Luc: Your ideas, they are more new, maybe they are better. Now you are here and uhhh maybe we feel we have to work harder, make more money Emily: It’s a balance Luc: Exactly, a balance, and i think the Americans have the wrong balance. You live to work, we work to live. Yes it’s […]
Protesting in Thailand
Peaceful protests at the intersection of Ratchaprasong That right there is a friend of mine that i can safely label entitled. But not that he’s entitled. But he was born into a family that he could be entitled. But here he is, as a Thai-Chinese, saying that he would join the protests if he was […]
Nomikai 飲み会
On Youtube there was a video talking about Nomikai; it is a cultural aspect in Japan where employees spend sometime after work, usually drinking and eating, to socialize with coworkers in order to increase their bond. This made me realize something, that maybe its in the East Asian DNA to work very hard. My previous […]
Convenience for Indonesian-Chinese
I was discussing the question “Where I Belong” with a friend of mine who has very similar paths since young, but yet very different mindset. She’s currently in Indonesia and have been here almost 5 years now, I wanted to know her current thoughts because she wasn’t 100% in moving to Jakarta. We touched a […]
Would I Die for My Country
Maybe that’s a tough question to answer. Maybe an easier question would be Would I join the army? or Would an Indonesian-Chinese join the army? Past few days Indonesia has been in a state of rioting because of the new omnibus law that came into place, i always think about what issues would get the […]