the paper trail

to get a thailand police clearance, i need to:

1. go to the nbi clearance center in carriedo to get a fingerprint card
2. give the fingerprint card to the thai embassy for documentation
3. after the thai embassy authenticates the fingerprint card, i have to send it, together with a letter of request and documents that indicate how long i stayed in thailand, to the royal thai police headquarters in bangkok (together with a self-addressed envelope that i have yet to figure out)
4. wait for at least 7 days for processing
5. wait a few more days til they send it back. with the philippines' postal system, pray that it doesn't get lost in the process.

good luck to me.