Monday, April 30, 2007

thank you wikipedia

travelling via air can be problematic. aside from the long lines checking in, no bottles greater than 2oz, and that something that always seems to happen. in 2001, my passport was issued as DODDA SIMANGAN, unknown to me until a trip to canada in 2003; had to use D.SIMANGAN for my tickets to london sep 2004 so i wouldnt be in trouble. in feb 2007, i decided to have only carry ons, forgot about the liquid bottle rule and had to throw away everything except my almost empty toothpaste, which was later thrown away at the kirksville, mo airport, on the one of two flights to kansas city. after congress passed stricter laws on passports i decided not to risk it with my trip to the philippines next week, so i filed for a passport change in the last week of january, only after $100 and 12 weeks later to get it. now today a new issue found via prince harry being sent to iraq news article stating that his uncle was the last royal to see combat in the falkan islands war to being curious about the new passport securities to finding out a visa is required after 21 days in the Philippines. my trip is 29. so i will rush after work to get it all figured out. pay all the priority mail stuff, and hope to get it by this saturday.

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