Tuesday, October 28, 2003

THE SOAP OPERA THAT IS THE PHILIPPINES

posted Tuesday, 28 October 2003

those congressmen must be burned at the stake. period. it seems like they won't budge --- ever. if you have danding's money to back you up, why not? these idiots would sell their soul and the country just for a couple of dirty money.

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my LTO drug test is a big fluke
. it's big business, these LTO-accredited clinics. they tested my vision by letting me read letters as large as my hands then declare my vision to be 20/20. then they got my urine sample then in 20 minutes, i was declared drug-free. my last drug test was administered by the UP health service (for employment reasons) and the results had to be released only after 24 hours since the lab tests in that hospital involved a lot of lab work. then these drug testing centers charge P350 for a piece of paper!

the whole license application (tests and stuff) is a huge farce. no wonder there are blind drivers and EDSA is teeming with incompetent bastards.

i say let's do away with this licensing thing. it's the same anyway.

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practical exam involves making the gawdawful onwer-type jeep go forward and reverse. it's like taking the vehicle out of the garage. backing out of our driveway is a lot more complicated than this.

this license renewal has eaten up 3 days of my life. what a way to waste precious time.

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honestly, am getting tired of this shit about the impeachment raps (am tired of those noisy tongressmen). seems like these bastards won't budge. this country is going down the drain. i just pray to God to be kind to people like us, who toil honsetly and make a decent living albeit in poverty, to spare us when the Philippines is already flattened out.

hmmm...better yet, i'd move to jamaica.

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i was harassed by a skirt-chasing dirty guy there at LTO while waiting for the release of my license (more about that later). he couldn't take a hint! he has been asking me stupid and pointless questions like, "is the exam like driving a toyota?" grrrrrrrrr! "unless you're driving a right-hand automatic tractor (if there's such a thing), basically that beat-up jeep is the same as the rest of the vehicle population here in this country of perverts like you", i almost yelled. inirapan ko na lang siya. but then he prodded me with --- again --- stupid and pointless questions just to make me talk to him. this guy was trying to hit on me! i was completely ignoring him and yet he kept on bugging me. i was tempted to call the security guy but fortunately the woman cashier was already giving him dirty looks and left me alone.

i hate it when guys do that! that's why when i get on the bus, i sleep immediately or feign sleep so that these KSP guys would leave me alone. why can't they mind their own business? there was this lame pick-up line i encountered, "Have i seen you before?" i quickly transferred to another seat as far away from this creepy guy. best advice on times like these on the bus? put on your earphones or sleep.

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as for the claiming of mmy license, i was waiting for the guy at the releasing section to call my name all afternoon. just when i had already spent half of my sane (but sanity slowly slipping away) afternoon practically under his nose, he said (rather too late when i was about to scream and demand for prozac) that i return the next day as the names he was announcing were the ones who have paid the fees early pa this morning. which means it will take them another 24 hours to have my name printed on a piece of paper. so why didn't they tell me sooner?! i was being harassed by a deranged guy and surrounded by scary-looking guys waiting for their licenses as well the whole afternoon...aaaaaaarggggggggghhhhhh!

wonderful.

say what? (7)

1. a reader left...
Wednesday, 29 October 2003 10:38 am

you know what? you can compile all your LTO saga entries and submit it for publication. at least get it out so people will be informed.

ros

2. luthien left...
Wednesday, 29 October 2003 11:24 am

hmm...you've given me an idea! might do that this weekend = p

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. a reader left...
Wednesday, 29 October 2003 11:34 am

i feel so sorry for you. and here i thought i was having a bad day

potpot from potatoland

4. luthien left...
Wednesday, 29 October 2003 1:05 pm

lesson for the month: never ever let your license expire --- EVER! do not lose your license too. if ever you do, act on it IMMEDIATELY. please, don't subject yourself to this kind of torture.

5. a reader left...
Thursday, 30 October 2003 10:03 am

syet. natakot naman ako. i lost my license and its about to EXPIRE. ARGHHHH! baka ako naman ang susunod na mang-aaway sa LTO! kumuha ka na lang ng pangalan, sumbong natin sa boss ng nanay ko! :) hehehehe

ros

6. luthien left...
Thursday, 30 October 2003 3:03 pm

lam mo, sa farmers ka na lang magrenew. kasi meron dun na LTO satellite office and in 30 mins makukuha mo na. pagawa ka na lang ng affidavit of loss. kaya naman hindi ako don nakapagparenew kasi problematic lisensya ko dati, di ba? dun ka na lang, wag na sa main office. impyerno dun.

7. a reader left...
Thursday, 30 October 2003 7:42 pm

nagparenew kapatid ko last May, sabi niya baka hindi rin mapa-renew dun kasi puro yung me dala lang na old license yung nakita niyang pino-process dun. pero try ko either dun sa farmers o kaya sa cubao office sa tuazon.

ros

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