Met a #SEAsian in Japan who uses an abbreviation to mask their clearly Islamic name.
I certainly know Indians who hide their family names to avoid caste discrimination (or, in some cases, to hide their association as an upper-caste).
I know that #Japanese people don't perceive Islam as positively as many do Hinduism, unfortunately, and perhaps, they had good reasons to change their name here.
Some fascinating data on #tourism in #Japan
Only 1-2% of #US, #Europe and #Australia visitors stay outside major metro areas (#Kyoto, #Osaka and #Tokyo)
For Asian (#Taiwan, #Korea, #HongKong #SEAsian tourists? 20-40%.
Interesting, according to this data, #Chinese tourists act more like #westerners than Asians.
The worst type of #tourist in #Japan are the westerners who complain about #Chinese tourists (quite often, actually #Taiwanese, #Korean or #SEAsian but they don't know or care to tell the difference) and don't realize that it's actually them who are the most annoying.
I see way more bad or stupid behavior, especially in #Kyoto, from western tourists than Asian tourists.
Here are the details on another amazing #BigBadOnline2024 panel with @tanshaohan and @curiouschimeras!
Join them as they we provide some #SEAsian perspective that aren't the "Western" experiences of culture! #RepresentationMatters
Euphemisms in a #climate talk - in one #SEAsian country, "anti-corruption" drive is creating "policy uncertainty" that harms progress on the #energytransition.
Of course, the "anti-corruption" drive they are referring to is the arbitrary arrest of environmentalist and human right defenders by an increasingly #authoritarian government.
I almost bought a bag of mixed fresh chiles at the market earlier this evening, just because it had Thai bird chiles in it, but it also had Habañeros, which I probably won’t actually use, so I passed, and just used Aleppo chile flakes I already had. These are pretty mild by Asian standards, but they are very tasty. Being #SEAsian in Southeast #Vermont is such a chore, sometimes. There’s so few of us here, the nearest Asian markets are a minimum of 50 Km/30 mi away. I’m car-free for over 2yrs.
I need some #peanutbutter for certain #SEAsian dishes, but every time I go to the store and think about buying some, I remember it only comes in 1 lb. (454 g) jars, and there’s only one of me, so half the jar will go rancid before I ever get around to eating it, because I don’t like #peanuts enough to eat them frequently. Also, I keep forgetting I need coconut water. #singlelife #sololiving #cookingforone #eatingalone
Observations on food in #Taiwan.
- So many great vegetarian options compared to Japan.
- At the same time. nearly no #Indian/South Asian restaurants - whereas so many in #Japan. Why is that? Lack of diaspora or lack of interest?
- Despite the large #SEAsian diaspora, very few #Indonesian/#Vietnamese restaurants outside migrant neighborhoods.
- #Japanese is definitely the most popular foreign cuisine in Taiwan.
i don't think it even exists yet (at least within #neocities), but i would *love* to be a part of a #SEAsian #webring...
Some works that caught my eye at the Ilham Gallery group show. Curated by Patrick Flores, DREAM OF THE DAY is an exhibition that "proposes the possibility of different forms of intelligence and instinct that might be more responsive to a wider range of life-forms which exist in a vaster inter-species, transgenic world."
Works in images by Nurrachmat Widyasena, I Gak Murniasih, Wimo Ambala Bayang, and Dale Erispe.
hmm am trying to shop around for a more #BIPOC and/or #QPOC and/or #SEAsian and/or #GlobalSouth instance to join, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to search for instances. do y'all just...google for specific ones? hashtag search in here isn't doing much for me thus far
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