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Spent this day with Alex Zhang Hungtai exploring his childhood neighborhoods in various parts of Taipei, Taiwan.

I've known Alex since 2014, and the times we've met, we're always talking about the asian diaspora, "the feeling of being a permanent foreigner." What is home? Where is home? This sense of never quite belonging to one particular place... And the older I get now, the more I embrace this unique feeling of being of everywhere.

Thanks to @christyyyyk and @lyonse for this opportunity. 😍😍😍

#pentax645z #workbutnotwork #thelastlizard #taipei #taiwan

台灣加油！ 很多朋友想要幫忙，問我怎麼幫。
Join us in making a donation to Taiwanese charities helping the most vulnerable during the recent Covid outbreak. We’ve set up Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser to make it easy for Taiwanese Americans and other diaspora to donate directly to charities doing impactful work. These charities are local Taiwanese organizations providing direct assistance-- feeding the hungry and homeless, sheltering disabled individuals, protecting migrant workers, and providing funding to survivors of domestic violence. 
面對疫情，弱勢族群首當其衝，我們誠摯邀請您一起貢獻力量。我們發起「台灣疫情慈善募款活動」，讓台裔美國人和其他僑民可以輕鬆直接地，捐款給這些服務工作影響深遠的機構。 這些當地非政府組織提供直接援助，為飢餓和無家可歸者提供食物、為殘疾人提供庇護、保護移工，以及為家庭暴力受害者提供協助。

It’s simple. Go to: Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser (http://taiwancovidrelief.com/) and pick a charity. You’ll be taken directly to their English-language page to DONATE. The Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser is also matching up to $10,000 USD in donations, so your contribution will be doubled.  

只要前往台灣新冠肺炎疫情慈善募款活動網頁（http://taiwancovidrelief.com/）並選擇一個慈善機構。您將被直接帶到他們的英文頁面進行捐贈。「台灣新冠肺炎慈善募款活動」將參與配對捐款，意即當大家的捐款總額達到 25,000 美元，我們也會捐款25,000 美元。因此現在加入，您的愛心捐款將會翻倍！

謝謝大家，也繼續加油！！

This is a very meaningful initiative for those who may not live in Taiwan currently (or, for the foreign and expat English-speaking community) who want to help the disadvantaged during these challenging times.

Truth is, Taiwan’s most vulnerable need our help epecially during this recent Covid outbreak. I hope you’ll join me in making a donation to Taiwanese charities that desperately need more funding to continue providing services. TaiwanCovidRelief.com is set up to make it easy for Taiwanese Americans/diaspora to donate directly to charities doing impactful work. These charities are local Taiwanese organizations providing direct assistance -- feeding the hungry and homeless, sheltering people with disabilities, protecting migrant workers, and providing funding to survivors of domestic violence.

It’s simple. Go to: TaiwanCovidRelief.com and pick a charity. You’ll be taken directly to their English-language page to DONATE. Then fill out our tally so we know how much we’ve raised. Up to $25,000 USD will be matched, so your contribution will be doubled.

I have just donated and the process is very simple and direct. Good news is that in just the initial few days, $10000 USD has already been matched in donations, so every donation means double! Let's keep it going!

#TaiwanCovidRelief

曾兩度獲得香港青年文學獎的香港作家黃愛華 (Elfa)，目前在德國居住，也破解了香港人不能輕易到言語不通的歐洲大陸生存的迷思。Elfa 定居德國後自學德語，繼續兼顧香港的寫作工作，同時打入德國文化圈子，也不忘參與海外港人網絡和活動。這樣的模式，正是新一代香港人如何兼顧本土和國際線的關鍵所在。

▶️愛沙尼亞港人Iverson Ng：北歐start-up小國，更適合香港人尋夢
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Why yes I do like modelling
I originally planned to talk about why I like my job and the positive factors of the industry, but I got a bit sidetracked lol

Asian diaspora is something that's very close to my heart and a topic that my friends and I have constantly discussed between ourselves for years. I think many of us have underlying, unresolved feelings - be it positive or negative - regarding our childhood and parents despite it not being a popular topic in mainstream media.

I hope it doesn't seem like I'm "airing out my (family's) laundry" or so by posting this; I just wish to share with my fellow first gens and Asians that your hardship and feelings are perfectly valid as personally, I felt that a lot of my teenage years were full of undirected anger.

Let me know if there's anything else model or culturally related that you want me to talk about!

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Here are ways in which you can donate to support the Asian community:

Welcome to Chinatown
https://www.welcometochinatown.com/
Offering probono resources to Manhattan, Chinatown small businesses while considering how their goods and services can benefit the broader Chinatown community

https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/
Providing an online platform to low-tech, cash-only, Asian-owned small businesses that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19

Heart of Dinner
https://www.heartofdinner.org/
To fight food insecurity and isolation experienced by Asian American seniors while supporting local small businesses during their COVID-related recovery process

Red Canary Song
https://www.redcanarysong.net/
The only grassroots Chinese massage parlor worker coalition

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
https://www.aaldef.org/
To protect and promote the civil rights of Asian Americans

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Journey - Tim Schaufert (https://thmatc.co/?l=676052EA)

✩ Subtitle file: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IoiV70FaPN9d8p2Xdn1_0_0nsxlpdzPC/view?usp=sharing)
*** As YouTube has unfortunately discontinued community contributions, here is the script for anyone still willing to do subs for other languages. If you replace the English text with your language and email me the file, I'll be more than happy to upload it for everyone to see. Thank you for your helpful contributions until now!

在北京眼中，香港人到了英國後，就是「二等公民」。但這絕非必然。不少香港人也擔心到了英國後，要麼忘記了香港的根，要麼始終格格不入。但難道沒有兼顧的可能性？在英國，有不少移民群體可以作為榜樣，他們既融入本地圈子，逐步成為英國精英，同時又依然非常團結，能夠利用英國建立的社會資本，回饋本身社群。其中一個例子是英國的烏干達人。

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