I got my passport
guys I have my passport I'm so happy about this
hey guys welcome back to my YouTube channel it's Minnie here
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I just wanted to take a moment today to talk to you guys about my future traveling plans
but also please bear in mind that I might have plans but God might have other plans.
I just want to put that in there because I never do anything based on my own will I do things
according to God's will for my life through prayer
So of course I have plans and I believe with all my heart that this is going to work out but I just don't know when
so to answer the question that you've all been waiting for when will I be going to Indonesia?
I think that I will be able to go sooner than what I thought
so that is the good news.
I'm really hopeful about my travels and I will definitely not just be going to one place.
The reason why I'm emphasising on Indonesia in this video
is obviously because most of my career and most of my support comes from there.
That's a bike that just drove by there anyway.
It's an absolute priority for me to just let my supporters know that
I will see you guys and I will definitely go there sooner than I thought I would be able to.
There is a lot of countries that I would love to explore
and I'm not just going to limit myself to just go to one place if I know
that I can go to two places or three places.
Also really want to go to Korea.
If you guys have watched some of my other videos you might have heard that my brother lives in Korea
so that's the other country that I would definitely go to.
And the two places are very close to each other so I'm really excited to Just Travel and to see where god takes me.
Okay it's story time let me tell you guys how I got my passport and just the process that it was.
I am going to be completely transparent to you guys about how I got this passport
I'm gonna be talking about the costs of this and also traveling.
The day that I had to apply for my passport I knew that I'm going to start my work at 1 p.m.
I usually start my teaching job at 11 a.m. but for that day I didn't book any classes so that I have enough time
to apply for my passport because I know usually it takes 2 or 3 hours.
But this day took 4 hours.
While I was sitting at home Affairs it was just time for me to leave because I was gonna be late for my classes
so I started to panic. So I got there I sat in the queue and I waited about I think maybe half an hour to 40 minutes
just to take my photo for my passport.
When I got up to go take my photo I actually felt so shocked that I'm old enough to do adult things.
Like I'm alone applying for my passport taking a photo doing a really stressful things to travel alone like...
am I actually old enough to do this?
Because sometimes I still feel like I'm 17 or 18 and then it just hits me I'm like
wow I'm over here alone by myself acting like an adult because I am a young adult
and I'm starting to build a complete future up for myself by getting a passport by getting my driver's licence and all of those kind of things
it's just crazy to me that I can actually sit there and take a passport photo
in that moment when I was taking my passport photo it was all I could think about
how scary but at the same time exciting it is for me that I will travel internationally alone.
So after I took my passport photo this is where things got so stressful
I told myself okay my class starts at 1 p.m.
but I have to be inside the class 10 minutes before and I still have to walk home which is
gonna take about 10 minutes or 15 depending.
So I knew the latest time I could wait was probably 12:15.
Otherwise I would be late for my work. You get very big penalties if you're late
If a teacher is late for their class it's very bad obviously.
It affects your salary. So of course I was just sitting there looking very calm externally.
Yeah ok I'm fine I can wait and then like 1 hour goes by 2 hours go by 3 hours go by i am like "what the heck?"
Okay I'm starting to panic so I basically waited four hours in total to take
my photo and to get my signature to pay those are the only three steps you take a photo
you give your signature and your ID and then you just pay and you go.
Oh by the way my passport was 600 Rands I don't know if I said that
but it was 600 Rand just to put that out there any used to be 400 but it went up by 200.
It's not actually that expensive I would consider 1000 expensive but 600 for a passport that you have for your entire lifetime it's cheap.
But of course the most expensive part comes in when you have to travel with a flight tickets.
So of course I cannot tell exactly the month or the date yet because
I haven't booked a flight ticket yet and it's still gonna take a few months for me to book a flight ticket
because I still have to get my visa.
I have my passport but I don't have my visa.
I don't want to look back at this video and say that I made any anti promises so I'm just gonna say that that's my goal
and that's honestly what I believe is possible
not just financially but also for my capacity I feel like I will be able to deal with traveling alone at a time.
Because it is something that is a little bit stressful for me I'm not gonna lie.
I don't like airports I don't like the whole process of signing in going to the flight gates and
it gives me anxiety I just don't like it.
So I really want to prepare my mind and everything to just calm down for that day.
I mean I'll probably take a chill pill.
I'm definitely gonna be booking a flight assistant but not on the flight of course when I get off.
Basically pay someone to help you through the process as soon as you get to a foreign country
they get you as soon as you step off the plane they take you to the correct lines and the correct Cues and
they help you to check into the correct flight basically do everything for and with you
and make sure to stick with you till the very end until you are on the correct flight.
So I just want to say thank you so much as well for my Indonesian supporter specifically because
I know that when I do go to Indonesia I would love to meet some of you guys
and I just cannot wait for that day even if it's in 5 months from now 6 months or 4 months maybe
I don't know but I'm really looking forward to that because it's not actually long guys
it's less than a year
I will be there soon and I will also go to other countries so I'm just really looking forward to seeing what happens in the future.
Okay I actually feel like I have to stand up for this part because this part is so exciting!!
I I just want to show you guys that I'm busy getting bags because I ordered my travelling bag
2 or 3 days ago it was quite a process for me to find a bag even though I knew exactly the colour that I want
it was still hard for me to choose between the options because there is so many good brands but
the prices are all quite expensive.
So I was just looking for something that's not too cheap but also not too expensive.
So yeah stay tuned if you guys want to see this by that I'm talking about
I really want you guys to see him so excited to show you all because I think it's like a really beautiful bag.
I know it's just a bug but I cannot wait to post a video where I'm packing this bag and I will be doing this soon like
very very soon as soon as I get the bag
. But I have another bag to show you guys I got this it is my hand luggage bag
and this bag is actually insane like I went in the mall and
I just fell in love with this bag the guy that helped me at k-way was also so nice
and I really love k-way this brand is just so good super super high quality.
So this bag of three main sections. 1 ,2 and in front (3)
It has another zipper in front and it looks like this inside
so we have 1 2 3 4. Zip over there
and then in the second one you have 1, 2 and that whole section
and then the last part is where your laptop goes into and here's another section so yeah
there is quite a lot of sections in this bag as you guys can see.
Honestly I can say that all the experience so far and just the whole process of being able to travel
all the preparing and all the parties and stuff that you first have to take care of before you can travel
is a really special season for me that I'm in this time before I can travel it's just important for me to enjoy the process
and the things that I need to do in order to travel.
Because it is hard work to get enough money to be able to travel
it really does make you happy to see all of the bits and pieces come together slowly but surely one by one
you know and it's really something to be proud of especially if you worked for it yourself.
So yeah one day I will be overseas and I'm actually hugging this bad right now because I feel so excited
I'm just dreaming about it already.
Thank you guys so much for helping me live out my dream and for all of the support that I get from all of the different countries
I really appreciate it without you guys I wouldn't be able to do this.
I'm so excited for the next part of my journey and for the days and I'm gonna travel
I just cannot wait to see what content I'm gonna have and how my YouTube is gonna grow from there
and also just where my lifestyle it's going to be and how it's going to change
because I know that as soon as I travel my lifestyle is gonna be changing
for the better and just get better from there.
Thank you for watching this video with me and sharing my excitement.