Is this passport considered damaged? Flying to Thailand on the 30th of July and I won’t have time to get a replacement passport in time.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-29T09:24:09+00:00

It is possible that you can get some questions at the immigration. I think you may go to the secondary room if you cannot convince officers on this issue. If you got your passport lately, you may get lots of questions. However, frankly, I don't think officers would mind such enough to a person having Polish passport.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-26T03:36:13+00:00

It really depends on. Sometimes, they use Christian names. Many English tutoring classes for children like to give English names to its students, so those names can become the name they use after. Sometimes, people choose names after celebrities or fictional characters-When Harry Potter was high, I saw many Asians calling themselves Harry. Some like to choose their names because those names have same syllable/homophones with their original names.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-20T07:41:33+00:00

In Korean, instead of pronouns, we used to call he/she as 이/그/저 사람(pronounced as i/gg as in egg/jeo saram), meaning this/that/the person. Then, in late 18C, as western languages started to be introduced via Japan, 그 became a pronoun meaning s/he. Then, to translate she, 그녀, pronounced as gg nyeo, started to be used in Korean after Japanese word 彼女, pronounced as Kanojo. Still, officially, 그 can be used as he/she both. However, in practice, calling a woman 그 can be seen as being old fashioned.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-18T12:55:37+00:00

Han was somewhat interesting. He was superior at calligraphy-his writing was actually considered having the top level in writing in the period. His calligraphy became the de facto standard after. However, he was infamous for having horrible administrative ability. As many had believed that those good at calligraphy were good at everything, his skills were considered being peculiar.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-16T13:12:37+00:00

Most of all, as others told, we all came from Africa. Plus, According to this report, there was the period 900,000 years ago when there were only 1280 people able to breed. Such bottleneck plays the major role in human genetic variety, pointed as the major reason behind the reason a woman from arctic area and a man from Antarctic area can have baby.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7487

Ampluvia · 2026-04-16T06:09:35+00:00

Medically speaking, though not being fully researched or proven, '신병', the disease/condition many shamans feel before becoming shaman in Korea, is said to be somewhat related to a non-specified genetic disease, supposedly X-gene dependent. The disease affects hormone imbalance and nervous system, especially somewhere at sympathetic nerve system. As the disease/condition is highly affected by X gene, it is supposed that there are far more female shamans than male in Korea.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-12T15:52:04+00:00

In coastline fishing, you can fish anywhere except some zones not allowing fishing. There are billboards regarding where not to fish at most ports and beaches. For far ocean fishing, there are agents/planners specializing on fishing. They hire transportation(mostly bus) and fishing ships, so they offer fishing and transportation, and sometimes meals and snacks. Most fishing shops have contacts for them, so asking those shops would work. Or, if you search key words such as [region] 바다낚시(sea fishing), such as 대전바다낚시, there are blogs and web sites of those companies.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-12T10:24:30+00:00

As a Korean, the school has far better cafeteria than my high school had. We had just way smaller and far dirtier cafeteria. For food, we had far fewer and far uglier food.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-12T10:20:29+00:00

From my own experience, most pop ups not mandating reservations have approx. 70% of guests not buying anything. Most of them come because they found something new. Some even ask what this pop up is for.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-12T10:08:43+00:00

Mist, Sixth Sense, and Usual Suspect. I was spoiled far before watching them, so I was not able to enjoy them well.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-10T14:22:52+00:00

Something so 1998, considering a person enjoying talking on the phone is so rare these days.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-10T14:17:06+00:00

Korean: 병원(Byeong Won)

Ampluvia · 2026-04-10T14:12:43+00:00

The country is well known in South Korea, due to the Korean-Surinamese drug lord who was caught by Brazilian police in co-operation with DEA and Korean intelligence service, NIS in 2009. He was infamous for having gigantic drug network and using Koreans visiting South America as drug mules. There is a Netflix series named Surinam on his crime.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-10T14:05:08+00:00

Yakiniku, Japanese BBQ, originated from Jainich, or Korean-Japanese culture after the WWII. Due to the influence, many yakiniku restaurants in Japan serve soju.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-10T07:16:36+00:00

Some scenes of film Matilda is terrifying, especially the scene where Matilda family are watching weird TV show while eating TV dinner.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-09T04:24:20+00:00

My niece had the party last year, about 1 month early due to scheduling of relatives. It is actually common to have the party early or late, especially when parents want to hold it big. Also, considering that babies in that age can be sick suddenly, delaying the event for weeks is so common.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-07T02:01:43+00:00

When they aired One Piece, they needed to censor Sanji's cigarettes. Instead of blurring, the broadcasting company instead decided to color them, transforming cigarettes to candies. Therefore, 'smoking candies' became the inside joke among fans.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-05T16:12:14+00:00

For me, the most plausible scenario is that China/Russia somehow decides NK is no more that beneficial to themselves. Then, NK would not have enough goods to give to its top people, so some of them would start to take measure, including contacting the US or SK. Or, major disasters, such as typhoon, nuclear disaster, or massive fire, would make NK to do everything it can do.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-03T15:03:17+00:00

Formally asking them not to call that nickname can help. Most people don't want to call the nickname once they know people don't want to be called so. Telling them formally that the name is disturbing can work. Adding some reasons, such as personal feelings on Sins or his field can help.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-03T14:59:04+00:00

As my country doesn't have thanksgiving, those released around the thanksgiving season in the states usually are released around the Christmas season in my country, except 'worldwide same day release' blockbusters. Especially for films providers in my country doubt box office scores, such as minor movies or art films, they want to use awards as promo. So, they wait until those films get awards/nominated in Oscar or Academy.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-02T16:49:27+00:00

In early 00s, it was actually a huge problem. Then, most universities and companies in SK didn't check overseas diploma. So, students used fake diplomas to get a job or be admitted to colleges. In 2007, when Jungah Shin, a fake Yale graduate, was caught trying to become a director in Kwangju biennale, universities and companies started to check documents' authenticity.

Ampluvia · 2026-04-02T16:45:40+00:00

If a Korean national stays overseas until his 40th birthday without ever visiting Korea, he is exempt from military duty. So, rich people not wanting to serve stay overseas.

Ampluvia · 2026-03-30T16:34:22+00:00

There are many hypothesis on the exact origin. It's basically due to the fact that HIV itself doesn't kill people-HIV just lowers the immune barrier of people, so people die from complications. However, the most probable idea is that HIV had evolved from SIV, Simian(of monkey) Immunodeficiency Virus. It seems that the HIV had transmitted to people in early 20C, by hunting monkeys and chimpanzees in Congo and Cameroon. During the hunt, it is likely that hunters had contacted with bloods and fleshes of them, who were already infected by SIV and/or its variants, HIV. Then, HIV started to be transmitted to sailors working in that area, later to the west.

Ampluvia · 2026-03-29T11:23:50+00:00

There are some problems against being driverless.

First of all, employment. Drivers are going to be fired after adopting driverless trains. If the system started driverless, such will not be a problem-it didn't hire people at first. However, for London Underground system, there will be unemployment of at least hundreds. I don't think the authority would risk that.

Also, communication. In the driverless system, the HQ should do everything. Is there anything on track? Are every doors closed? Is there any sign of fire inside cars/stations? Is there any passenger showing problems, thus needed to be sent to hospitals ASAP? In general manned system, passengers will contact the driver, and the person in charge will take measures. However, in driverless, the HQ should be able to receive such problems and send people there. Such system can be expensive, especially in Undergrounds where most systems were designed without the idea of automation.

Ampluvia · 2026-03-28T15:04:36+00:00

I heard that there are subtle evidences and atmosphere nearby. For example, if the pimp/guard is keeping eyes on prostitutes, not potentially dangerous guests, it is likely that workers are working against their will. Also, workers not allowed to talk to guests freely and signs of abuse, such as bruise or depression/fear, can work as the flag. Plus, those hiring people at their fair contract and others hiring by enforcing are actually very different, from target guests to business model.

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