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The Tonkinese

Love

It was my birthday yesterday. Today marks a month since I’ve moved to Bangkok to look for a job. I haven’t had any luck. I haven’t even…

2 min readMar 17, 2022

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The Tonkinese

2022

2021 was a tough year. Not just for me but for everyone in the country and around the world. My prayers go out to the people of Myanmar and…

2 min readJan 25, 2022

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The Tonkinese

coup (3/3)

This morning, February 1st 2021, I woke up groggy. I still haven’t been sleeping well, waking up tired and exhausted every morning instead…

2 min readFeb 1, 2021

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coup (3/3)

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The Tonkinese

“he-who-must-not-be-named”(2/3)

As I kept growing older, I kept learning all these new words: corruption, crackdowns, house arrest, junta and so forth. They baffled me…

2 min readFeb 1, 2021

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The Tonkinese

growing up (1/3)

As a child I was shielded to the horrors of the real world. I was oblivious. I was ignorant. My family, my parents, and adults all around…

2 min readFeb 1, 2021

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The Tonkinese

Podcast

Lately I’ve gotten into podcasts but the first one I was introduced to was the Joe Rogan Experience by my brother. It didn’t stick well…

2 min readJan 31, 2021

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The Tonkinese

Progress

Progress takes time, but it’ll happen. I finished rewriting the screenplay I was provided into 3 versions this week. It’s been sent on for…

2 min readJan 29, 2021

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The Tonkinese

Rewriting and Revising

I’ve been tasked with rewriting, reformatting and revising a screenplay. The team has blocked the scenes and made a rough storyboard, now…

1 min readJan 27, 2021

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The Tonkinese

Twitter

We’re already 22 days into 2021 and honestly, I have no idea if anything has changed at all. The coronavirus is still here but vaccines…

2 min readJan 22, 2021

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The Tonkinese

Hlawgar

Last week I went to Hlawgar Wildlife Park with my girlfriend and 3 people from work. They’re more like close friends than just colleagues…

2 min readJan 20, 2021

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The Tonkinese

The Tonkinese

I’m a Burmese/Thai guy in my mid twenties, living in Yangon. This page is a blog about my journey to find balance in life, a writing space and this is my story.

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