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My new passport

I got a call from the Dutch consulate the other day telling me my new passport is waiting for me! So today Yasu and I went to fetch it today. The new passport doesn’t look so different from my old one, except the new picture and new expiration date ... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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