Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Passport:
cost to make an INDO passport:
in US: US$40
in Spore: SIN$85 [US$50]
in Indo: RP 395,000 + RP 505,000 = RP900,000 [US$96]
must be wondering why tt '=' doing in the middle of the cost fee under 'Indo'.
those are called 'extra' money. the more direct way of saying it wld be 'bribery' money.
asshole lar! I was so angry. oh well, had to practically bribe everyone in the office. cause I wanted to get passport done by A DAY.
starting with the person who shld be interviewing me. bribe him! so he doesnt have to interview me on why I went back indo only to make passport n so on.
was qt cool. sitting in the room. the person whom dad got to help me with all these stuff, asked me to shut up all the time. haha! then tt officer was signing stacks of files and she just gave mine to him, he stoped signing the rest to sign mine. then bribe more so they can help me with the picture taking andstuff fast. then bribe again so the man who took my picture can send in my passport in fast. after he passed the file on to another person the bribe again so he can stop doing whatever he is doing and start making my passport. then finally after the file is closed, to be put aside and inspected by another head officer, had to slip in between the file more money.
I was like..
okay... money money money... money drives ppl to work faster, but they still do nt have the power to buy everything.
anw, I had to wear a white shirt(with the collar) to take passport photo. and I was wearing a pink top.
in the end, I ended up borrowing this blouse that was hung on the wall that was dirtttyyyy! nvm!!! i'm so used to seeing an ugly self on the front pg of my passport. doesnt make any difference.
Balakuu:
anw, my HUGE balakuu gotten frm dinah's party when i rolled down the staircase are getting better now.
I've got someone who helped me to massage twice a day for 2 hrs each time. heehee!!!
Indo Food:
oh my god! so funny! cause ever since they govt found out the ppl had been using preservatives for dead bodies on food, business been going bad. cause they put these preservatives called 'formalin' on meat balls, noodles, tofu and all seafood.
another fact everyone wld like to know maybe, meatballs in indo arent made frm beef. instead, 70% are frm rat's flesh. anw... pt is. tt is if you eat those beefballs at the roadside. bottomline, don't eat roadsde food.
anw, back to the 'formalin' it was making all those ppl lose money... so the govt ended up announcing tt everything is okay now even though they had not taken any safety measures yet.
how ridiculous!
okay! I'm done talking or rather, complaining. haha! actually indo nt THAT bad. it's a little worse than thailand. but since sporean seem to like thailand, indo isn't bad then. cause I never like thailand. even on my last trip I had last yr, I still dont have a change in view towards tt country. so yar! everyone shld try visiting indo someday in your life. cause they will then be able to understand what it means to live in a 'least industrialised country', having to enjoy all yr round in a country known as 'most industrialised'.
Random:
haha! I'm so happy!!! maria armijos[read as: ar-mee-hos] might be taking with me macro and micro classes!
she was my closer friend in my business class during the last semester and having her around in my econs classes just seem wonderful!
I went through depression over in indo for a day. cause i had to miss my Golden Globe!!! but then.... I was happy! cause. brokeback mountain and walk the line bagged most of the awards! I GUESSED IT!! I LOVE THE RIGHT MOVIES! haha! anw, so glad! 'my name is earl' won too!!! that's actually the only US tv drama I watched. I dont do desperate housewife, or CSI, or OC... I only watch 'my name is earl' and 'the office' and just nice! steve carell won an award too! pleasant!!!
valen (1/18/2006 03:35:00 AM)