Kassey’s entry: SEC Day (what a title!)

Kassey’s entry
SEC Day (what a title!)
19 April 2005

So, it’s SEC day.

I left our house at around 11:30 am to arrive at the PRU (Public Reference Unit) of SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) after lunch. After I got there, I was confused where to go because I couldn’t find any PRU sign to direct me. What I did was, and what I always do whenever I’m lost with something, I asked for some directions. And I’m glad that the person whom I talked to pointed me to the right building.

I entered the building and found many people already waiting for their numbers to be called. I asked the guard at the front desk how I could get copies of the documents Ma’am Julie was asking me to look for. He just gave me a paper. I asked him again what should I do with the paper. He said that I just needed to fill-up the paper with information required. I was number 159. After ten long minutes of waiting, finally, my WHOLE NAME was called. They even called it several times. I didn’t know if they were fooling around or if they were just jealous of my unique name. The one who held my paper asked if I’ve changed the membership name. What the heck are you talking, I just told myself. I was trying to explain to her that I was looking for the GIS and SEC Circular Order on Penalty but she didn’t mind me. I did the English talking so I could get her attention. After introducing myself and hearing Mr. Cataran’s name, she finally understood what I was looking for. She told me to go to the third floor of the SEC main building and ask for help.

After arriving there, the guard at the front desk made me sign their logbook. I asked him whom could I talk to regarding what I was looking for, he pointed me to the monitoring division of SEC. Again, I introduced myself and explained that I was there looking for the documents. The man there pointed me again to another man whose cubicle was beside Mr. Cataran’s cubicle. That’s when I realized that the Mr. Cataran I was asking if I could talk with was the director of the SEC. Again, for the third time, I introduced myself. Now, the man, Sir Quintin, led me to another Mr. Sani. For the fourth time, I explained myself. He advised me to go to another miss because she had all the copies of the monitoring activities. After talking to her, we went back to Sir Quintin’s cubicle because the certain miss didn’t know what we’re looking for. I asked Sir Quintin if I could talk to Mr. Cataran to have some advise. He said okay. I, again, presented myself. After talking to the head of SEC, he again referred me to a certain attorney. Sir Quintin pointed his direction to me and told me to talk to his secretary first. So, I did what he asked me. I talked to her secretary. For the final reject, she told me that they don’t have the documents and that the best thing I could do is to surf their website and do the searching.

Where’s justice for people spending time looking for something but are rejected several times?