How to Renew PRC ID

Most of the Professionals in the Philippines are used to take a professional license card and one of the things to do to continue their professional stuffs is to renew their ID. Here are the steps in renewing your Professional ID in PRC Main office in Manila.

1. Fill out the Application form that can get in a small office right beside after entering the building. You can ask other inquiry to them depends on what you want to do (like change of surname, replacement and others). This is the sample of form you will fill out. Prepare also Passport Size (2x2) ID in white background with Name tag that will be needed in the form at least 2 copies.

Application for Renewal Form

2. Then go inside and submit your completed form to Window 27 for assessment and wait for your name to be called at Window 31.

3. After your name called, go straight to cashier located in Window 33, 34, 35, 36. The prescribed amount is also indicated in the form after assessment. (Php 450 for regular renewal fee, Php 250 for replacement of ID loss) Additional payment will be indicated for late renewal. For my renewal, I paid Php 480 because of late renewal assessment.

4. You can now proceed to Window 20 for claiming of ID by presenting your O.R. for assurance that you already paid. It will be 30 minutes or less to be called to receive your new PRC id for another 3 years to expire. Then sign in their log sheet for the released ID.

 

 The last time when i renew my ID was 2013 and it took me 1-2 weeks to get my ID, such an improvement this year 2016 because in just one day you can get your ID (maybe if you start renewing before 3pm), I came in the office after lunch. I think there is changes that will be done as my professional id (organization like PSME) will conduct seminars to earn points before renewing. This year they not included in the process in getting first the clearance in organization.

They introduce satellite Renewal center (PRC Service Center) which is located in malls with also different services available.

1. Robinsons Place Manila

2. Robinsons Galleria

3. Clark Skills Training Center

4. POEA-Ortigas

In other info just visit the Professional Regulation Commission ( http://www.prc.gov.ph/ )   for other inquiry and update.

Japan Hanabi Festival 2016

Hanabi Kobe 2016 Snapshots

Summer is here in Japan and August is the peak of the hottest year in the Land of the Rising Sun. This is the also the start of different holiday, i mean long days of "yasumi", more than a week. And one of this is the Hanabi Festival or Fireworks Display Festival, where men and women in Japan wear their finest Yukata. Yukata is Japanese dress like Kimono usually worn in summer and partner with wooden sandals or slippers called geta. This is a memorable event annually where, in my experience, couple see wearing their yukata while watching fireworks.

Port of Kobe is the place where I experience my first Hanabi. 

Kobe Port Area

Umie Mall, Kobe

Mosaic, Kobe Port

It is called Minato Kobe Fireworks Festival in Hyogo Prefecture. It was amazing. People are coming in and set their place. I waited until it start for about 2 hours or when the port darks. It is usually start around 7:30pm for about an hour andi f you come late you cannot enter the place because police closed the gate where you can come closer in Mosaic (restaurants and souvenir shops) near port area. I advised come here earlier around 4pm so you can plan where is the best place to watch fireworks.

Japanese Hanabi are way of Japan culture to take away bad spirits during summer. Hanabi have different pattern depends on the place in Japan. I also enjoyed here is a flavored snowball called Kakigori to suppress heat feeling even at night. 

Kakigori Stall

Kakigori, Melon Flavored Snowball

Japanese Language 101

Now for my next blog, I will be introduce a series of articles regarding my journey in learning new skills. First of it is understanding and learning Nihongo. I will write weekly update in my schooling until i take the examination this end of the year.
I called this GrinksBlot Series: Japanese Language 101. This will show my venture in lessons in writing, reading, speaking and understanding the widely-used language the language of our favorite anime. I will share other inputs like inserting Japanese Culture and Tradition in every blog post. Be with me every lesson and be educated.

Junbi o shimasu
Hai, arigatou mina-san

#NewLearning

My Invesment Journey

Its been 10 years since i started opening an account in BPI. The first ever account i had is a savings account. That was in college (PUP Sta. Mesa in dome area) then when BPI agent went their to find applicants. We had a class that afternoon when they approach us with my college friends. I remembered we are small group composed of me and 2 new friends. Because i had a semester stipend i got in my a scholarship organization so i was thinking it is better way to start to save in my little money (actually wala talga akong extrang money para i-save nun. almost sapat lang palagi yung baon ko and then the stipend was i think small for 6 months of semester diba hahahaha). I complete the registration and we have to wait a while for our card with our name emboss to it. I was happy, i could start saving and i was really fascinated because i thought then na if you had a bank card like you feel you are rich.

Time goes by and the thoughts of having an account is also a responsibility. In the sense, i had to put money in the account or else it will be closed. If have money, i deposit it in a atm machine using their envelope system before. but every now and then, nawiwithdraw ko pa rin kasi kailangan ko ng gastusin sa fare for my rides and books for i am a student who needs it. Hindi ko na masyadong nalalagyan ng laman but the agent assures as even small amount is ok parin basta wag lang walang laman kahit 1oooPHp lang daw. I was happy to know that kasi maliit lang talga nalalagay ko sa account at madalas eh kinukuha ko din.

BPI is good to that kind of strategy i guess because it will retain the account holder since student pa nga ako nun and you can deposit in anywhere branch in your place without a charge. That's why i trust the company itself. as you read about BPI it is the longest bank still running for over 100 years you can just imagine that long is a century old. so pagdating sa staying power sa business eh wala akong masabi. 

Until now the account that i opened ten years ago is still ok. Paminsan minsa nalalagyan na ng malalaking pera (working na eh hehehehe) and even nababawasan sa mga unexpected expenses. Now that i have money to save now more eh i am thinking na magtry magInvest naman while saving pa rin nmn. I visited the BPI website and notice a lot of investment option to choose from their different investment arm.

The first one i opened is my BPI UITF account which get money to my saving account. I am already two years na and I am good to that. The bank said that my invesment portfolio falls to be conservative so they recommended a BPI Premium Bonds. I said its ok with me. Every now and then i make sure that i put some amount to it for i know it will grow at a certain time.

After two years with BPI in investment, I want another different from trust fund which related in Mutual funds. Now i want to try stock market in their BPITrade. I dont have any idea about how it works or what company is the best for short-term investment (yung kasi gusto ko short term lng para magkapera agad ng malaki hehehehe mahirap din pala). Then that started my investment journey.

I try also to open in FirstMetroSec of metrobank because our company payroll account is in metrobank. it was easy to transfer money and to trade the stock market even in office.

So here to update you guys, (JULY 2016)

-- my saving is not quite good today because i have a lot of liabilities to pay pero may laman parin nmn yun BPI account ko 

-- my BPItrade is in a not good -6% pero ok lang because i think the new administration will do something to the current economy more trust investing. same as my FirstMetroSec is also in -8%.

I promised to keep posted anything about my stock market journey. actually sobrang newbie pa rin ako pagdating sa terms in trading pero kakayanin natin. i started stock market last September 2015 and so far ok nmn even negative sya at start. Sabi nga mas maganda na simulan ng maaga kung long term namn ang goals mo.

Living Outside the Philippines (Japan 2012)

In this blog I will share my experience when my company (perks) dispatch me going to Japan, specifically in Kobe, Hyogo Area for training. It was Autumn when I went there. THIS is MY FIRST time so I documented it for you. Actually i created this note last 4 years ago so I posted it here: #jologsalert

MGA KWENTONG JAPAN---- AYUN FIRST TIME NA MAKARANAS NG MAAYOS Na PAGSAKAY SA AIRPLANE...( KASI NMN UNANG SAKAY KO NG AIRPLANE.. CARGO PA YUN.. HALOS NAKATAYO KAMI SA BYAHE KASAMA ANG AMING MGA BAGAHE, OKS LNG NAKASILIP SA PLANE NUN KAYSA NGAUNG SA PASSENGER.. NASA GITNA.. D RIN NA APPRECIATE UNG VIEW PAPALIPAD GALING MANILA AT PAGBABA / LANDING SA KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SA KOBE...) PASALAMAT NA RIN KAY GOD NA WALANG NANGYARING MASAMA..(THANK YOU LORD) SALAMAT DIN KSI NAKASAKAY NG PASSENGER PLANE FIRST TIME AT INTERNATIONAL PA ANG BOUND..

---- FIRST NIGHT SA JAPAN..OKS NAMN. MALAMIG NA NGA AT HALOS GABI NA RIN DIN KAMI NA KARATING.. 7-8PM ATA YUN PERO AT LEAST D GABING GABI.. IBANG KLASE UNG AIRPORT.. KASI NMN PAGBABA NG PLANE AYUN SUMAKAY KAMI NG MINI TREN SA LOOB NG TERMINAL TAPOS NUN..DIRETSO SA EMBARKATION AREA.. YUN ATA TAWAG DUN..TAPOS SCREENING THEN TAKE A PICTURE AFTER NUN.. DIRETSO NA SA BAGGAGE AREA.. TAHIMIK NA HALOS UNG TERMINAL,, UNTI LNG UNG BUMABA NG PLANE..WALA ATA KAMI MSYADO KASABAY NA IBANG AIRLINE NUN KAYA DIRETSO.. AYUN NAKITA UNG MALETA KO. NAKITA KO ME NAKASTICKER NA FRAGILE..HEHEHE..NAISIP KO TULOY MAY BABASAGIN BA AKONG DALA. ANG ALAM KO PERISHABLE GOODS ANG DALA KO..ANYWAY ..HALOS FIRST TIME DIN LAHAT NG EXPERIENCE KAYA INISIP KO  NLNG NA FRAGILE NGA UNG DALA KO...  PAGKAKUHA NG MALETA ,, DUMAAN SA ULI SA JAPANESE SCREENING ( YUN NA LANG TAWAG KO..HEHEH ). SORRY NMN FIRST TIME KAYA KUNG ANO ANO NLNG TAWAG SA MGA PROCESS DBA.. AYON NAKALUSOT UNG DALANG MGA COLD CUTS.. TAPOS NUNG SASAKAY KAMI NG BUS SO KUKUHA KAMI NG TICKET SA ISANG TICKET MACHINE BOOTH.. MAGANDA KASI UNG PARANG ATM LNG..AYUN NKALIMUTAN PA UNG LAPAD (YEN ang tawag sa PERA ng bansang Japan) KO SA BAG..HEHEHE.. NAHULI TULOY.SA PAGBILI NG TICKET..

HABANG NASA BYAHE SAKAY NG BUS.. AYON NAG ISIP ISIP..NASAJAPAN NKO.. IBANG IBA.. WALANG TRAFFIC.(KASI ATA NASA SKYWAY KAMI..HEHEHE) PERO IBA PARIN EH.. D GANUN KATRAFFIC DITO SA KOBE.. ACTUALLY SANNOMIYA ANG TAWAG NILA SA PLACE.. PERO MALAPIT DIN NMN SA KOBE UN...ETO NASEARCH NA ..SA OSAKA PALA UN..KAYA PALA TAGAL DIN NG BYAHE NMIN.. NAG-IISIP ISIP AKO...TAMA BANG ANDTO AKO SA JAPAN.. TOTOO BA TO..YUN LNG NAPASOK SA ISIP KO NUN.. PARA KASING ANG BILIS NG MGA PANGYAYARI.. ACTUALLY HINDI PA AKO HANDA.. (PERO HANGGANG KELAN AKO MAGIGING HANDA,SABI NGA NI GOD SA BIBLE..BE PREPARED), GANUN EH.. UN ANG NARARAMDAMAN KO, HINDI PA KO HANDA,, KAYA IPINAGDASAL KO NLNG.. DAMING KONG INIISP NUN, SOBRANG DAMI KAYA NAKATINGIN AKO SA MALAYO, MALALIM ANG INIISIP.. HANGGANG SA WALA NA KONG INIISIP AT NAKATULALA NALNG AKO.. AT DUMATING NA KAMI SA BABAAN.. PAGKABABA SA BUS., ANDUN PALA SILA SIR ARIS AT MISS MAE, INAANTAY PALA KAMI..SUNDO NMIN.. AYON..NA ...WELCOME IN JAPAN NA NGA...

AYON PUMUNTA NA KAMI SA TRAIN STATION. BUMILI NG ICOCA (Card System sa JR TRAIN LINE WEST JAPAN) ( FOR 89 DAYS TRAVEL GAMIT ANG TRAIN BYAHENG SANNOMIYA TO HIGASHI KAKOGAWA (DORM). SUMAKAY NG TRAIN. LAHAT NAKANIHONGGO NA.. JAPAN NA NGA TALGA.. TULALA PARIN,, PAGSKAY NG TRAIN. NAKIKINIG SA NGSASALITA SA TRAIN, NAKATAYO KAYA MASAKIT ANG PAA..TAGAL DIN NG BYAHE NA YUN. DUMATING NA KAMI SA STATION NAMIN, HIGASHI KAKOGAWA, SUMAKAY NG TAXI AT NAKARATING NA DIN SA DORM, DAHIL SA MARAMI KAMI AT WALA PANG AVAILABLE NA ROOM SO ME KASAMA AKO SA KWARTO, AYOS LNG NMN, SANAY N RIN KSI NAMN SA BAHAY, ME KASAMA SA KWARTO. AND EVERYTHING STARTS THERE...----- OFFICE AGAD KAMI KINABUKASAN, NAGULAT AKO SA PALIGUAN,censored . HINDI AKO SANAY PERO NO CHOICE EH, KELANAGAN NG MALIGO. SA FOOD AKO NAMOBLEMA, D KO MATANTYA KUNG KAYA NG TATLONG BUWAN ANG DALA KO.. KAYA KELANGAN KONG IBUDGET UNG FOOD..PATI UNG DALANG PERA FOR FOOD. TULALA PA RIN...----- HIRAP NG GANITO WLA KANG MAKAUSAP SA OFFICE , NAPEDENG PAGTANUNGAN.. HANGGANG NGAUN PARIN ALOOF PARIN AKONG MAKIPAGUSAP SA MGA SENIOR... KAYA ETO PROBLEMADO PA DIN,, SA TRABAHO..


----- NAPABILI NA AGAD NG LAPTOP AT DSLR CAMERA.. ETO PATI IPHONE GUSTO KO SANA BUMILI KASO D ATA PEDENG IJAILBREAK KAYA IBA NLNG PLANO KO..

When I start reading this notes i made, natawa ako. mahilig pala talaga ako magsulat ng ganito. I just post pictures where i lived in Japan more on dormitory pics and videos of my ride in train.