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Time is so long, Life is so short
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Zashnains Eyes/”/] ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels from the plantations of Malaysia to the slums of Thailand. He can be found at zashnain.com and @bedlamfuryMore Posts – Website Follow Me:
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Land Rights/”/] There was over 900 marginalized people in front of the Government Building on 2 Oct 2012 [Bangkok]. They gathered, to show solidarity and for the government to address their needs and concerns affecting their land, homes and rights. Many are poor folks, those living in urban slums, in hardship and a […]
A trip to Soi Cowboy, with my cousin. (click on the links to see the photos) Street vendor, selling fried chicken and meat. Their businesses have been affected by heavy rain and urban flashfloods twitter.com/bedlamfury/sta… — Zashnain Zainal (@bedlamfury) September 25, 2012 Simple dishes, the couple sells food on the road. twitter.com/bedlamfury/sta… — […]
After a discussion today, I was mesmerised by the thoughts of Thais. Interesting lot, these bunch of young early-30s yuppies. Them in their long sleeve shirts, dark pants and annoying bright ties. And me in my shorts and t-shirt. We spoke about personalities within the political and social circles, over cold coffee, cigarettes (kretek for […]
One can’t deny the oddity of this snapshot, which I took on a Saturday afternoon in Bangkok. The “skull” cloud seems to be peeking at the inhabitants of this city, watching… a bad omen? I don’t believe in such, but who knows. Some of my Thai friends seem to think so, wrapped up in their superstition […]
Yes Bangkok is a city of contradictions and life is often brought about by extremes and radical ignorance. I’ve noticed that despite the wealth and knowledge of society, there’s very little motivation to change, that growth is a comatose element of Bangkok. Elitism has grown fat from the ignorance and fear of a complacent society, […]
Its interesting, the way people live in crowded communities in Bangkok. Quite a popular term “crowded community” as the Thais dislike the word “slum” « fortunately I’m not Thai. People living in the slum are people. Many are poor, others are slightly above the working-class, almost everyone have a problem with land ownership. However it […]
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