

Pero dahil matatag ako at nanaig ang tawag ng kwarta sa middle east, tinulak ko papasok ng erfort ang mga dala ko at di na lumingon pa.

Dumiretso ako sa OFW lounge kung san kelangan pa stamp-an ang letseng OEC na kelangan daw iverify pa na pahirap sa mga lilipad na. As if naman pwde pa dayain yun. Tigilan nga nila ko. *init ng ulo* LOL
Nakakainis lang na ayaw naman nila ipapasok ang bagahe ko dun sa area na yun. E alangan naman iwan ko yun basta sa labas noh? hello andun kaya mga itlog na maalat ko. e kung mawala! tseh hahaha

Lumabas pa ko ulit at tinawagan ang sister ko na bumalik muna sa may entrance at bantayan ang maleta ko habang nagpapa validate ako ng OEC. Buset na buset na ko nun. LOL

Henyway, madali naman ako nakapag check in ng mga bagahe since nakapag checked in online na ko ala na masyado mahabang pilahan. Kaso inabot ako ng lampas isang oras sa immigration! jusmio marimar! pawisan na ko. Naka longsleeves pa naman aketch!

5:05pm narinig kong mag tumatawag ng: "Sino po ang mga pasahero ng Qatar Airways?...boarding na po... boarding na po..."

Jusko! kinabahan naman ako ng slight hahaha! baka maiwan aketch! kinuha naman niya yun boarding pass number ek ek ko. atleast alam nila na andun ako sa erfort di ba. Winnur kasi talaga tao sa naia nun time na yun kaya muntik na ko malate. By 5:15pm humahangos na ko papunta ng eroplano ko! hahaha! by 5:25pm nakaupo na ko! ahahahahaha!

Success!

Pansamantala ko tuloy nakalimutan mag MMK moment dahil sa pagka stress ko sa Immigration! kaazar sila! Gutom na gutom na ko nun umaandar na yun plane. Inip na inip na ko maghain sila ng food. Kaso nabigo ako una inihain e nuts and juice! LOL

Nun nag hain naman sila ng dalawang beses e medyo natuwa na ko at nabusog na ko. Masarap naman ang foods at nakain ko lahat hahaha *rated PG* lang ang peg ko ganyan. Sa buong more than 9 hrs na byahe e naka apat na movie ako at naka sampung balik balik sa CR! hahaha! Kasabay ko din pala ang BFF ko na si Fatima sa plane kaya medyo enjoy din ang byahe ko.

Sobrang lamig sa Dowha nun makalabas na kami ng plane. Jusko tagusan sa jacket namin! Sunundo kami ng isa pang kaibigan na si Emerson *radiationboys* at ihinatid kami sa kanya kanyang bahay namin.

Binuksan ko ang pintuan. Binuksan ang mga ilaw. Alas dos na yun ng madaling araw. Nun mailapag ko ang aking mga gamit sa kwarto ko dun ko muli naramdaman ang lungkot. Andito na nga ako muli. Buhay solo na naman. Napatitig ako sa mga maleta ko.

Nag umpisa na agad ako ma home sick. I feel like crying pero ayaw lumabas ng luha. Nakakainis lang na feeling. Parang gusto ko na umuwi agad ng pinas. parang biglang natatakot ako mag isa muli.

Sabi nila mas OK daw na iiyak nalang kapag nakakaramdam na ng homesickness. Kaya naman pumasok ako sa banyo at humarap sa salamin. Pinipilit ko umiyak. Kaya lang natatawa ako sa itsura ko. Di bagay e! Mukang engot lang ako! LOL

Inayos ko ang mga gamit ko nag umpisa mag un-pack ng bagahe pero di ko matapos. Wala ako sa mood. Sinubukan ko matulog pero nananatili lang akong gising kahit antok na antok na. Haist. May duty na ko muli kaya pinilit ko magpahinga.



Laking tulong ng work at mga kasama sa trabaho. Mabilis kong nalabanan ang lungkot. Ngayon ay nakaka anim na araw na ko dito sa middle east at masasabi kong I'm back to being "ME" again. Fully functioning na mga programs ng kalandian ko sa katawan at turnilyo ng kaharutan. LOL

Madami akong nami-miss and I'm looking forward to seeing you guys soon :-)

January 26, 2009

Seatmates

This is just another long and tiring day for me,I was already on the road at 10:00 am and have my picture taken,passport size and take note 20 pcs!I mean what the hell my agency will do with that tons of my adorable picture anyway?LOL! And then they asked me to photocopy my new passport,take note "new"meaning all the pages are blank..and yet they said give me a copy of all the pages!I don't know,but i just did it,whatever!

Then I headed for the bus station going to Pasay because I have to be at the Department of Foreign Affairs at 1:00 pm for the release of my authenticated documents.All seats of the bus must be filled in and I have this habit of sitting in the middle of the seats so that it will look like to those coming in that Im reserving it for someone,yeah well,I'm reserving it for someone cute!that might possibly looking for a seat when he walks in the bus and then when I spotted a target I will immediately moved to my original side and make the seat beside me so available!Nyahaha!


And a couple of time its works.I got to sit with guys that are looks so yummy I fantasized that we are some kind of boyfriends sitting together!yihaaaa!I'm sick!Gosh!haha the bus was almost full and the only remaining vacant was the one beside me and there he was.. a guy walking towards me..he walks slowly..and I pray...pls...god..dont make him sit beside me!!!He's old!A 60 year old guy!!!!Waaaaa!!!! i guess today was not my lucky bus-day huhu.

Oh come on!there's another seat at the back why did he chose mine?!And there we are sitting together..so close.. instead of sitting with my fantasy bf and now im with my fantasy death wish!LOL.Aww and damn it he's so close to me...his shoulders and arms are pressing with mine!I think he's gay!Oh God Grandpa pls!wag po! wag po!LOL I just focused my eyes on the road instead.Huhu

Well, going back to my story at 230pm I went at my agency's office and submitted those requirements ..hmm I spotted cuties but of course being the prim and proper me I just look and shut my mouth and avoid any word to come out like "uyy gwapo niya..shett!hehe

And by 430 I was on a bus again going to Alabang this time,i need to be at the Alabang Town Center for the DHL branch express I need my NBI clearance be authenticated by the Qatar Embassy,Ill let them deal with it so that I don't have to go there personally.

I got home at 7pm and I was so hungry!I'm glad I'm done with my requirements.

January 16, 2009

A Day at the Manila City Hall


Another working abroad requirement:Going to Manila City Hall.Authentication.I set the alarm at exactly 7am but to some reason my alarm clock never made a single noise to wake me up!Damn!So what happened instead of 7:00 am I accidentally woke up at around past 8:00 am haha good thing my dad made some noise outside.My sister accompanied me since she don't have anything to do today.

The weather still as cold as before we have to boil water just to survive bathing! Its like taking a bath in the morning is the greatest challenge of my life!haha its so freakin' cold! my balls are shrinking to death!Well,anyway,going back to my story,I have to go Manila City Hall for the authentication of my employment certificate and my seminars and trainings certificate before submitting it to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for another authentication this time with a red ribbon in it.I wonder why red ribbon?they could choose pink.. and call it "pink ribbon" haha so gay!

The old building was so fascinating outside,looks so old but magnificent,the lobby is nice and bright,it is our first time to get inside the city hall we only see it from outside before.But too bad after the lobby,the walls and the rooms needs renovation...We went straight at the 4th floor,where the fat lady put some notes and asked us to go to the 2nd floor room 226,I believe for notarizing my papers and there another lady attended to us put some seal and signed my documents and asked us to go back at the 4th floor where we've been first and asked me to pay 300 pesos!50 pesos per page,mind you ha,no receipt!haha


Back at the fat lady at the 4th floor,she typed on something attached it to my papers and voila!another 25pesos and of course no receipt again! Asked us again to go to the window outside, Its already 1:00 pm and the lady inside the window isn't opening yet lunch break was over and she could see people are waiting for her majestic return to her post(nagmamaganda) and still she managed to take some time to chat with her co-workers without being considerate to us since we haven't had our lunch yet!

If I'm not mistaken it is window 6,there we paid another 70 pesos for the authentication and this time thank God with an official receipt!All we could say was"Hayyy(*sigh)...Filipinos...Filipinos..."But hey,I still love my country maybe there's still a chance for us in the future..hmmm..maybe 100 years from now!LOL!haha

When she haven't been making any signs of returning to her post we went straight in front of her window to show her and make her start to attend to us,and we're making a face in front haha and finally she sat down and took off the "closed sign" but we could actually feel her irritability in speaking to us "I don't have a change to your money yet pay only at exact amount" haha and I said "I don't have the exact 70 pesos" we just smile knowing that we annoyed her haha! "haller its your damned job !"she's such a bad employee,drop the attitude lady!

We returned my documents inside room 401 at the fat lady but this time she passed us to this old guy instead and make some notes again and called my name and gave me a slip and told me to return on Tuesday for the release at 8:00am!yikes too early! hayyy this preparing of my documents is making me tired!So my schedule at Tuesday will be this : 8:00 am manila city hall,then I will submit it at DFA before 11:00am i just hope its not a "blockbuster line" when I get there LOL .

P.S
I wonder what is the result of my medical exam...I'm fit to work or not???haha.