Moui.Net – Written from the Heart
Time is so long, Life is so short
They are branded as one of the most persecuted communities in the world by the UN, yet nobody knows their name. They are the forgotten people. In recent weeks, the escalating violence has displaced more than 90,000 Rohingya people. Villages are being burnt, people are being abducted, concentration camps are being created, women are being […]
Time. I feel life seeping out from hunger, from that dreaded cold we find in humanity. Left behind, we are running out of time. Society cannot help itself, nor does the cosmos demand such. Last night, as I slumped into the shadow reality, I saw the contradiction of civilized behavior. We claim to know much, […]
Life in the fast lane of Bangkok, a heavy burden for the urban poor and working class. Such wickedness of life, yet Thais and migrant workers struggle together towards a common goal. People work on the streets, selling products and services of all sorts to that eager odd tourist who seems lost in the labyrinth of […]
Came across an old post by Nurul Izzah, a member of the Malaysian Parliament. We have met only a couple of times, the last bit was after the “Misi Bangkok” – she treated me to a great brunch in Kuala Lumpur, I was still in hunger-mode then as it was difficult to find food during […]
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/zashnain@my-straten.com/Randomness/”/] It has been a busy month. An incredible journey into the labyrinth we call Bangkok. For the past week or so, I have been under the weather – which slows the travelling, and limits it in some ways. Fortunately for me I was not bedridden. But now looking forward to tasting the food, […]
I remember, not that I can resist the onslaught of memories, a time when life was different. I lived this episode of my life, for 13 odd years, so vastly different from now. Memories, clashing upon each other, bringing about an explosion of joy and the whirlwind of pain. “Once a upon a time” as […]
[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:
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