i used to sleep at 8am in the morning so i took 20mg melatonin at 11 30, slept by 12 am. feels very artificial, but i woke up at 5 am. might be cuz i slept a lot yesterday (8- 3 and 6-10) idk. is this normal?
(the black dust is on the floor not on my hair)
so I have comparatively long and really thick hair but I donot do any maintenance not even combing. today i just did comb my hair (it did hurt but i didn’t stop till i felt like it) when it was dry and this is the result. i kinda notice my hair everywhere these days, i’m afraid it’s hairfall. can anyone confirm and give me advice on what to do next please
I'm a short term tourist at Lisbon. My Driving License is in English, i'm worried whether I can take a rental car for a few days without an IDP here. Is it better to rent offline or on some website? My country's true IDP can only be issued within the country. There is some website called e-itca which I think isn't actually a true IDP provider for my license. Also, assuming I do get a rental without an IDP, how often do police pullover here to do a random check here? and is there any way to cross speed limits on highways? I can drive pretty well and can follow rules. (If there's some rules which you think aren't as known please list them too.)
Driving in Europe was something I dreamt of in my childhood it was more of some supercar but considering my financials a normal car would do.
Ive come to portugal recently and wanted a card. I think some people say they need a nif but i donot have one. what to do?
Current Cibil: 750
Age: 18
Monthly Income and Employment status: Student
Monthly Expenses & Spending Patterns: ~5-10k
Top 5 Monthly spend categories and Top 5 Annual spend categories: Dining, Flights
Preferences for Credit Card Features: Lounge Access, discounts on dining
Reward Preference (Cashback or Reward Points): Anything
Lounge Access Required: Yes
Other Special Needs: No
So, I’m eligible for SBI elite LTF through campus but my age is not 21 so cannot apply for it. Need other card recommendations which are LTF/ have fee waivers.
I’m an Indian National, 18M, applied for Schengen Visa via VFS Portugal. The visa sub category I applied for is “Business/Conference” but it is more of a funded internship. Was trying to find something on this but haven’t found anything useful, hence this post sharing my experience.
The first time I applied for the Schengen Visa, it got rejected due to no accommodation/flights submitted. Let me explain. I applied for the Visa in 30 April, and my travel date was 15 May. Since I was expecting the visa arrival by 14 May, I booked flights and accommodation with free cancellation. Unfortunately, the Visa arrived way later, on 19 May. I had cancelled my flights and accommodation on 14 May, but the embassy was going through my documents on 15th, hence they found out the documents are cancelled/ fake following a rejection from their side. I know it is my mistake to have such a short timeline from application to travel date. But I’d appreciated if they had put some thought into “Why are the hotels/flights cancelled” duh like why would I have a loss on my side waiting for them to verify. They could have at least asked me for confirmation.
There were two options then: Appeal/ Reapply. Appeal had a max timeline of 30 working days and that would cross my summer and making it impossible for my internship. I reapplied on 27 May for a travel date of 23 June with the same documents, just added the photocopy of the refusal notice from the embassy, and an explanation of that. The accommodation and flights are the free cancellation ones till 22 June. Received accepted Visa on 04 June (yes, that’s way sooner than expected) and have cancelled the flights and acco.
Just thought people should know it isn’t that hard to get a visa (at least for a funded intern). Any questions please lmk!
I've applied for schengen visa via portugal from india. My neighbour received the courier and then I asked them to open it, and asked them if there was any letter in it. They said that it has only the passport. I didn't ask them to open the passport and check, Is it safe to assume the visa is accepted? (especially since a rejection comes with a refusal notice which contains reasons as to why the visa was rejected)
Hey this is an indian 18M, applied for schengen visa for short term (sub category: business/conference) through VFS new delhi, (through embassy of portugal) for research visit purposes on 30 April 2026. My original travel date was 15 May 2026. I was expecting visa by then, but unfortunately the visa hasn't arrived and I had to cancel the flight tickets and accommodation submitted for the visa application. I have booked my tickets again for 25 May, but haven't heard anything from VFS/ Embassy yet. Please suggest me on what to do. This is a paid research internship and I donot want to miss it.
Edit:
VFS Customer Support just tells me the application is under review at the embassy and we cannot do anything to fasten the process.
I've emailed the embassy and haven't received any reply. They donot answer calls smh.
Hey im a student from overseas coming in for research for 2 months. So, can anyone give me a breakdown of expenses?
skills
food - I can cook but id prefer eating out at least 3x a week
accommodation - anything cheap works
travel - id wanna go a few countries nearby roaming around preferably by a rental car say 5 days on a long weekend.