IOS 5 problems on iPhone 4

ok so apperently like everyone's having problems with their iphones upgraded to iOS 5 right?
umm my problem's kinda different...
i bought the iphone (+sim card) in october last year in singapore.
then i moved to korea in december and tried to get a new sim card (number) so i could keep using my iphone as my phone
but the person at the handphone shop (or wev its called) said that its gonna be complicated so i just bought a new phone in korea
and i've been using my iphone 4 without a sim card, just like an itouch.
it's been fine downloading the new iOSes till now but as u all know, this new upgrade's different.
and since this one requires a sim card to activate the iphone.... uhh.. yea i kinda don't have one.
i'm going somewhere with my friends tomorrow and i was gonna take pictures and videos on my iphone.
but now i can't do that because i can't set up my iphone and get it to work!!
pls pls help me

What do you want us to do, mail you a Sim card?
You know what you need. There is no workaround to needing a SIM in the phone to activate it when you update. It doesn't necessarily have to be a "live" SIM, I don't believe.
If your phone was not factory unlocked, but was 'hacked', you will need a SIM from the carrier it was originally locked to as the update will re-lock it.

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