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09 September 2009

Clearances and TORs

I miss the sun.  I really do.  I love rain, but it's been days.  The last hint of sunshine we got was early Monday morning, and it was quickly obliterated by dark clouds and heavy downpour.  With a wedding and cosplay mania this weekend, I'm hoping that the weather improves.


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Nards and I plan to finish all the designs and layouts within the day, which means we'll both be glued in front of the computer the whole day.   So yesterday afternoon, we decided to run our errands in UP and to make a quick trip to The Block in order to avoid going out today. 

In the years I spent teaching in UP, I have forgotten what it was like to run to and from one end of the campus to the other just to get a document.  It's been a bit cushy for me, because I simply put in my request to our academic staff and they do the rest.  Nards, on the other hand, have not experienced what we did yesterday in years.  Not even when he was taking graduate courses in Finance.

We wanted to get a copy of Nards' TOR, but before that can be done, he needed to get cleared by the registrar for his brief attendance in BA.   The procedure was pretty straightforward: 1) fill up the clearance form; 2) wait about ten days to get all the necessary signatures; 3) get the form and assessment from the registrar; 4) go to the cashier's office to pay fees; 5) return the form to the registrar; and 6) claim the completed clearance form.  After that, he can apply for his TOR.   So he filled up another form, and then we went back to the cashier's office to pay for the fees.



All in all, we made two trips to the cashier's, and visited the registrar about three times. This, plus the long queu at the cashier, took us two hours.   We have to go back again to claim the TOR because by the time we got back from our second trip to the cashier's, the registrar was closed for the day.

If you look at the the map, the registrar's new building is near the executive house; and the cashier's is behind the PNB building.  We're fortunate that we have a car, and it's easy to zip through the side streets and avoid the long winded one-way academic oval.  If we had to commute, we'd be at the mercy of the ikot/toki jeeps that normally take 15 minutes to complete its route.   Just imagining it gave us flashbacks of our undergrad days.  But back then, the registrar was still beside AS, far more accessible on foot and on public transport than where it's located now.  It's certainly a bit more difficult for students nowadays to do their business with the registrar.

Tomorrow, we go back to get his TOR.  I hope it won't take a much time as the clearance.


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