Passbooks are saving books where your money is safe in the bank and Mama wants my money safe there, so she wants me to open an account there but I was still too young to have my own account. A few days ago I finally could open my first own passbook account.

In the afternoon we went to PS Bank here in Dumaguete to open a saving account for me, but my money should be 5000 Peso to open the saving account but I only have 990 Peso so we look for another place to go and went to China Bank. It is just near PS Bank and near to Hotel Palwa. After we went in we sat on a chair and waited until our number was called. Next to me was sleepy foreign guy. Mama bumped his chair accidentally and the guy smiled. We were the last in the row and were very bored waiting. I started to talk to the guy that I am not so bored while waiting, so we talked and talked and talked.

When finally our number was called I went with mama to the counter and sat down. After our introduction, the girl of china Bank gave me 3 papers to fill up, where she highlighted the parts I need to answer. While I was answering, the highlighted questions, there was a part with the word “spouse” marked and I asked mama what that means. She explained me with a smile that I need to fill in my husband’s name. I told the bank employees Ate Joy and Ate Beth that I am still too young to be married. They explained me that I just need to leave it blank and apologized, as they are used to make those marks at the places on the paper. We had a bit more conversation and after that I got my first passbook of my first own bank account.

Now I know my money is safe and I had a lot of fun opening my first bank account at China Bank. Now I only need to safe more money.

Love

Daisy