Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. But the 28-year-old ended up staying a month and a half, soaking up the Thai capital’s thriving LBGTQ+ community.
Using #Linux#LinuxMint on my laptop, and so far, can run every single program I had on windows, either directly or via browser, except for one. #Line, the superapp you can't really escape if you live in #Japan (or #Taiwan, or #Thailand).
From 2010 to 2017, there was a thing called #AseanCitizen that we Aseans started as a grassroots movement. We were all bloggers from across, well, #ASEAN or South-East Asia.
Some of us joined together to produce one of the best multi-authored regional blogs. We talked about our cultures, write about what makes the region awesome. As well as, try to address the oftentimes silly and sometimes heated debates.
It's all gone now. Forgotten. The blogs dead or offline. We all grew up, got busy with our personal lives, and moved on separately. And the important reason? We lost interest in it as we started to see ASEAN was, is, and will never be for the grassroots.
That was the end of what was once a vibrant grassroot ASEAN Citizens effort. We did it all voluntarily. Without a single recognition from the top-down organisation that is ASEAN.
But today? ASEAN is still a top-down organisation. They kept trying to get the grassroots involved, but they are always failing. Why? Because it is a top-down organisation, as simple as that. They will never understand until they shift their mindset and approach to bottom-up.
(P.S I want to restart this grassroots movement, but I just no longer have the spark. Give me a very good reason why I should give it another chance. Or, at least, guide the new generation.)
Some of the best trips I took while teaching at the Thai uni were those where I'd pick up my meager gov't paycheck, pay expenses, count the few remaining satang (so few) & take the cheapest train ride through the countryside to sit and read something like Primo Levi or Anthony Burgess at a ramshackle riverside bungalow. I miss that feeling of quiet escape & being cut off.
The Third Class Carriage (to Kanchanaburi from Nakhon Pathom). Shot on a much loved Canon.
Übernehmen Thai-Milliardäre nach der Pleite Galeria-Kaufhäuser?
Die Chirathivats aus Bangkok gehören zu Asiens reichsten Familien. Viele Kaufhäuser auch in Europa gehören bereits zu ihrem Mischkonzern, etwa das KaDeWe. Expandieren die Milliardäre nach der Galeria-Pleite nun weiter in Deutschland? Von Jennifer Johnston.
This is the best article I’ve seen on fish sauce and veg substitutes for it. Pailin is from Hat Yai and her food recs and recipes are very close to my taste. Her YouTube channel is very good too!
My personal everyday fish sauce is the blue Megachef.
I'm Terato artist who focus on wholesome kinky content but sometimes also did goes into dark romance. I love drawing handsome women and feminine men and also androgynous people (and I draw them express myself and identity)
I recently discovered that I have ADHD so I'm trying to 'reorganize' my life for the betterment of my health and mental health. (Any advice about this is very appreciated!)
I'm also trying to learn more about myself, trying out new hobbies, learning more about stuff that I'm interested or do research to use in my world building project hobby! I want and love talking to people!
I'm not new to fediverse but I do keep moving my instance a lot. I did try open my own personal instance but it doesn't feel quite right. This place seen welcoming so I'm hoping this can be my permanent home
Also due to cultural differences please let me know if I did or said something inappropriate but please be polite. Thank you! :Blobhaj_Ani_Hearts:
'Long Legs, Private Beach' (2022) -- a Blazing Hot Day at the Beach in the Shade and the Glorious Tropical Waters, Railay, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand
So, the Provincial Electricity Authority of Khon Kaen has decided to turn off the electricity for half the town from 10:00 to 17:00. I get that sometimes work needs to be done, but 7 hours without electricity is a tiny bit over the top.
It’s back to the Stone Age for us today. Excuse me while I go hunt for my lunch… #thailand
"The leader of #Thailand’s pro-reform party, which won the most seats in May’s election, has been blocked from taking power by a parliamentary vote that includes military-appointed senators, a move likely to provoke #StreetProtests." #TootSEA
Thailand's LGBTQ+ community draws tourists from China looking to be themselves (apnews.com)
Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. But the 28-year-old ended up staying a month and a half, soaking up the Thai capital’s thriving LBGTQ+ community.
Woman’s leg amputated at Bangkok airport after getting stuck in moving walkway (www.theguardian.com)
Airport expresses ‘deepest condolences’ after 57-year-old gets caught and has left leg removed from above the knee