@liztai@hachyderm.io
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

liztai

@liztai@hachyderm.io

Malaysian tech writer. Works in tech. Former journalist but always a writer. Autodidact.

If you follow me I promise that I'm absolutely random.

Toots #IndieWeb #Obsidian #Malaysia #TootSEA #Books #TV #Writing #CDrama #KDrama #Urbanism #Cats #Dogs #Tech and very occasional #GeoPolitics

Occasionally talks in Manglish.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

One of the tenets of building language vocabulary is to learn vocab that interests you. I notice I remember the words so much easier because of it. Here's a list of some words that my brain just ๐Ÿ‘€ when it heard them๏ผš
ๆ˜่ฟทไธ้†’ in a coma
ๆณ•้ฆ† judge
ๅŽปไธ– died
ๆ–นๅ‰‚ prescription

Feel like there's a theme in here somehow ๐Ÿ˜…

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

My current watch. Such a pretty poster. I just love mature male leads. Hardly get mature female leads, however ๐Ÿ˜…

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Anyone using Lark? Or are they a bit afraid lol
Anyway, it sounds like an amazing service.
https://www.larksuite.com/

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

I've gone to the dark side. I got my first ever cloud storage/all-in-one subscription service - OneDrive and all it entails.
They should give @chungliwen commission money cos he convinced me lol. Next, Kagi!

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@monsoonrains It really helps that a subscription comes with a whole suite, so it feels "worth it" ๐Ÿ˜ @chungliwen

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@seanbala Yea. It would be nice to have a cheaper bundle @chungliwen

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Lol I am still using a pre-ban Huawei phone. That thing must belong in a museum or something.

If you are concerned about me being spied on, I am already being spied on by American corporations so I gotta be fair on the Chinese too ๐Ÿ˜†

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@skribe all I know is I had the phone already before the hullabaloo with Huawei

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@skribe apparently mine's a 2019 model? I guess right before its troubles with Google because I still have Google apps on this phone.

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

I remember the days when I had to travel abroad often, and often dreading the money changing, and worrying that my cards will not work abroad. So I had to bring far too much cash sometimes. This is kinda cool and I wonder if other regions have this. Would be cool if this system extends to China and South Korea. They are currently working on one with Japan now.

https://www.thebanker.com/South-east-Asia-takes-QR-codes-across-borders-1700036615

sohkamyung, to Japan
@sohkamyung@mstdn.io avatar

"Tourists to Japan from Singapore and seven other Asian countries will soon find it easier to pay for their purchases using their local QR code wallets under a new joint payment scheme.
[...]
The countries are Singapore (SGQR), Malaysia (DuitNow QR), Indonesia (QRIS), the Philippines (QRPh), Thailand (Thai QR Payment), Cambodia (KHQR), Vietnam (VietQR) and India (BharatQR)."

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-aims-to-launch-joint-qr-code-payment-system-with-asian-countries-including-s-pore-by-april-2025

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@sohkamyung this is so cool!

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Will be eternally tickled that Malaysians are called ๅคง้ฉฌไบบ (big horse people). ๐ŸŽ

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@trollball it's just a short form of the full name ้ฉฌๆฅ่ฅฟไบš. Maybe it's just better than being known as ๅฐ้ฉฌ๐ŸŽ

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@trollball @rakyat do you know why?

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@rakyat I actually thought China folks calls us ๅคง้ฉฌ too and we call ourselves ้ฉฌๆฅ่ฅฟไบšไบบ
@trollball

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Hello there, I may look like ็€ but I have four different meanings depending on the context! And just to make things interesting, I even sound different! Just which one am I when you read the text? Well, it's up to you to figure that out! Har Har.

Chinese, if it was an annoying troll.

#Languages #LearningLanguages #Chinese

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Does Boeing whistleblowers just have bad luck or ...?

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248693512/boeing-whistleblower-josh-dean-dead

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@bignose The whistleblowers dying is something straight out of Goodfellas ๐Ÿ˜… I guess they ramped it up, eh?

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@TomatoGrilledCheese @Ming Something straight out of a mafia mob movie, seriously.

liztai, (edited ) to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Yan Wushi, to quote someone from Goodreads, 100% "deserves a beating, but is still bae."

Enjoying the .

Edit - mistakenly thought Meng Xi Shi wrote the Untamed books lol

But anyway it looks like I just like this author better maybe because it feels like a very classic wuxia tale and the characters better developed. I found Yan Wushi interesting even if I found Shen Qiao annoying for his boy scout ways.

I guess I like bad boys ๐Ÿคญ

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@villainousfriend btw I think you were the one who introduced me to Thousand Autumns so thanks!

If I am wrong, sorry! I have a bad memory and tend to get things wrong ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜…

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@villainousfriend I picked it up thanks to one of your posts! I am liking it so far. Enemies to lovers is one of my fav tropes hehehe

liztai, (edited ) to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Damn it, I can't move on from . The only drama that did that to me was Mysterious Lotus Casebook. Took me weeks to get over that one.
It's a little puzzling cos Shen Li had a lot of flaws that I disliked, but the positives overpowered it. I loved Lin Geng Xin's performance (oddly was warned that he's a bad actor) and loved his character's Xing Zhi's arc so, so much. I resonate with his struggle with loneliness and desire for a simple life with loved ones.

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@AnnaAnthro yea I was puzzled by the criticism too. Or maybe cos my standards have fallen so low ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜†. Anyone that could make me shed a tear is a good actor in my book.

My fav expression of his is him sulking when Shen Li is 'lets get back to work' after they had their passionate night ๐Ÿคญ

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@Sollenbum don't force it! I think you need to be in the right mood to appreciate it.

liztai, to Anime
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Eyes Thousand Autumns donghua.
Guess I'm watching that today lol.

#Anime #CDrama #CDramas

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@Sollenbum I liked it a lot! A rare, well written donghua with great voice acting

liztai, to Korean
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Legit no one will understand me in Sarawak ๐Ÿฅด

PS: There are many variations of Hokkien in Malaysia, and to piss each other off we use different words sometimes.

https://youtu.be/uP6UFL3kMMQ?si=_3hUaWO4ahWahgWo

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

@atuninsociety oh man that is so different from "cui cui"

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • โ€ข
  • anitta
  • thenastyranch
  • magazineikmin
  • tacticalgear
  • InstantRegret
  • ngwrru68w68
  • Durango
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • mdbf
  • rosin
  • PowerRangers
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • normalnudes
  • vwfavf
  • hgfsjryuu7
  • cisconetworking
  • osvaldo12
  • everett
  • ethstaker
  • GTA5RPClips
  • khanakhh
  • tester
  • modclub
  • cubers
  • Leos
  • provamag3
  • All magazines
    •