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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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18+ geraineon, to magASEAN
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Last meal in Atlanta

Breakfast of over easy eggs, grits, biscuit and a sausage. Not pictured, sauteed kale because I need my greens. Friend got pancakes with bananas. The pancakes were really good!

The biscuit is good too (it's usually too dry when I had it in the past)

(This is Ria's Bluebird)

geraineon,
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The other places I ate at that I enjoyed: Urban Hui

It was a little trippy to hear Indonesian music as we were eating 😆

And then I ended up chatting a bit with the waiter, who is Indonesian who thought I was too because I was like omg who chose the music! (No, I didn't recognize them, but I did not expect to hear Indonesian music)

This pic is not all... The noodles came later and I think we did order more stuff (this is all for two people, but I have a very good holiday stomach, and only the bok choy was left unfinished by the end)

geraineon,
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Unfortunately, the friend I was with cannot really eat spicy so we went with all the stuff that are either not spicy or not very spicy... Maybe someday if I'm ever back I'll do the spicy things. It came recommended by a friend who is from Wuhan and they eat spicy there

geraineon,
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@ysabet hahaha. Maybe they should have just tossed in even more spice, just for him!

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Conference is over so I get a day and half to Do Things! (eat things)

geraineon,
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@ysabet I'm stuffed! Ate lots 💜

geraineon, to random
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It took three PhD holders, one PhD candidate and three days to figure out how to switch off the a/c in this apartment

... And it was by accident

geraineon, (edited ) to random
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I'll be in Atlanta, Georgia soon ish.

Taking Atlanta food recs! I eat everything and have no allergies!

geraineon, to random
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Achieving Zen by just blocking "what about October 7" people without engaging~ because no amount of engaging helps

geraineon,
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The issue with blocking here though is it doesn't remove the replies that annoy you

It's still there in notifications. If there's a way to do that, lmk... (Mute thread didn't work?)

rakyat, to random
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Glad to see Dr M admitting that there’s nothing wrong with having a non-Malay prime minister at all 😆

geraineon,
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@rakyat wow. Did he get hacked... Or is he saying "you really want a non-Malay PM? I'M DISAPPOINTED"

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

#Palestine #Gaza

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)

#Palestine #Gaza

geraineon,
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@AndyGER this is a block. Have a good day

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

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