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The Asian Way

My mother just shamed my cloud latte “art” (by art I mean it’s really just a blob of foam sitting in the middle of my cup).

She pointed to an article in the paper and said, “Look. Aunty in old kopitiam* also can make star shape.”

The shame is real.

 

*literally translates to “coffee shop”

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Online security training

Cybersecurity expert on phishing: “Did you receive the email at an unusual time? If you receive an email outside of normal business hours, this is a red flag.”

Guess everyone in ad agencies are potential scammers.

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First a pandemic, and now war

I’m not religious at all but at this point in time I can’t help but wonder if we’re just sitting around waiting for the other two horsemen to show up.

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Literally once in a lifetime

Me: Oh oh bear guess what day it is today
Me: It’s… TWOSDAY
Me: Get it???
Me: Because 2/22/22 😀 and Tuesday 😀
Bear: 🤦

My funny has gone unappreciated.

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This quarantine life

Because of COVID, every other brush with it lands you in isolation/quarantine (traveling back home, close contact, etc). I’ve barely been in the country for a month and I’ve already been in isolation/quarantine for half that time.

I should’ve stayed out of the country.

On the bright side, I’ve gotten really good at swabbing my nose and throat for the test kits. It’s like a deranged science experiment of sorts.

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That time of the year again

You know how parents love to talk about how successful their children are when Chinese New Year rolls around?

Well my parents associate these three keywords with me in every story they tell: weed, yoga, and crypto.

I’m basically a hipster/druggie degenerate gambler to everyone they know.

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Apes strong together

Watching the WSB community rally over GME has got to be the most epic thing to happen in 2021 (so far!). It’s truly amazing: they went from buying billboards to adopting animals en masse.

Won’t even lie, the animal adoptions and legendary memes are probably the coolest things the degenerate crayon eaters have come up with.

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Almost as fun as watching food being delivered

Am I the only crazy person who watches their parcel delivery progress?
I feel like I’m on an adventure with my parcel as it traverses the continents.

Quarantine has obviously not been kind to my imagination.

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I don’t know what that means

Jin: Btw I goat
Me: Okay
Me: Only in Malaysia can you say “I goat” and someone replies with “ok”
Jin: Hahaha

Backstory: the word “coming” (in the context of being “on the way”, or “coming over”) is sometimes written as kambing (for no other reason than because it sounds similar), which is the Malay word for goat.

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In today’s lessons of phonetics

I learned something new in a daily affirmation room on Clubhouse yesterday (I swear I was the only Asian): people say “grand rising” instead of “good morning”.

“Grand rising, kings and queens!”

Somehow it’s 150% cooler when a black person says it.

When I say it, it just sounds like I’m talking about a Chinese restaurant.