I went to have my US Visa renewed last August 24. I’m still waiting for it to arrive. It’s my second time to get a 10-year visa. Getting a US Visa has never been an issue for me because I have a document which says I surrendered my Green Card back in 2003. That said,…
Category: Personal
Nothing is really FREE in blogging
First off this post has made me realize I’ve been online for 20 years. That is like almost half of my life. I started my first personal website in February 1997 (incidentally I started blogging a decade after in 2007). I was obsessed with the Sailormoon anime series. Geocities was my first home on the…
Online Car Registration: Yay or Nay?
Renewing anything here in the Philippines is a pain. Whether it’s your passport, driver’s license, or car registration, most of us have come to expect long lines, fixers, uncomfortable waiting areas, and a host of other inconveniences. I was just processing my US visa renewal this week and you know what, more than half the…
The Whatever Mom
I’ve never really been the conventional type of mom. I’m not strict. Well now I’m not, but when my kids were younger I made sure to teach them about right and wrong… so now that they’re older, they know the drill. I also let my kids do what they want… more on that later in…
Why I switched from Blogger to WordPress
I was on Blogger.com for 7 long years. My url was http://animetric.blogspot.com. I used a generic Blogger template which I tweaked. I initially spent $0 on hosting and website design. There was no bandwidth limit. I uploaded everything there — photos, words, etc. It was very very convenient. You know the saying if it’s too…