u/SlowlyDyingFox

Hey everyone,

I know the backpacking culture here in Singapore is not the norm and it's hard to find other sgporean backpackers that there's no one in my circle or my friends' circle that can advise me.

Hence, to those who have backpacked before, what insurance did you use for backpacking multiple countries and for numerous months (beyond 90 days)? And how much?

I love early 2000-2015 shows in general (western & asian) and lately I've been craving for another new Jdrama to watch. Preferably with English Subs but I don't mind if the subs are slightly broken as my Japanese language is intermediate. I prefer to watch realistic acting and not those shows with anime-live action exaggerated acting (no hate though. I just don't prefer it). Also, I don't wanna watch tv shows that is similar to Coffee & Vanilla (2019) please.

So far I've watched:

- Buzzer Beat (2009)

- Hana Kimi (2007) [not a fan of 2011 ver. Sorry. Big fan of Acchan though!]

- ALL majisuka gakuen series + most akb group shows (on and off akb fan here since 2011 :) )

- Gokusen

- Koizora (although, I prefer the movie)

- Nobuta wo Produce

- One Liter of Tears

- Kurosagi (2006)

- Proposal Daisakusen

- Hana Yori Dango (a few episodes but I didn't finish)

- Ouran high school host club live action (not a fan of live action acting but its nice)

- Tumbling (2010)

- Chuugakusei Nikki (2018) [not in the year range I'm asking for but it does give off 2015 feels]

Before ETS surgery, I was sweating profusely in my hands, armpits, and feet, to the point that they drip and I could make puddles from it. I can't even hold a paper bag for a minute. (it was that bad).

I have tried methods like Dricloir which worked for almost 10 years until I got immuned to it. I have also tried oral medications for 2 weeks. However, as someone who is active and an athlete, it is highly NOT recommended as oral medications will dry up the whole body and it is extremely essential for us to sweat. Botox is a huge no for me as I did not want to spend so much money on getting injected but also afraid it may the usage of my hands for sports. These factors were the reason why I decided to do ETS surgery.

(I did consider iontophoresis too, however, I was looking into a more permanent solution and the impatience for it consumed me.)

I had my surgery done on Mar 2026 and ever since then, my hands are mostly dry and my armpits does not sweat as much as before. My feet sweat lesser but I'd say only 30-50% lesser. However, lately, I'm not sure if it's due to the El Nino and the unbarable heat around South East Asia during this summer, my hands has been sweating but it's only 10% of the sweat like it used to. I am not as anxious about shaking someone's hand anymore and I'm pretty happy as to how my hands and armpits doesn't sweat so much anymore.

HOWEVER despite all these, I do advice those who are considering to do the surgery to HOLD IT BACK AND NOT DO IT AT ALL as the risks are not worth it.

Why? Here are the reasons why based on my personal experience:

1. My compensatory sweating unfortunately targets my lower back and the back of my knees. I have never sweat in those places before and it is so unfortunate because the sweat drips down my jeans. As someone who was concious about sweaty palms, my anxiety is much more higher now due to my lower back sweat. I actually heard someone say "ew" when they saw a portion of my jeans being wet along the waist-line.

2. There is no reduction to the amount of sweat my compensatory sweating has as to how much my hands used to sweat previously. Now, compensatory sweating is seen on my clothes and when it dries it, salt forms from the sweat and it is extremely visible. It has no prejudice in any material that you wear. [Except for sweatpants - while thick and not recommended for summer days/tropical countries, it is a lifesaver.]

3. Right after surgery, I developed pneumothorax for 2months which disrupted my work and my gym progress. ETS surgery is a bilateral surgery where they have to collapse your lungs and sometimes air comes in between your lungs and your chest walls while they're stitching you up.

• Due to this, I was unable to yawn, sneeze, talk, and even laugh for almost 2 months until my pneumothorax subsided. All these basic actions hurt like a b-tch with pnuemothorax. I was also not able to walk for 10-15minutes despite being an athlete who is used to rigorous training and also was able to walk 12-14hours non-stop. I had to halt all activities and work for 2 months (thank god for paid hospitalization leave)
• After 1 month of getting cleared from pneumothorax, I had a 45 minute flight (SG-KL), and that timeframe was enough to hurt my lungs that I was actually afraid that my lungs got collapsed again.

So overall, was it worth it? Definitely not. ETS surgery is not worth the gamble.

hey everyone, I just bought the Zuoya GMK104 keyboard. I was wondering if I can set dates and timings to the LCD screen?

for example:

- 12pm -> shows anime eating gif

- 3pm -> shows anime resting gif

- 6pm -> shows anime out of work gif (mon-fri)

Is it possible?