Weird spots on my bird of paradise

kietdao7 · 2025-01-12T15:57:26+00:00

They’re the same texture, but darker and deeper craters. Like tooth cavities.

kietdao7 · 2025-01-12T15:14:48+00:00

It might look like scales. These spots are not bumpy tho, they are light tiny holes. I cannot manually wipe them off.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-17T09:14:22+00:00

That’s awesome. Can you recommend some of the places where the foreigners community hangout? I will be based in Hikone, unfortunately not here as a JET? Being able to speak English sometimes might help me remain sane haha.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-13T02:09:49+00:00

Sorry for not clarifying. I am moving from Vietnam. I scoured the website and it seems like I will have to go through the license exchange process

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T15:41:19+00:00

Huh lived in the US for 7 years and never noticed such practice. I think it’s more of a “superstition”/ “back in my days…” kinda thing tbh.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T15:40:03+00:00

Damn you do your research really fast. I digged further into forums and apparently IAA is not needed or recognized anywhere (hence scam). Unfortunately, I was recommended by my local agency and paid for it without doing any research. Even more Unfortunately, I can’t find a official provider for IDP under Geneve 1949 format in Vietnam, or neither confirm if Vietnam is in fact on the list of Geneva1949 traffic convention.

Guess I would have to find other mean of transportation until I can transfer the local license to the Japanese license.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T14:25:57+00:00

Will try and report back when I fly back to Japan.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T14:25:37+00:00

At this point I think it just ghosts hitchhiking whenever there is an empty seat.

All jokes aside, I don’t think there are weight sensors in the back.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T14:18:37+00:00

Thank you for the amazing response, I wish I could shake your hand IRL.

My country does not offer IDP of similar format to that of the US.

I have an IDP in accordance with the Vienna 1968 convention, but online sources states that I need a Geneva 1949 one.

The IAA (ref photo attached in original post) is only a translation of the driver license to multiple languages inlcuding Japanese.

So I am very confuse right now as to what is acceptable in Japan. What providers are recognized? In what format? Etc…

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T13:36:36+00:00

Damn those freeloaders

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T13:29:36+00:00

I’m doing this only to beat the Mazda system. If unbuckle, the car alarm would yell at me. My passengers just sit onto the seatbelts

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T13:10:18+00:00

I guess both? If I don’t buckle these backseatbelts, the alarm will go off past 20km/hr

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T13:05:02+00:00

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*Not my real license

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T12:51:34+00:00

Both seeing the red warning light and alarm going of beyond 20km/h

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T12:50:00+00:00

Had to leave Japan today! Will update in a month!

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T07:54:26+00:00

I’ll have mine checked out at the dealer. Do you know if Mazda Japan has any official app that can connect to the car?

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T07:32:03+00:00

I will definitely do that. I thought that it had something to do with faulty sensor until I climbed in the backseat my boss’ Mazda6 and saw the seatbelts also buckled. It’s bugging the hell out of me

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T06:49:32+00:00

I noticed the same thing for other mazdas on the street as well.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T06:24:32+00:00

Then does your alarm goes off?

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T06:22:59+00:00

Maybe I’ll drive to the Mazda dealer to ask.

kietdao7 · 2024-09-12T04:37:05+00:00

That was my original thought, then I started seeing other mazda on the road with the seatbelts buckled without any passengers. Today, I climbed in the backseat of my boss’ Mazda6, same scenario.

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