2012: Essence and Purpose of Life, Getting a Drivers License at LTO Quezon City Main Office, ADHD signs on a preschooler

If you are walking along God's chosen path for you, and you are trusting Him to order each step, you will be successful. ~ Charles Stanley

Getting a license at LTO's Main QC office

I have applied for a student's permit license twice yet never managed to graduate to the non-professional license. First time, I applied at Marikina LTO. Second was in Mandaluyong.

Third, and hopefully the last is at LTO's main office in Quezon City along East Avenue.

Duration: Give or take 60 minutes

Requirements:
Make sure you have these documents ready for faster application.
1. Photocopy of any government issued ID that shows date of birth/age (E.g. Passport, SSS ID, etc). Bring the original too, for validation purposes. If none,
2. Birth certificate
4. TIN number
5. Money
6. Ballpen

Note:
1. No drug/medical test required.

Procedure:
1. Line up to the single-manned front desk for the form. Accomplish all the fields properly.
2. Turn right to proceed to the QCLC - Quezon City Licensing Center Window 1 Evaluation of Student to submit the accomplished form. You will need to submit photocopied ID here.
3. Wait for name to be called at Window 6 for picture and digital signature taking.

Some driving schools offer assistance for securing student permit for a fee. However, you need to be physically there at the government office for the signature and photo taking.

4. Once name is called, line up at the specifiec window to have your phto and signature taken.
5. Then wait for your name to be called for the payment of the permit. Student permit costs P317.63.
6. Finally, wait one last time for your name to be called. This is when they will hand you your student's permit with the OR. Check all the details before leaving.

Overall, applying for a student's permit at the QC Main Office was better compared to my previous experiences.

I'd rank this specific LTO office together with DTI in Highway 54. Transactions are reasonably handled. The premises are clean. Waiting areas are well lighted and ventilated. Staff are professional and corteous.

Points for improvement
They may best use the flat screen TVs at the waiting area for advertorials, the same way Mercury Drugstores do it? Topics such as proper driving, driving rules or steps in applying/renewing for licenses.

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Carlos in 2011
I may be guilty of always treating him as a baby. Can't help it. Though 2011 showed a lot of maturing and improvements from Carlos, I fondly recall that moment when being so young as he was, he comforted me with his words, "Don't worry mom."

I need not worry because he would wash his hands which were all getting dirty with the ice cone he's eating.

I need not worry that his pants got pee on it because he missed the toilet. He will just change it.

Do you really care, Carlos? Or do you just prefer a cooler mom? :)

Knowing him more
Carlos hasn't been diagnosed with ADHD yet reading up on the case familiarized me more with his behavior:

• Difficulty to focus on a task - Whenever I would hold our home school sessions at home, Carlos would not participate. Instead, he would tell me what he wishes to do instead. At school, his teacher told me that during table top activities, Carlos would fail to finish his work. 
• Ability to hear, see or feel things otherwise common to all - Carlos gets annoyed with too loud objects. He doesn't like parades, much so things at home that make scary sounds. Their grandmother once gave them a musical candle that plays happy birthday song in a high-pitched manner. Carlos couldn't stand it. He sees specks of dirt on the rice, on the wall. He doesn't want to step on the floor if there are grains or dust.
• Falls asleep easily when things are boring - While eating, if it's too quiet, we'd just see him asleep on his chair. Watching a movie they've seen several times, we'd just notice him asleep on his spot.

These symptoms are not telling. They are common to kids their age. Diagnosing his giftedness based on the above things are unfair, yet they have helped me accept him and treat him differently. It was me. I needed to change. After I did this, magically, things lightened up and I saw how he improved.