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so i take yearly trips to korea and this time i'm considering both korea and japan. i usually buy apple products in korea because it's cheaper than in the UK with exchange rates (+ tax return). so far, i bought a macbook and airpods and both haven't had any problems/disadvantages.

but what about a phone? i remember an apple employee in the UK said something about trading in might not work as interiors or exteriors might differ from country to country. but as far as i'm aware, the iphone 18 series are the same in both countries? would i be able to trade in my iphone 14 (bought in the UK) in korea?

* and before anyone talks about the camera shutter, it's SIM dependant, no? but even then, when i lived in korea and had a korean SIM card in my UK-bought iphone, i didn't have the shutter sound. confusing...

i have been referred to get an ultrasound to examine my endometriosis. the doctor asked if i'm sexually active. i always get confused if this means "have you had inter course before" or "are you active right now". because while i have had inter course, it was years ago and don't really...i guess like to talk about it to put it in a subtle way.

so the doctor said i should get an internal ultrasound as a result, and i asked for an external. he said that is fine. but last time i got an external, it couldn't even pick up the endometriosis (i was diagnosed through MRI years ago). but the doctor said if the ultrasound doesn't show anything substantial then an MRI could be an option. why could i not go straight to MRI route?

so i went to LCF industry day on thursday as i was invited by a roaster. however i was told it should be good for sunday but as it turns out, it is not. i was working on friday so couldn't go then.

i met with a friend and we decided to walk around together for company. but what i thought was going to be a day of tasting/buying coffee turned into a "look how many people in the industry i know, this is my friend, let me say hi to my friend".....i became a little pissed because it was less about tasting and looking at coffee and each stall/what they had to offer and more of meetups with her friends. even at the dealer mag and orea popups, i was left to the side while she mingles with her friends and expecting me to wait for her. "you could have just left her" - at the time i genuinely thought we were attending together and intentionally keeping each other company. but at the end of the day i realised that i am not really part of her circle and wasted my time and day with her

i asked my cafe and so far no one has responded/don't know a way in for non industry days. from what i gathered, the QR codes can be scanned multiple times so you can share tickets with multiple people. they don't check IDs

i just really want to try and buy beans from moby dick especially, and properly check out the stalls. my first LCF turned into such a disappointment because i didn't even get to check everything out. LCF wasn't open to "transferring" my friday entry to sunday either, i was working on friday. i would be so appreciative if someone would be willing to share a ticket. i'll give a dose or two of scenery's yulisa carhuallocllo, that's all i have <\3

i read this is because someone is viewing my story using an account blocker so i can't see who it is. but it's non stop at this rate. not even 1 account at a time, it's 2-3 bot pages with pornographic content (usually NSFW profile picture, a story, and highlight and maybe a link).

no matter how many times i block and report they still show up. i went private for a bit, but came back again once i went public. i'm a creator and can't afford to keep my account private. i feel like this is hurting my account, as my reels have no been doing good recently just as these bots started to show up. what should i do??

i went to the GP for a problem unrelated to MJ, and she asked if i had any diet changes. so i mentioned i am on mounjaro and her face immediately dropped, and started to make comments about my body and face.

i said i was on it since august - so obviously i would have been bigger in august. i said i am slowly weaning off as i don't want to come off cold turkey, my problems before MJ were mostly with food, and that it has helped me with portioning and what not.

she kept saying "who prescribed you 12.5? i would never prescribe you that high, not sure why they've done that. look at your face, it's hollow! and your hands and arms too, there's no fat or padding, just bones!"

this made me so uncomfortable because before mentioning MJ, there was no concern over the way i look. my hands and feet have always been boney even when i was obese. my weight was mostly on my stomach and thighs. she didn't even know how much i weighed in august, and assumed i had started MJ while in the state i am now.

also as a GP, i don't think she had any right to start talking about my face like that...my face looks hollow and pale because i'm sick with a fever - which she just confirmed before i said anything about MJ. i'm self conscious as it is about my face after the weight loss, so hearing from a doctor that my face looks weird because of the lack of fat doesn't help. her reaction was just a bit too intense. i'm not even underweight, i'm at a healthy BMI and still have fat on my body. but she was acting like i'm nothing but bones - and even if i was that is not the way to be talking to someone.

when i was overweight, the GP always said "lose weight" and never took my problems seriously (which, as a result i was diagnosed with endometriosis late because doctors would always link period pain to my weight instead of investigating). but now that i'm skinnier and on MJ, doctor feels the need to criticise my body when i can't control that fat distribution.

no one would ever go to a naturally "skinny" (or, just not overweight person with better fat distribution) and tell them that they're too thin and should gain 10kg. their health problems wouldn't be linked to how thin they are. it's getting tiring, like i can never win no matter what i look like. even though i'm in healthy territory, she insisted that i gain 10kg, just because of her own biases on weight and MJ usage?

Despite working in the coffee industry for a few years, I have never attended a cupping before. I always, for lack of better term, refused to cup at the cafes I worked at because I was so health conscious and didn't like the idea of slurping and using the same spoon to dip and slurp again.

Manager at my previous cafe used to always make fun of me, saying why do I work in coffee if I seem very uninterested. It wasn't that I was uninterested, it was more that I just got sick so easily. The one time we did espresso tasting, we shared cups and I was open to it since it was a huge learning opportunity for me, and I became extremely ill the next few days. There were a few other reasons, like how my passion for coffee got absolutely destroyed in this cafe because of the manager, but now that I'm re-discovering the things I like about coffee at my own pace, I'm starting to enjoy it more but feel a little left out.

I'm considering attending a cupping event in lieu of LCF, but I'm so terrified of how it will turn out. I've just started working at a roastery which comes with frequent cuppings too. Many cupping events don't use the covid method of using cups anymore and just stick to spoons.

I want to make more friends within coffee, and the way to do that is to attend events and cuppings. But I really can't get myself to get around it. I also feel like I know less about coffee, and my background doesn't match up with most people (not really interested in championships and competitions, I just like brewing in a more casual sense but enjoy learning and tasting different methods and beans). There's also worries about race, as I usually don't see my type of people attending these events. A lot of friends of a mutual are white or east asian, and when I met these friends I felt some sort of block being placed between us and it was hard to make conversation. May be all in my head, but it seems people don't expect someone like me to be into coffee like them? I look like a bit of an airhead too, which probably doesn't help.

Any advice on this? I feel like I am missing out on a lot (good coffee, good people and company, industry networking, and learning opportunities) just because of my 1. fears of catching something 2. fears of people/not being accepted

i do live in a house with my parents - 3 bed flat, with a separate living room and kitchen. however as i get older, i develop hobbies that need a little more space. i'm starting to get frustrated with my living situation and there seems to be no way around it.

my step dad uses the living room as basically his second bedroom - so all his stuff is everywhere. i don't enjoy sitting in the living room, but as my bedroom window doesn't open it's the only place i can get some fresh air in the house.

the kitchen is a small one, very little counter space but filled with large appliances. we have a very large microwave for some reason, my mum didn't want to get a smaller one. a 4 slot toaster even though we would only need 2 slots. they take quite a bit of space. cupboards are filled with my mum's hoards and to the point where we have a separate shelving unit for more stuff. my own things barely fit - i have the bottom shelf of a small cupboard for my own things.

my hobbies include making coffee, so i had to stuff a collapsible plastic storage case to put my equipment and glasses/cups/ingredients. when i'm done washing up, i usually let them to dry in the kitchen. however no one helps me with the upkeep of the house. dust is constantly building up, the counters are always dirty...but no one cleans up after themselves and waits for me to do it. if the floors are dusty, no one thinks to start hoovering the house, and assume i will do it.

same with the bathroom. so i had to resort in keeping my toiletries in my room. i've put them in a plastic crate on top of a small bookshelf, next to the door so there is some airflow.

but it's feeling quite cramped and depressing, how i don't have space for my own things. what are some storage solutions? think a studio flat, just without an "en suite" bathroom and kitchen. my main concern is leaving my cups to air dry - the kitchen just has so much grime and dirt about but i can't be deep cleaning so often, especially as i'm the only person in the house with a job. my bedroom window is basically glued shut so it's almost always very stuffy

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