Fixers Fix Everything

“Perhaps, it’s more than humor. It may also be viewed as tenacity, perseverance or the gambler’s mentality. It may even be the scammer’s mentality.“
-Connie Veneracion

The line was meant to describe the Filipino’s amazing gift of deception.

Updating what I have written here, the review center has finally realized the need to talk to us about what happened and about us not taking the Nursing Board Exam on June 1 and 2. They sent two representatives, a Lecturer and a Nurse assistant from one of their branches, this afternoon.

Unfortunately, a lady named Daisy, posed as a PRC representative or something, met with one of the real, real owners of the review center. She told her, according to them, that she can help the review center to file our documents to the PRC. And since this is the Philippines where fixers fix everything, the owner of the review center gullibly believed her. Instead of queuing at the PRC, the management instructed us to file our documents to them so we can conveniently focus on the review. Since we TRUSTED them we sent them our PRC requirements and sat conveniently reviewing for the board exam. And the rest was a history. Daisy did not file our documents for the board exam and fled away with all cash. One of the co-owners, named Vivian (not the real real owner, just a co-owner), is now also missing.

According to them they filed a request to the DOLE and PRC to extend the date of filing of application for the Nursing Board Exam. But now I lose all the hopes of ever taking the exam this June. Some of the girls were already crying as the dialogue was going on. It is really disheartening. We couldn’t focus on our review anymore, not that it really matters now. I just feel bad really. I thought I had the worst of my ordeal when my father suddenly changed his mind and ordered (ORDERED) me to enroll in this review center. Yun pala, it was just the beginning. All the plans, all the enthusiasm, all gone. I am in the lowest of my spirit and I hate every minute of it.

PS Prinsesa Musang’s mother was there this afternoon and she was really cool. I decided not to attend the lecture this afternoon.