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geraineon

@geraineon@blahaj.zone

she/her; Malaysian, currently living in the U.S.; ENG/MALAY/日本語; aroace; 30+

I enjoy food (I eat most things), cute animals, cute plants, can sometimes be rather morbid, agnostic atheist (culturally Taoist), boosts/likes a lot

This is a everything but fandom account (I try to keep a separation) so for the fandom side of me, please follow: @geraineon

If we have not interacted at all and I don't see a point in common between us, it's unlikely I will approve your follow request. So talk to me first! I promise I don't bite!

Avatar description: Mini Cú Chulainn from Fate Grand Order looking cute and grumpy, with his tail wrapped around him.

I commissioned my icon from @handsomewaifu

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rakyat, to random
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So there's an award-winning film named Snow In Midsummer that's widely discussed in Taiwan and elsewhere at the moment, it's about Malaysia's 13th May racial riots, an event that my mom experienced firsthand and which is only discussed in hushed tones. Not sure if it'll ever be aired in Malaysia.

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3261692/why-film-malaysian-historys-darkest-day-snow-midsummer-about-deadly-1969-sectarian-riots-was-so-hard

geraineon,
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@rakyat ahh, i'd love to watch this. my father was right in the heart of the race riots... and he was quite reticent about it. I only knew that they had to stretch the rice, can't open windows for fear of being shot and that's all I knew... other than "don't talk about race" and definitely stock piling food during elections.

geraineon,
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@rakyat yeah... right up until he died, I don't think he was ever able to let go of the fear that shit is gonna hit the fan again

(i mean, it could! but i dearly hope it won't)

geraineon,
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@rakyat found music video of the movie's theme song here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-GrD8UfFxk

geraineon,
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@rakyat yeah

He didn't live to see that, but he was there for the election before and I remember there were a lot of tension the day and night of, and the day after... and i do remember hearing that Najib tried to stir violence/chaos (I was already in the U.S. at that time)

geraineon, (edited ) to Palestine
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Vetted masterpost of gofundmes primarily for families from Gaza, with some Sudanese families from Tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/749304296909225984/vetted-fundraiser-masterpost-masterpost

edited: just realized you need to be logged in to see. I'm going to list them all in this thread

geraineon,
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From the tumblr post (linked in the post upthread), here are the gofundmes that the poster are in direct contact with who are in Gaza and Sudan:

  1. Fadi & Shahed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/3muthj-testing
  2. Sana'a & Sujood: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-sanaa-and-sujood
  3. Mahmoud Qassas: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mahmouds-family-evacuate-from-gaza
  4. Ezzideen Shehab: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ezzideen-his-family-to-evacuate-gaza
  5. Hussam Aburamadan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/had2mb-save-my-family-from-gaza-war
  6. Hamdi Hijazi: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mj5w3-a-fathers-appeal-for-his-childrens-peace
  7. Suheir Hojok: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-family-out-of-gaza-to-australia
  8. Madleen Abu Jayyab: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-madleens-family-after-evacuation-from-gaza
  9. Hani Al-Hajjar: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-my-family-before-they-are-killed
    10: Little Yusuf: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-appeal-save-little-yusuf-and-his-family-amidst-gaza
    11: Nael Helles: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebulding-my-house-again
    12: Alia's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-alias-family-and-their-children-get-out-of-gaza
  10. Hala's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-to-evacuate-gaza
  11. Mohammed Al Shaer: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammed-his-family-to-safety
  12. Sahar El Tibi: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammads-family-escape-gazas-devastation
  13. Youssef Munir: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-youssef-evacuate-his-family-to-safety
  14. Muhammad Munir: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-muhammad-evacuate-his-family-out-of-gaza
  15. Amal & Ruba A.S.: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-rubas-familys-urgent-evacuation
  16. Awad's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-awad-family-get-out-of-gaza
  17. Mahmoud Al Tibi: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rescue-mahmouds-family-gaza-crisis
  18. Abdullah Haniyah: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HelpGazaFamilyReliefFund
  19. Alaa Jawad: https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=VGYEV6H38B8K8
  20. Ghada Banaat: https://www.gofundme.com/f/w28uz-help-my-family-get-out-of-gaza
  21. Fadia's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-appeal-exit-the-desperation-of-gaza
  22. Eman Abdulrahman: https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-home-bombarded-and-destroyed
  23. Mohammed's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/77y64v-demolish-the-house-and-help-me-get-out-of-gaza
  24. Fatma Abughali: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-hamad-family-get-out-of-gaza
  25. Fahed Shehab: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sahar-and-her-family-to-evacuate-gaza
  26. Alaa Al Khateeb: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sp46z-help-my-family-to-travel-to-a-safe-place
  27. Mohammed Bardaweel: https://www.gofundme.com/f/7mf3b-a-fathers-appeal-for-his-childrens-peace
  28. Ahmad Shaaban: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ahmeds-to-rebuild-a-new-life
  29. Mohammad's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-medical-student-evacuate-his-family-out-of-gaza
  30. Rana Abu Ghaben: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-children-get-out-of-gaza-safely
  31. Ahmed Al Ostaz: https://www.gofundme.com/f/reconstruction-of-a-destroyed-house

Extra:
Mona Abu Hamda: COMPLETE. All further donations will help them in their new life in Egypt.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-us-leaving-out-of-gaza

(source: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/748756401076207616/list-of-fundraisers-for-direct-contacts-from)

geraineon, to random
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I hope everyone on this side has been doing well!

... I really need to go cook properly again, been stressed and so have been taking all sorts of shortcuts but it's also clearly not making me happy haha (indomee is always a delight though, plus thank you me of the past for all the instant soups)

rakyat, to random
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All things considered the Type C racial slur debacle ended up being a very wholesome incident as most Malays quickly condemned the parties involved, most Chinese weren’t offended at all (at least among my own circles) and there’s a lot of self-reflection on our end along the lines of “many of our own racial slurs are even worse, so let’s all be better”. All while the minister of national unity was sleeping. Maybe there’s hope for this nation after all.

geraineon,
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@rakyat ... Story me what happened?

geraineon,
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@rakyat thank you!

... Ah I have heard about the Muslim bumi only chicken chain but didn't make the connection with type-c

skinnylatte, to food
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This is the happiest I’ve ever been (Mamee Monster now available in California. Ridiculous markup of course but I can get my childhood snack!!)

Oh and other Malaysian groceries!! https://seasons-kitchen-malaysian-pantry.myshopify.com/

geraineon,
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@skinnylatte omg! But also omg price.

And omg kaya!

geraineon, to random
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This!

RE: https://mastodon.world/users/davidho/statuses/112382034463569773

rakyat, to magASEAN
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It’s a bit of a stressful time for me at the moment but here’s a couple of recent photos.

A nasi kerabu, a rice dish where the rice is stained blue with butterfly pea flowers and eaten with shredded vegetables, spicy sambal, shredded coconut flesh, a salted egg, fish crackers, and a piece of roasted chicken.

geraineon,
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@rakyat hope things improve ​:blahaj_hug:​

geraineon, to random
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"why are places 15 mins by car but 1 hr by public transport?" friend asked

Hahahaha. Welcome to the U.S. I guess

geraineon, to random
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when I am feeling a lil sad, I eat thosai and vadai

... maybe I should just learn to make vadai

geraineon, to random
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I wonder if there really is that many people who do not realize that replying to a stranger on social media spaces is not like replying to a friend. Strangers are unlikely to be able to interpret tone (so try not to be sarcastic), and being overly familiar is just weird

(this hasn't happened to me much, but I see this a lot when I expand replies on other posts here)

edited to add: this is actually a very general problem. I used to see this a lot on twitter too

geraineon, to Israel
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"make the world safer" + "aid for Israel" doesn't seem to compute but you know what? I think we just have different definition of world is safer (or I guess we have different definition for "people who matter.")

But in the end, we did what America always does. We rose to the moment, came together, and we got it done

"Got it done." (I guess U.S. is well practiced in "getting it done.")

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-signs-foreign-aid-ukraine-israel

geraineon, to random
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Had my crispy fried egg with indomee goreng (they are the perfect pair ok), and it's all because of @irfan talking about eggs last night

geraineon,
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@irfan hahaha I ate liao and then I remembered to talk about it. Next time I fry a crispy egg I take photo la

geraineon, to random
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gonna tidur

gnight fedi!

geraineon, to random
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I am gonna buy ingredients for hamburg steak this week damnit because thanks to that video my dear friends from Malaysia sent me, I've been craving

Dear U.S.A, Japanese food is more than ramen, sushi, udon, soba, various rice sets, curry rice, etc.

geraineon,
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@ubi how long ago was that?

maybe... maybe that old man got pass down techniques to next gen

geraineon,
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@ubi ah then probably chances are low. Oh well

geraineon, to food
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TIL there's blood in boat noodles! Aaah, now I wanna make boat noodles. I miss it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLFVZIpyCc

geraineon, to random
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Gonna go off coffee for a bit again for two weeks or so to make my way through all my non-caffeinated teas

(Plus a regular coffee break has been good for me, for resets)

geraineon, to random
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My YouTube has been trained to Raya videos oh no

geraineon,
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@afif aha my work day playlist today I guess!

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