how complicated can it be to sign up for taking the medical licensing examination? one would think, getting your stuff together on time and handing in all the demanded paperwork until mid-may shouldn't pose too big of a problem, right?

but apparently it does for me. as it turns out there is no birth certificate about the above mentioned person existing anywhere in this world up until today - which if i think about it isn't too much of a surprise, because no one felt responsible for my birth anyway, i guess (don't worry, i am not as bitter as i make it sound...), hence no birth certificate for me.

even better... i do own a so-called "certificate of parentage", which however does not state my descent, but only points out my adoption status, which practically screams for irony.

funny.

ps: i had to retroactively request they make one from scratch for me in... berlin. well, at least they don't make me go all the way to korea. that's neat. bureaucrats.