Got a comment in my infamous "why I gave up my Australian PR" video that I'd regret it in my 40s. Well, I'm already here & happier than I've ever been. My stint in #Australia taught me to be grateful for what I have in Malaysia. I know it's unpopular to say that #Malaysia is "not that bad", because Malaysians are very pessimistic about the country's prospects. But in Oz, I saw the same attitudes. Same shit everywhere, but it's up to you to see if there's nice bits beyond the 💩
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 10:50:26 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:18:22 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
@B_Whitewind Amen. Home is where we make it. I understand the negativity in the US and we Malaysians were mired in it, and still mired in it, and many of us want to "escape". But escape is not possible for all of us, so we have to make do with what we have. Yet, when you do "escape" you realise that life on the other side of the lawn ain't that green either.
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Bishop Whitewind (b_whitewind@regenerate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:18:24 JST Bishop Whitewind
@liztai This is why I still live in s******* Alabama again after all these years.
I went everywhere, all across this country and beyond. It was just the same thing over and over again.
Here I can afford shoes, and plants grow so ferociously they will straight up eat your house. -
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:20:40 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
@B_Whitewind btw I have always thought that Alabama was beautiful
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Bishop Whitewind (b_whitewind@regenerate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:20:42 JST Bishop Whitewind
@liztai It's all the same planet. It confuses me that people haven't put this together.
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:29:12 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
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Bishop Whitewind (b_whitewind@regenerate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:29:13 JST Bishop Whitewind
@liztai It is.
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 19:44:50 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
@ajlewis2 I think we all need this reminder. I tell myself that Malaysia isn't perfect, but I don't have to suffer through hunger or a war. I am so fortunate in many ways.
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Anita Lewis (ajlewis2@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 19:44:51 JST Anita Lewis
Good reminder! Sometimes I complain about the place where I live. I need to work on my attitude and not be part of the problem.
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