A Short Update on Getting Corrections made on One’s Birth Certificates

This morning I had the maid bring supporting documents to the City Hall for my son’s birth certificate. I thought photocopies of my transcript, SSS Personal Record, a Land Bank document would suffice, but the ladies at City Hall refused to sign the same. No wonder my mother-in-law gave up. They want to see the [...]

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Birth Certificate Corrections, or making the trivial matter needlessly, or making a mountain out of a molehill

I am almost too exhausted to write this post but I feel obliged to do so in the hope that I’ll be helping someone by sharing my experience.
In a previous post, I mentioned how my City Hall saga began and why: my son’s birth certificate indicated a wrong year of marriage on his parents’ part, [...]

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Safety at the Malls, or more accurately, the lack of it

Got this email through our egroup. Victims are from Ateneo Grade School. Please read.
Dear All,

Most often our urgent prayers regarding our children are for their protection.  It is hard to think about other aspects of their lives if we are worried sick over their personal safety.  Having to raise my children on my own [...]

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West Side Story on 12 September 2008 at Meralco Theater

Months back, I blogged about QTV shows and happened to mention wishing to watch Karylle in West Side Story which Stages is mounting. Stewie Ong posted the following comment to that post:

We are selling tickets for the September 12 (Friday, 8pm) show of West Side Story Manila(@ the Meralco Theater).
Ticket prices are at:
1,200 (orchestra and [...]

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Rapid Ranch Pasta

Following is a recipe I tried today. Got it from this site:

Rapid Ranch Pasta

1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 lb box of angel hair pasta, cooked
1 cup ranch dressing
1 cup parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup light cream
1 cup frozen peas
Parsley (to garnish)
AJI-NO-MOTO Umami Super Seasoning

Sprinkle [...]

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Manila City Hall and Mall of Asia

The Manila City Hall saga started almost 19 years ago when I gave birth to my son and my husband filled up a form attesting to his birth. It was 1989 and I guess that explains why he wrote 1989 when he indicated the date we got married. Our son was born October 1989, he [...]

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Pepper Lunch yet again

Lest anyone think I am a paid hack of Pepper Lunch, I’m not. I’d show you the receipts if I filed them but I’m not OC so I don’t.
This pm, I asked my son if he wanted to watch Wall-e and he said yes, provided we eat at PL first. So we did. So as [...]

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Good Samaritans in Power Plant and then some, e.g.Pepper Lunch

Was in Power Plant tonight and the good Samaritans I’m referring to are a lady, a man and his two daughters.
First the lady. It was late, almost 1 a.m. The X Files movie had just finished and my husband and I were looking for a security guard to operate the lift outside the theater so [...]

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For Ranul: Take Control Ham Roll with Polo ravales and Carlo A (from Quickfire)

Ranul, hi. Sorry but I thought I had posted the recipe you requested for. I can’t seem to find it, so maybe I failed to do so. Here it is.
Take Control Ham Roll with Polo Ravales and Carlo Aquino
Posted by Quickfire – on May 28, ‘08 5:08 PM for everyone

7 thinly sliced deli [...]

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Getting a Birth Certificate, a Marriage Certificate via a Phone Call

Last Sunday, I was looking for documents to bring to the post office where I intended to apply for a postal ID. As I went over my files, I noted that my son and husband no longer had NSO-certified birth certificates and we no longer had an NSO-certified marriage certificate. I know they’re here around [...]

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