Tis the season for me to cut up grass jelly & add them to my juices.

#BehindTheScenes shots from 6 different #indie #filming productions that I've worked on in the past. I usually managed productions & wore multiple crew hats during my past work in film.

#Mangosteens from #Chinatown
I love them. Rarely buy because they aren't cheap here.

#FlashbackFriday

2014. #TyphoonHaiyan Concert Fundraiser at V-Lounge news article.

https://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/paying-it-forward-7305059

Weekend story share will be about how commiting to #decolonization of my mind involved destroying a lot of my early childhood beliefs & realizing how almost all of the 'cool people' I saw in big Hollywood movies had brainwashed me.
It involves the Indiana Jones movies.

Meeting up with a local Malaysian human rights activist friend this morning. I am going to help her compile some legal documents to assist a few political prisoners who are currently imprisoned without trial(or trial dates given) in #Malaysia. She fled her homelands with 2 family members due to being a targeted dissident & they've been living in Saanich for the past 8 years.

My #food delivery of curried noodles arrived. There's char sui pork & shrimps in it, with veggies & topped with sesame seeds. I've already eaten half of the container. I'm having it with a pint of Russell Brewing's Eastern Promises - a Czech pilsner brew(not pictured).

Made some of our family's Teochew #Cholon style, black pepper & soy braised pork with cucumbers & steamed rice. The braised sauce is great poured over rice & cucumbers. We are eating it with a small bowl of chicken pho flavoured broth soup with green onions, cilantro & bits of soft tofu(not pictured). Our family's #AsianBreakfast today

Looking to talk to anyone who moved back to #Vietnam after living in #Canada for a very long time. We have been thinking about moving back to Saigon. We are mostly curious about health care costs & access in Vietnam these days.

If you've cancelled your Los Angeles Times and/or Washington Post subscription, please reinvest your dollars into $$ quality journalism.

For example, sustain @thexylom, the only Asian American-serving science newsroom. We're a bunch of immigrant zoomers trying to make a difference: https://opencollective.com/thexylom#category-CONTRIBUTE

Making Vietnamese beef stew on a rainy day.
How to say this dish name, in #Teochew & in #Vietnamese

I LOVE Saigon Supersound albums

#SaigonSupersound releases Vietnamese music fused with elements of vintage western pop. This marriage of cultures results in unique, sophisticated sounds which transcend time and geographical boundaries to bridge east and west. The label started with two compilations that rediscovered gems from the so called “Golden Music” period in the south of Vietnam and soon began including new releases in the same vein. While considering the valuable heritage of Vietnamese popular music, the new releases are in the form of edits, re-works and remixes, as well as fresh compositions by upcoming artists which transport listeners from the past into the present. With this in mind, we are looking forward to developing new artists that share this common vision. The journey just started…let´s see where it will take us.

https://saigonsupersound.com/

Made #ChineseCabbage & pork #soup for family dinner last night. We had it with rice & some stir fried tofu & flower mushrooms in garlic & oyster sauce(not pictured).

My #MorningMusic choice, today

#SaigonSoulRevival returns with their second album, "Mối Lương Duyên".

New York based DJ & producer, #Nickodemus, head-honcho behind Wonderwheel recordings and one of the most important leaders of the global fusion dance community since the mid-90s, delivers the first remix from Saigon Soul Revival’s second album. Spicing up the opening title “Ai Thật Lòng Yêu Ai“ with his electronic trademark sound that is often focused on the connective tissue of live collaborations and the electronic solitude of his record-filled studio, Nickodemus is putting his own twist on the sultry soul groove.

What is the song about ?
This very soulful album opener „ Ai Thật Lòng Yêu Ai“ tells the story of a man who is deeply in love has his heart betrayed when he discovers his sweetheart is with another. Confused and crushed by despair, the man swears to himself that he will never forget the pain she caused him that day. He wishes never to see her again, in this life or the next.

Once again featuring Nguyễn Thị Hải Phượng on #ĐànTranh (Vietnamese 16-stringed #zither)

https://saigonsoulrevival.bandcamp.com/album/ai-th-t-l-ng-y-u-ai-nickodemus-remix?label=3187674626

I'm heading back to Jubilee for client bed transfer to VGH, scheduled for early afternoon. I have to go to Burnside Gorge Community Assn. Centre for a meeting with their director, this morning. Hope to be back home by 3pm.

I cooked up some #eggs with #luffa gourds. Eating it with rice for a filling #ChineseBreakfast.
I used ridged luffa gourds because they were on sale. There's a smoother skin variety that's easier to peel. Both are cooked the same. I usually add prawns but we don't have any today.

#ThrowbackThursday
1996.
In #DaLat - central highlands area of #Vietnam.
With Mom & my 4th Auntie(one of Mom's younger sisters).
When we visited the Van Hanh Zen Monastery. It's home to the giant golden Buddha statue - the largest one in Da Lat - it is 50 feet tall.