Have you heard of the Worst Incest Case in the World? About the Austrian father who held her daughter captive for 24 years and eventually fathered 7 of kids with her.

It's sick and gives chills down my spine. He started raping her at the age of 11 and convinced everyone that she run away at the age of 18, when in truth he kept her in the cellar/basement together with 3 of her children. The other 3 was raised with the grandparents, one died soon after birth.

How could someone do such a thing? My jaw dropped when I found out about this story. It's creepy and sucks my belief of goodness in people out of me (well, at least for the time being).

Here is a timeline of what happened...

1977: Elisabeth Fritzl claims she was first abused by her father Josef when aged 11.

1984: Elisabeth is allegedly lured into house cellar, drugged and handcuffed by her father. She is forced to write letters saying she has run away.

1988: Her first child, Kerstin, is born.

1989: Elisabeth gives birth to her first son, Stefan.

1993: Nine-month-old Lisa is left on the doorstep of the Fritzl house.

1994: Another child, Monika, arrives and is adopted by the Fritzls.

1996: Elisabeth gives birth to twins, but one dies after three days. Josef allegedly burned the body.

1997: Alexander, the surviving twin, joins the children upstairs.

2003: A letter from Elisabeth arrives saying she had a second son, Felix, the previous year. He is raised in the cellar.

2008:

April 19: Kerstin is taken to that hospital after falling serious ill. Doctors discover that her grandfather is her father.

April 20-27: Josef releases Elisabeth, Stefan and Felix and tells his wife they are returning.

April 26: Police pick up Josef and Elisabeth near the hospital where Kerstin is being treated.

April 27: Josef admits his guilt after Elisabeth's statement.

April 28: Police search house and discover cramped cellar with special security door.

April 29: Josef appears in court.

To know more about the story, visit the cnn.com site. More stories at USA Today and Herald Sun.

The late Australian actor - who tragically died from an accidental prescription drugs overdose in January - was reportedly warned he had become too obsessed with his portrayal of iconic Batman villain The Joker in the upcoming blockbuster.

A source told FOX News: "Heath refused to talk to anyone out of character.

"If you tried to communicate with him normally instead of The Joker, he would just ignore you.

"He would often come to the set to hang out even on his days off, freaking everyone out. Towards the end of filming, he was warned by people that he had gone too far, but it was almost like he couldn't connect with those who cared for him anymore."

Ledger reportedly locked himself in an apartment for an entire month before playing The Joker, who he described as a "psychotic, mass-murdering clown".

Ledger also admitted he had such trouble sleeping while shooting the film he resorted to taking the prescription drug Ambien.

Sources on the set of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - the movie Ledger was filming when he died - also claimed the actor could not "snap out" of character and seemed to have "lost sense" of who he was."

Source.

There was a time after I played a character on stage, I had trouble talking straight. To get the intonations and gestures out of my system stressed me a little bit. So I guess I can be a method actor at times. That's why I feel for him so. Not getting a "psychotic, mass-murdering clown" out of your head is terrifying. Can't wait until July 16/23 when the films debuts here (July 18 in the US). I wanna see him again... in action.

Got this from a Dark Knight blogsite. At the end of this article, I got teary eyed again. I miss Heath, too. I know it's been a few months now, and he's not really someone I know dearly... Still he brings tears to my eyes. I can't wait for the premiere of Dark Knight. I'm surely gonna cry while watching, then smile as the credits roll... thinking that Heath did a really splendid job as Joker. Wishing he was still with us.

These are some very kind and interesting words recanting Heath Ledger’s on set aura, as told by Chris Nolan (via Newsweek)

One night, as I’m standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for “The Dark Knight,” a production assistant skateboards into my line of sight. Silently, I curse the moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup. I’d fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members. If you’d asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work, they would have answered honestly that they didn’t know. That’s real charisma—as invisible and natural as gravity. That’s what Heath had.

Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren’t many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.

One time he and another actor were shooting a complex scene. We had two days to shoot it, and at the end of the first day, they’d really found something and Heath was worried that he might not have it if we stopped. He wanted to carry on and finish. It’s tough to ask the crew to work late when we all know there’s plenty of time to finish the next day. But everyone seemed to understand that Heath had something special and that we had to capture it before it disappeared. Months later, I learned that as Heath left the set that night, he quietly thanked each crew member for working late. Quietly. Not trying to make a point, just grateful for the chance to create that they’d given him.

Those nights on the streets of Chicago were filled with stunts. These can be boring times for an actor, but Heath was fascinated, eagerly accepting our invitation to ride in the camera car as we chased vehicles through movie traffic—not just for the thrill ride, but to be a part of it. Of everything. He’d brought his laptop along in the car, and we had a high-speed screening of two of his works-in-progress: short films he’d made that were exciting and haunting. Their exuberance made me feel jaded and leaden. I’ve never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents. That night I made him an offer—knowing he wouldn’t take me up on it—that he should feel free to come by the set when he had a night off so he could see what we were up to.

When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I would visualize the screening where we’d have to show him the finished film—sitting three or four rows behind him, watching the movements of his head for clues to what he was thinking about what we’d done with all that he’d given us. Now that screening will never be real. I see him every day in my edit suite. I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly.

Back on LaSalle Street, I turn to my assistant director and I tell him to clear the skateboarding kid out of my line of sight when I realize—it’s Heath, woolly hat pulled low over his eyes, here on his night off to take me up on my offer. I can’t help but smile.

(A re-post from my sister's blog.)

"My Dear Friends, Colleagues and Fans: My physicians have recently told me I may have a neurological disorder whose symptoms are consistent with Alzheimer's disease. So ... I wanted to prepare a few words for you now, because when the time comes, I may not be able to. I've lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I've found purpose and meaning in your response. For an actor there's no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life. For now, I'm not changing anything. I'll insist on work when I can; the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring in my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you'll know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway. I'm neither giving up nor giving in. I believe I'm still the fighter that Dr. King and JFK and Ronald Reagan knew, but it's a fight I must someday call a draw. I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure. Please feel no sympathy for me. I don't. I just may be a little less accessible to you, despite my wishes. I also want you to know that I'm grateful beyond measure. My life has been blessed with good fortune. I'm grateful that I was born in America, that cradle of freedom and opportunity, where a kid from the Michigan Northwoods can work hard and make something of his life. I'm grateful for the gift of the greatest words ever written, that let me share with you the infinite scope of the human experience. As an actor, I'm thankful that I've lived not one life, but many. Above all, I'm proud of my family ... my wife Lydia, the queen of my heart, my children, Fraser and Holly, and my beloved grandchildren, Jack, Ridley and Charlie. They're my biggest fans, my toughest critics and my proudest achievement. Through them, I can touch immortality. Finally, I'm confident about the future of America. I believe in you. I know that the future of our country, our culture and our children is in good hands. I know you will continue to meet adversity with strength and resilience, as our ancestors did, and come through with flying colors - the ones on Old Glory. William Shakespeare, at the end of his career, wrote his farewell through the words of Prospero, in "The Tempest". It ends like this: 'Be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, the cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve and, like this insubstantial pageant faded, leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.' Thank you, and God bless you, everyone." (9 August 2002)

Charlton Heston parted the Red Sea as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956). He rode chariots as Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959). He was also the Narrator in Disney's Hercules (1997). Now, he has departed at the age of 83. He died on April 5, 2008.

I went with my Ponce cousins to Bio Research last Thursday. My cousin, Ailene, bought two Siberian Hamsters and named them Wentworth and Basil for her neice Maya. I was encouraged to buy a pair for my son as well. But when I asked him if he wanted a hamster, he immediately said no. He said he wanted a bunny instead.

Today, we bought two rabbits. Lilo, the grayish brown one. And Stitch, the white and gray one. I will keep them in our room and I hope they'll last as long as my previous rabbit did.

I will post pics as soon as I get my O2 back.

I chose this blog title because buying his (Joaqui Valdes) album is really a memorable experience.

After watching Jumper last Saturday, together with Kit and my sister, Amanda, I bought his album in Astrovision-Trinoma. As we rode the escalator, I took the cd out of the plastic. Read aloud the songs at the back, and discussed the songs with my sister. A few beats after, I heard her say, "Uy, Ate! Dairy Queen."

We went inside the shop. Ordered. Waited. Got the Blizzard and walked out sharing the ice cream. We found the car in the parking lot and continued on discussing the movie as I drove away. After a brief silence, I heard the sound of plastic crackling. I said, "Uy! Don't open Joaqui's cd." When I looked at the backseat to see, the sound didn't come from my cd. But from her Cary Grant VCD.

We realized that the cd wasn't even in the car with us. We retraced our steps and I concluded that I left it in DQ by the cashier. It was past 10, the mall was closing. The only choice I had was to go back the next day.

Sunday came. My mom suggested we called DQ first. It took a while before I could get a hold of their phone number. Yep, I left the cd there. Good thing someone saw it and glad they kept it.

I just got the cd today, Tuesday. And I'm listening to it right now while waiting for my son to fall asleep. Lagot na naman kami pag pasok sa school bukas. It's gonna be hard to wake him tomorrow.

So here's my story regarding Joaqui Valdes' album. I hope you also get a copy. Hopefully you don't leave the cd behind, like me. Well... If you do, you can always buy another one. It only costs P280. That was my plan. If DQ doesn't have it, I'll buy another one.

Let's support OPM!


P.S. Buy Julianne's album, too.

After my little date with my boyfriend, I went off to meet with my parents and sister at Embassy Bar where the wonderful, beautiful, talented, sexy, and funny Lucia Micarelli was gonna perform.

She rocks! She plays wonderfully.

When a person is a violinist, you'd think they'd play the usual, classical (for some, boring) tunes. But her? Nooooo. Not at all. Her music has a different sound.

She plays with full emotion. You can see it in her movements and her facial expressions.

There's something wrong with the camera I'm using. I can't transfer the pictures successfully. They all turn out to be damaged. I managed to salvage the videos (much better, huh?) and I will upload them here. Promise.

It's a wonderful, wonderful way to celebrate V-Day.

I know a few people who are getting married this year. Also, I notice a number of women who just gave birth and is giving birth by the end of this year. Gosh!

What is up? It's not that I don't like it. It's probably just baby season or wedding season this year.

Here's a list to prove my point....

As for the wed and to be wed:
- Sheila and Jorem Catilo (January 19, 2008)
- Christine and Weng (May 10, 2008)
- Meenah and Carlo (August 16, 2008)

As for the ones who gave birth and will give birth:
- my cousin's girlfriend, Mia Coronel... her second daughter. (January 21, 2008)
- my friend, Erika Esguerra... her first. (February 7, 2008)
- my son's previous yaya, Nova Czarina Ebo. (due on April 2008)

Celebrities who gave birth and are due this year:
- Jennilyn Mercado.
- Jamie Lynne Spears.
- Jessica Alba.
- Gwen Stefani.
- Nicole Kidman.
- Jennifer Lopez.
- Angelina Jolie.
- Halle Berry.
- Cate Blanchett.
- Julia Roberts.
- Thalia.
- Camila Alves, Matthew McConaughey's Live-in Partner.
- Isaac Hanson's wife, Nicole.
- Desperate Housewives actor Kyle MacLachlan's wife Desiree Gruber.
- Tony Hawk's wife, Lhotse.
- 24 actress Sarah Wynter.
- Victoria's Secret model, Alessandra Ambrosio.
- Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of New York Yankees star, Alex Rodriguez.
- Rumor has it, Katie Holmes is pregnant.
- Beyonce Knowles, they also say that she and Jay-z are already married.
- Edith Bowman... who is she? haha.
- Avril Lavigne.
- Lily Allen.
- Chris Noth a.k.a. Mr. Big's girlfriend is pregnant.
- Rachel Flintoff, wife of England Cricket legend, Andew.
- Lisa Scott-Lee of Steps.
- Nicolette Sheridan.
- Lauryn Hill is pregnant.
- Toni Collete gave birth.
- Dennis Quaid has twins.
- Christina Aguilera gave birth this January.
- Nicole Richie also gave birth this January.
- Courtney Thorne-Smith gave birth.
- Stella McCartney gave birth to her third child.
- David Alan Grier's wife just gave birth.

Need I say more? Hahaha. I wasn't able to get a list of celebrities to wed this year, but a lot are engaged.

Got this from my Seeester.

[x] Money always faces the same direction.
[ ] You have helped clean someone else's house.
[x] You are picky about everything.
[x] You have wiped off a kids face that wasn't related to you.
[x] You "fix" things like photo frames that are sideways.

[x] A tag coming out of someone's shirt presents a problem to you.
[x] You rock at making lists.
[x] You're very into details.
[x] You know how to do your own laundry.
[x] If you can't fix something it drives you nuts.

[x] Nothing is wrong with having things alphabetized. EVERY thing alphabetized.
[ ] You count your steps most of the time.
[x] You have to know everything.
[x] Everything has a place.
[x] Untied shoes bother you.

[x] If you're walking through a store and something is off a rack you put it back.
[x] If labels aren't facing you, you have to fix them so that they do.
[x] Things don't have to be perfect. They just have to be the right way according to you.
[x] You like vacuuming.
[x] A cleaning product has blown your mind.

[x] It bothers you when someone moves something out of place.
[x] You have categorized something.
[x] Typos drive you nuts.
[x] You have corrected a teacher.
[ ] You have to touch a certain thing when you pass by it.

*Now count the check boxes and multiply that number by 4.

Name Meaning

Adah

FINALLY!! after a week long of no internet... nagkaron na rin. grrr.

now i am downloading the following:
Prison Break S03E02
Grey's Anatomy S04E01
Heroes S02E01
and Private Practice S01E01.

YEHEY!

i miss work. *sigh*

my first ever pay day! i should be happy, right? but...

i haven't been to work since last monday, 3pm. i'm house-ridden.

'cause you see, last sunday... my glasses' nose guard scratched my left eye. not the eyelids ah. literally, my eye. i was fine until the night, but when i awoke monday morning... it felt like an invisible eyelash was stuck at the back of my eye. so i rushed to the doctor at 3pm, 'cause my left eye was crying involuntarily. and i was running out of tissue due to a runny nose caused by my crying left eye.

and the doc's diagnosis said, "There's an abrasion in the cornea. And there's also an infection." meaning, may sugat ang mata ko tapos infected pa. huhuhu. and it feels like pins and needles! argh! i was asked to sleep as soon as i get home. then put an eye patch when i'm not asleep.

yesterday was torture! sobrang sakit! since i have to rest my left eye, yung right lang ginagamit ko. i can't keep one eye shut and one eye open. masakit! so nakabukas parehas kaso may patch. hirap kumain, kasi iyak ng iyak yung mata ko. tumutulo pa sipon ko. huhuhu. (kadiri ako. sorry.)

today was better. i woke up with a little sting in my left eye. and as the day progressed, my eye got better. though i still can't remove the "eye patch" and my eye's still a little red.

due to the rain, i couldn't go to the doctor to get my eye checked so sa phone na lang. still have to go on friday.

haha. medyo naligaw na ata ako sa topic.

ayun na nga. so, since madaming araw ako na hindi nakapasok. less 1,200 sa sweldo ko. haaay. ang hirap ng buhay ng nagtatrabaho. wala pa ko sick leave. hahaha. malas. sarap tuloy pumasok ng tuloy-tuloy sa isang linggo. may OT everyday eh. haha. hindi ko nga lang kakayanin. kakaloka!

who knew that sitting all day was as tiring as doing physical work all day?

grabe! aside from it's boring and making me sleepy, my body's tired. as well as my brain, for not functioning all day. but i did make a sale today. i made a booboo on pricing. nawala yung commission ko! grr. haha. pero it comes with the learning process of life and work.

i'm so tired i asked if i could leave early tomorrow (6pm) and on saturday (3pm). SALE kasi sa SM kaya til 11pm ang mall hours. shucks! pano pa kaya yung mga midnight sale? kawawa naman mga sales lady.

prayers for me and the Froggy. sana hindi ako magkasakit, since my body's still adjusting to the long hours of doing nothing. sorry if i keep on saying it, but it's true. Kit was with me kanina. and kahit na magkasama na kami, nakakaantok pa rin.

i'm gonna bring Euske to work on saturday. one of the reasons why i decided to go home early. 'cause i can't really bring him there until 11pm. haha. so 5 hours lang kami don. meron naman ako kapalit eh. though it's not permanent.

we're actually looking for someone who can work on the weekends. para may days-off ako. hmm... and also looking for Sales Associates for two of the SOON TO OPEN sister companies of Gallery Frames called Cuadro Specialist. so if you know someone, tell me. thanks.^_^

my first day at work... whew! i never thought that sitting all-day and waiting for customers to come was such a tiring job. hahaha. well... i did do a little work, fixing up the shop, but still... that was only for three hours. the remaining nine hours were spent sitting, observing customers' response towards my shop (which led me to fix the stands five times! hehe. or is that me being OC?), entertaining customers who are looking for a particular frame/art, and actually having my very first framing encounter with an actual customer!

an actual customer for is the one who doesn't have a background in framing. according to him, Lino, it was his first time to every have something framed. he's fond of touring the world, he brought in artworks from Egypt and Italy. the Italian Cathedral was the one he decided on framing. during the first few minutes of the sale, my hands were shaking and i was cold. but i battled to put them aside and assist my customer. the first artwork he gave me was the Egyptian Art printed in Papyrus (if i'm not mistaken). he liked the frame i picked and also the matting. good thing i spent most of my elementary days at Gallery Frames, i actually picked up a few styles and knowledge. but i still have lots and lots to learn.

i love Dindo, another customer. a Filipino who resides in America. he collects model ships, and he's looking for a shop that makes display cases for his collection. he said his ship was shipped here and he wants to put it in a case so it'll last longer. he was nice, his family was with him. i really need to have a business card printed, (still waiting for the PLDT phoneline, kaya wala pa) he asked for one. he said he was gonna e-mail me the dimensions of his ship, so i could make a quotation. i haven't received an e-mail yet. =( but i do hope he does.

a few inquired about frames that i didn't have. gives me ideas on what to put in my store.

i love my store. it looks really good on camera. you can check out the pics at my shop's multiply. though, i think i'm allergic to it. hehe. i just get this throbbing headache when i'm there. the dust kasi... darn, asthma. frames gather dust, you see. a little cleaning should fix it. i just got the adaptor for the vacuum cleaner, i'll use it tomorrow.

yey! my own shop. need to polish on my sales skills and have to plaster that inviting smile on my fast. don't forget to drop by. see yah!

no, this is not about the movie starring Mandy Moore. this blog is another experience at Quezon City Hall.

last thursday, my Honey went with me to follow-up on the Froggy's mayor's permit application. we passed the same hallway, as we did two weeks ago.

"Marriage License po? Dito." said the man. ignored the man, but after a few steps, Honey and I looked at each other and laughed.
"Do we really look like we're about to get married?" i asked.
"We look like seventeen!" he replied. then we laughed again.
"I really need to write about this in my blog. They asked us once before." i giggled. two weeks ago, we were told, "Marriage License, Ma'am/Sir? Dito po sa Justice."

you really should try going there some time. you'll have something to write about it in YOUR blog. i'm sure. *wink*

July 13, 2007. in connection with "Ironic"...

PLDT at Cyberzone-SM City North EDSA was the next destination. i met up with my brother there. he came from school. after inquiring about a new telephone line for my shop, i wanted to eat a brownie. on the way to Brownies, i was halted by a woman named Michelle. she asked me if i had a credit card, i didn't answer. she told me she was not gonna offer me one, it was just a requirement for me to win free movie passes. so then i was interested. she asked me to fill up the form and asked a few questions. she was talkative and loud, but it was okay. part of her job description, i guess. hmm...

before i knew it, i was pulled to a one-on-one presentation (according to Michelle it would only take approximately 45mins., 5:30pm pa lang non so pumayag ako) with Marvin. we talked and talked as i occasionally looked at his watch. medyo naaliw ako, tapos pagtingin ko sa relos niya, "waah! isang oras na?" then kala ko malapit na matapos, so hinayaan ko lang for awhile. i noticed it was taking so long. i was cold and shakey. Marvin noticed i kept on looking at his watch, he tried to hide it by using his sleeve. nasira tuloy button ng sleeve niya. but i was able to take another look and i said "8:00 na?!" he then said, "hindi. 7:30 lang yan. advanced yan para di ako ma-late."

by this time, he was rushing and went straight to the point. he told me about their savings plan, using words to make me want to avail of their service. i could pay in cash, using a credit card, check book, or atm. i said no, but this other guy sat on our table and was convicing me to use my credit card (wherein i was only a supplementary card holder), said he was so sure that my mom won't be angry if i swiped the card to open up a Trust Fund. so i answered, "personally, i do not want to use the credit card, because you know what a credit card is, right? you borrow money from the bank. i don't wanna use my mother's card to borrow money from the bank to open up a trust fund. i mean, it's MY trust fund. i would want to use MY money from MY savings to open up MY trust fund." he stopped trying to convice me and asked about other things in my Personal Information Form.

yeah, he was buying time. he started convincing again, i refused and told him that i really have to go. he said "sige may inaantay lang tayo." an applause was heard, someone signed a contract with them. the other guy sat with us again and tried to convince me again to use my mother's credit card. i refused again. it's not that their program is not worth it, i just didn't have P8,000 with me at the moment. too bad their offer was only for that day. it's like "take it or leave it." Marvin just wouldn't let me go. i told him repeatedly that i have to go, asked him what is it that we were waiting for, he came up with a different excuse everytime. he was stalling. i could here him sometimes saying "whoo! natatalo ako!"

finally, he just did a survey about what i liked about their program. i told him there was nothing wrong about their program since they are offering to open a trust fund for their client at the amount that the client can afford. it could be as low as P6,000+, and pay P1,000+ a month for either 5 or 7 years. it's okay to miss paying monthly as long as you make up for the missed payment. if ever you weren't able to pay for two years, you can move the date na titigil ka na magbayad. so let's say, tapos na yung 7 years... you then have to wait 8 years before you can get your money. 15 years yung plan nila. and since malaki ang interest ng trust fund (9% to 15% per annum), malaki din pera mo at the end of 15 years. owell... it just wasn't for me. Berkley Internation, Inc. that's what they're called. Marvin told me they weren't Family First, Inc., but according to facts, Danvil Holdings, Inc. (their head company) bought the management of FFI as well as other companies under Berkley.

grabe! i was there for more than two hours. two hours of waiting for my Honey and my brother, and two hours of coldness for me inside the presentation area. poor us.

okay... so I was at Quezon City Hall this morning, doing things for the Froggy (my framing business) and waiting for my name to be called... when I looked up at the television, the opening credits of Die Hard 4.0 (obviously pirated) was on. I was like "what the!?" so if you wanna watch a current movie, just drop by QC Hall's Electrical Division at the 8th floor for FREE viewing.

the movie was halfway done and my name still wasn't called. Kit, my Honey, was getting cranky due to hunger, so i asked the Person By The Window for a follow-up. turns out, my paper could not be found so i had to file another application so they can compute for the amount to pay. the Person By The Window kept asking who was it that i gave my paper to, i told him the person was nowhere in sight. he also asked me how many lights i was gonna use in my shop. i didn't know so i had to call my mom to ask, the Person By The Window looked at me like i was stupid and was rushing me 'cause it was nearing lunch time. i waited for two freaking hours for nothing, tapos siya pa galit? haha. he then came back after two minutes and asked me to return at 1:30pm with the paper already paid.

we ate lunch at KFC at Matalino St. with my mom, dad and my UP Diliman enrolled brother, Adam. afterwards, we paid for the Electrical Division Fee, went back up, and they gave us the certificate. we then proceeded to the Mayor's Permit Window and inquired which requirements were still needed to be accomplished. we were directed to the Fire Clearance, there was a fee of P300. when the people there found out that i was going to open on monday, they offered to rush the papers and promised that by wednesday i would have my permit together with the business plate. the woman called it the Express. (*sigh* only in the Philippines.) i resisted, she then told me to proceed to the Fire Clearance Building to follow-up on the inspection since it says on the Business Application Form that i already have it. when we got there, another guy told me that i didn't have to wait for my Locational Clearance for me to complete the Fire Clearance requirement. all i have to do is talk to the inspector, give him a photocopy of all the papers that i have at the moment and i'm set! the inspector shook our hands and explained to us the process. i would have to pay P550 for certain chuvas and P300 for the inspection fee. meron naman daw resibo. mas okay daw ito kasi hindi ko na kailangan pumila ng pagkahaba-haba sa cashier nila. grabe na ito! at makukuha ko na raw siya by monday if nagbayad ako ngayon. kasi wala na daw yung mga pipirma (3pm na non) kaya hindi na niya mahahabol. sabi ko babalik na lang ako. pero ayaw ko na bumalik! haha. turns out, i was cleared already with the Fire thing. all i have to do is get the certificate when i show the locational clearance, i think. bayad na raw eh, sabi mom ko. tsk tsk.

oh my, oh my... i only have 5 days left as a 22-year old. what am i gonna do?! *panics* haha. just kidding.

well.. my last few days will be spent doing things for my business. i really need to get things done. i'm 4 days behind schedule. hehe. puro delays kasi, dahil sa SM at BIR. grr. hahaha.