Onwards to 2010

It's another new year, and the start of a new decade. Amazing how time just flies by.

Well, time for the old (or should I say, new) resolution list. Mine is simple really: put my adult life paraphernalia in order.

First off, my license. My LICENSE!!! Gosh. Mother's going to kill me if I don't do anything about getting my teaching license in the next few weeks. She keeps telling me I'm wasting "service time" (I'm not getting any younger y'know), which is true in all aspects. Here I am just wasting away my skills (and voice) talking to strangers overseas every single day...er, night. It's been a year since I passed the board. I should be out there, setting the wheels in motion, enriching young minds, making my mark!!! Ah well.

Second, my government issued identification cards. Can you believe that the only government-issued card I have is the TIN ID, and you can't even use it for financial transactions in the bank or to get a passport (which is another matter)? Sheez.

So for the first quarter of this new year I resolve to become a bonafide member of society by having my government-issued digitized or otherwise identification cards in hand. (Why do we need so many anyway? We should just have one single ID that would suffice for any legal and financial transaction anywhere, so as to get rid of all the red tape and bureaucratic crap...all to get a plastic identification card. Hay!)

So I'll most probably be giving PRC, SSS, NBI, DFA, the post office (and maybe even PRC Legazpi) a visit in the next three months.

I've only got the plans down pat for the first quarter. Next will be a little bit tricky...might involve a bit of a change, maybe a huge one. I can't say yet. But I look forward to being a full-fledged adult this year (hehe).

And yes, big thanks to old 2009 for being such a wonderful year. Not without the minor slips, but it's been a nice journey nonetheless.

Here's to another great year ahead!