I'm midway to getting the mayor's permit for our little business and so far everything has been going smoothly.

Step One was to get a business name registered with the DTI and I got it in 10 working days. Actually, it was supposed to be ready by 5 working days but I wanted to let 10 working days pass just to be doubly sure. I didn't receive a call as promised, but when I called 2 weeks later, I was told to just pick the certification up in the office (Note: The lady on the phone didn't even check the records, she just asked when I filed my application). Thankfully, I didn't go through that one month waiting period that others went through.

Step Two was to get a barangay certification and it went smoothly except for the time when I submitted all my requirements and I was given a Memorandum of Agreement to sign and have notarized. Hello! Mejo dapat from the start pa lang binigay na no! Another thing was that the girl processing the requirements was quite rude, the type na sarap sabihan: "Miss, hindi ka masaya sa trabaho mo no? Mejo bastos ka eh." Anyway, if my makeup was that thick and badly drawn on, I'd probably be irritable too. But rude public servants aside, everyone else in Barangay BF were so polite and hospitable, and I got my business plate right after paying the Php1,500 fee.

Step Three now entails getting documents ready for the Mayor's Permit. So now I have to find a geodetic engineer to sign my location map (and make a location map pala! whatever that is...), G says I should just ask around in the munisipyo because they usually have a geodetic engineer or kung sino man just hanging around willing to sign documents for a little something.

Here's hoping that the rest of the steps will be as easy as and as pain-free!

Labels: metro manila adventures