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i cant go to qazaqstan because i wouldnt be able to get a job there
i wouldnt be able to get a visa there because my moms birth certificate says korean not qazaq. and even if i did its hard enough for locals to find jobs and housing
i cant go to korea because my grandfather is evil
even if i was able to go the only thing waiting for me there is factory work until i cant work anymore and then i probably have to return back or die on the street
i cant go to the west because theyd rather killthemselves than give me even a tourist visa let alone anything else
education abroad is not an option because no money and i dropped out of school and my 'education' is not recognized internationally pretty much anywhere and its worthless
i cant go anywhere to work because to get a work permit literally in any country on this earth you need to have a specialized profession and a degree. nobody is hiring foreigners for fast food or retail
i got no degree no employable skills also i dont want to say im disabled but i cant work most jobs normal people can and i also have 10 billion mental diseases
i have no friends abroad who can help me
i have 10 trillion different things that make immigration hard/impossible even if you don't consider the above factors
Hello! If I understand correctly, English isn't your native language? I'd love to hear a little about your language journey. What language do you use in your everyday life, and how often do you find yourself using English?
How did you learn it? Was it something you studied formally, or did you pick it up through your hobbies, work, or interests? And if you don't mind sharing, how would you describe your current level of English?
Hi,
Yes, it's not my native language. My native language is Hungarian.
I started learning English in the second grade of primary school (so at about 8 years old) and kept learning it until grade 11 so my second to last year of high school. In grade 11 I took a “brought forward” B1 English “matura examination” which is the final exam at the end of high school here.
My final score was 95%. In my final year I didn't have to attend the English classes because officially I was done with it, but I still went to the “higher level/advanced matura exam” preparing classes once a week. Higher level in foreign language here means B2. My B2 final score was 85%. This gave me a language certificate of B2 level English (you get it if you reach at least 60% in the higher level matura exam), but it's not recognized internationally, only in my country.
In my everyday life when communicating with my family and people around me, I use Hungarian, but in my online life I almost exclusively only use English.
I feel very lucky because early in my fandom journey I became friends with a British person and after that with an American person, and I learned a lot from them. At the beginning I always ran to google translate everything to make sure I understood correctly what the British person said (and that my answers were also correct) but later with the American I didn't have to do this because I gained confidence. I'm really grateful for both of them because I don't know where I'd be without them today when it comes to my English skills.
I was lucky in school, too, because I had good teachers. And I had a year 0 in high school that focused on language learning with 13 primary foreign language lessons a week and 5 secondary foreign language lessons a week, so I think that's what was a huge jump in knowledge. (My second foreign language was German but we didn't have a good relationship from the beginning because when I applied to the school I chose Italian, but later they said no Italian group, everybody will learn German. So yeah, we didn't really work. I only know a few sentences in German.)
Since I'm in this fandom and use English everyday, I think in English, I don't have to translate from my native language anymore, so yeah, I think this means I'm pretty confident in it.
As I said I have a B2 cerificate, so officially my level is B2, but I once took the British Council's online test for fun, and it said I was at C1. I think my written English is above B2 but I wouldn't be brave enough to say the same about my spoken English, because, sadly, after we didn't prepare for one of those advanced matura exam classes with the oral topics, the teacher said okay, then she won't deal with the oral topics, and we basically only did written and listening stuff.
The last time I talked in English for more than 1-2 minutes was during the advanced matura oral exam. It's disappointing because I probably lost a lot of my speaking skills. And I'm not really confident in it because I don't have the time to think if I have to speak, and I'm scared of saying something wrong and being laughed at.
But I'm incredibly glad I speak English because I don't know what I'd do without it today. It has opened up the world to me and gave me the chance to get to know amazing people, connect to them and share the things I love. ❤
fun facts about the obey me vas : steering away from their more famous roles and investing in the niche!!
NB: i will assume that if you're reading this, you already know them by name! the point of this post is to recognize their works outside of obey me, so i will not be refering to them as "lucifer's va" or "mammon's va".
go watch all the otaku fm (except sinful sounds; i'll save you a good 20 mins of time better spent here) and boys in the house episodes!! they're hilarious, funny, and a great "get to know them".
+ this post is very link heavy! it's a lot more about you experiencing these videos clips and overall pieces of media just like I did! and to save myself repeating, a lot of this content is in japanese. it might not be what necessarily makes them niche, but i genuinely think it's worth dipping your toes into other projects the vas have been in if you find yourself uninterested in obey me.
miura ayme used to be in a band called ecthelion, where its most unique features was the using hatsune miku in (almost) every song; the majority of their albums and songs have been posted here to listen to -- ignore their spotify, it's only a dot on their whole discography.
.. however there's only one song where they didn't use hatsune miku titled "Ecthelion Academy Theme", the theme song to an audio drama series recorded in around august 2013 (snidely mentioned by ayme on an otaku fm episode) called Ecthelion Academy. you can find the episodes untranslated here!
wondering if there's any other audio dramas ayme has written? he currently writes for a series called Spicy Cafe, featuring Spicy Boys with Sugar Boy, a voice actor unit consisting of Ayme and four other voice actors! you can buy CDs of the dramas here (only shipping to japan, though you may be able to use a proxy service address to ship it internationally) and watch their youtube channel here; i highly recommend the latter, some streams have rough fan translations within the comments to read and laugh about. Spicy Cafe is still an ongoing series, with around 4 volumes and 2 seasons, and Spicy Boys still do events and concerts within Japan.
Kada is an on a YouTube channel called "Shokunana", a "privately run business" which "[promotes] flowers and greenery! he's listed in the channel description as an actor/talent who makes appearances in his own series on the channel. they upload every other day around noon JST. these aren't translated either, but they're still very entertaining to watch even without auto translate :)
below is a photo of koba-san's (mammon's va) qualifications, translated:
notable talents include "fried chicken certification", "french fry ambassador certification" and "harmonica playing". genuinely tried reverse searching these qualifications in japanese and found nothing. he's one talented guy.
kyohei voice acted in an "anime" called SHIRANAMI THE TV, which is "a fantasy about reforming society, featuring a group of five good-looking men", and based on japanese folklore. I spent two hours watching the series, and I have to say, the vocal work and art is very entertaining!! please consider watching the two seasons available for free here - i think it'd be nice to see a season 3 with enough support!
thanks for readinggg; here are old photos I've found of them.. they all look the same as they do now even though these photos were taken in the early-mid 2010s <3 (NB: tho im not sure about the joint kada and sumi photo + i couldn't find any koba or yama photos.. might have to do more digging..)
most if not all of the main seven have youtube channels; here's a few that you might've missed out on!:
Koba-san's Channel
Yama-san and Koba-san's Joint Channel <- these feature english subtitles!
Kawata's Channel
Okaki's Channel
NB: anon I'm so sorrryyy for taking so long i wanted this post to be perfecttt
So you're like actually legally married now? But you live in Hawaii and your husband lives somewhere in Europe? How does that work, like what country is the marriage license from, do you get easier legal status to move together, how's married life being like 12 hours apart? Sorry lotta questions just very curious
yeah we got married in denmark, and its internationally recognized. i just have to show my certificate when applicable. idk about many things cuz it has been a month so far.
it is about the same as it was before except now we have a piece of paper so i can legally call him my husband. idk how to explain it lol
Dr. ABD has sacrificed so much, endured the UNIMAGINABLE, and is in dire need of this community to now uplift him and his family. Surviving all the attacks at Al Shifa Hospital, this doctor continued to take care of severely injured patients and dedicated his time at another facility after escaping death once more.
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If you're a US citizen and don't have a passport, please get one.
It is the single best identification you could have. Should you only have one ID document, a passport would allow you to:
Replace your birth certificate
Replace your DL/state ID
Replace your social security card
Prove identity for employment/banking/housing
Prove citizenship status to gov entities
Travel by plane within the US
Travel outside the US*
If you do not have easy access to your documents and/or are not able to grab them before evacuating in a disaster, a passport will help you replace other items.
Passports are made according to international standards and, as a result, are recognized IDs internationally. In the event you have to leave the country suddenly, a passport will allow you legal entry to other nations and verify your identity if applying for protection.
Better to be prepared, right?
*Passport Books are good for all international travel. Passport Cards are cheaper to obtain, but only recognized by a handful of countries and only valid for land and sea travel. The card is better than nothing, but the book would be better in the event you had to suddenly leave the states.
"If you are looking for an internationally recognized teaching qualification, we have the course that is right for you," reads the first sentence on British Council’s website for the CELTA course. Internationally recognized?!?! I repeated the words out loud in amazement. I felt like I had just found the passage to a thrilling lifestyle and promising career.
“Travel and teach wherever you want. CELTA makes that possible!” someone wrote on a teaching forum. 99% of the reviews drew such beautiful pictures of what life after CELTA is that I couldn’t help but buy into that exciting narrative.
In 2018, I signed up for the course, and after four weeks of intensive studying, I received my certificate - the pass that was supposed to open doors to international classrooms.
CELTA’s reputation does open doors to international classrooms - the reviews have proven that many times - yet not everyone can cross the threshold. Wait, what?! But why? I asked one of my fellow CELTA trainees in disbelief when she broke that news to me with an apologetic look on her face. Because you’re a non-native English teacher, she said.
Many countries don't want to hire non-native English speakers as English teachers anymore. That was already true when I was taking the course. If they do want to give a chance to a non-native English teacher, the requirements, in many cases, are impossible to meet; 5 years of proven (very often continuous) stay in an English-speaking country or a university diploma - very often both of them are required. I have none of that. I lived in England for a year and studied in Poland.
But why didn’t tell us about it beforehand?! I kept pressing the matter. The disappointment raging in my didn’t let me come to terms with the harsh reality. Well, isn’t that obvious? It’s a business like any other. Your money is their salary, Kate said matter-of-factly. I felt betrayed.
Eventually, I came to terms with the fact that as a non-native English teacher, I won’t be on equal footing with native English teachers. No hard feelings, not anymore.
The ESL industry prioritizes teaching “real English” above anything else. “Real” refers to words, phrases, and grammar used in everyday life - language elements that fill up my personal non-native dictionary by, maybe, 30 up to 40%. I might know loads of words and understand grammar rules better than anyone else, but in many cases, I can only make “educated guesses” as to what sounds natural. I rarely find myself saying, “no one speaks like that.” I can’t be the judge in such cases.
Was it a waste of money in the end? Not necessarily.
If CELTA has anything to offer to non-native English teachers, it is credibility in the domestic market. In 9 out of 10 cases, recruiters get back to me.
On a personal level, I no longer feel intimidated by the coursebooks or the amount of material I have to teach. I can swiftly apply the tricks and techniques learned during the course. I also learned a few things about myself and changed my perception of the profession itself.
The confidence I gained! Truly, an amazing feeling!
The doors to many international classrooms may be closed for me. Nevertheless, the skills I learned will surely benefit students in my homeland.
