Girl group BINI is reshaping the sound and soul of the Filipino music industry. Their message is clear: success tastes even sweeter when it's shared, earned, and true to who you are.

And what this says is, "The future of OPM (Original Pilipino Music) is fierce and female."

#Philippines #Asian #OPM #Music #BINI #Women #Ppop #TootSEA

https://billboardphilippines.com/events/the-executive-edition/from-rising-stars-to-role-models-bini-on-finding-empowerment-and-shaping-what-it-means-to-be-a-modern-filipina/

My sympathies for the incoming tariffs but my kudos for your excellent taste, American southerners. Patin *is* delicious. #tootSEA #usa #vietnam

Ha! This is interesting. What it's basically saying is that Malay lost the word for earthquake (which is still extant in other Austronesian language cousins eg Indonesian languages for example, like Javanese) that we had to re-import it from Sanskrit because we have so few of it

Today's episode of things that remind me of why I love dogs so much: "Thailand rescue dogs double as emotional support".

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2025/04/01/thailand-rescue-dogs-double-as-emotional-support/

My heart goes out to the victims of the recent Myanmar-Thailand earthquake.

The MRT Pink Line announced that it is not yet possible to open for service due to a thorough inspection of the track structure and related systems, which found that the power rail between Minburi Station and Minburi Market Station had moved out of its normal position.

https://www.pptvhd36.com/wealth/economic/245844 (Thai)

Photos of Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and elsewhere in SE Asia between in the early and mid 1900s by a Taiwanese collector

https://www.thinkchina.sg/history/photo-story-taiwanese-collectors-treasured-photos-old-southeast-asia-and-singapore

Update: I’m now 80% done (32 out of 40) with the barangays of Luna, La Union. This should be done by early next week as I work on these a few per day.

Burmese-Singaporean thinker Yan Naung Oak has a lovely piece on 'Seapunks':

Not scifi, which romanticizes technology; not cyberpunk, nor solarpunk.

But a uniquely SE Asian concept. Mandalas, Myanmar, environmentalism, capitalism and other topics:

'Captures our culture of living with and finding ways to thrive in a world that will continue to be neither completely utopian nor dystopian.'

I always enjoy Yan's work

https://livingwithshoggoths.substack.com/p/we-have-always-been-seapunks

hello guys meet #tobiiDog
he is ~half a year old pomshi. he is a sweet menace

I helped a friend apply for a tourist visa to Singapore and it was approved in 1.5 hours

I wrote how to do it (any Singapore citizen, permanent resident or Singapore company can do it)

Most people don't need visas, but people from India / China do

https://popagandhi.com/posts/applying-for-singapore-visa-for-your-friend/

Mass protests across 14 Indonesian cities rejecting the newly passed military legislation allowing active members to hold civilian government and private sector positions. Mass violence by cops and the military against protesters, illegal seizure of ambulance by the police, members of parliament clashing with protesters, and Jakarta is about to unleash its latest wave of protests tomorrow outside of the parliament building.

This is building up to match the 1998 anti government civil disobedience crisis. Hopefully it won’t devolve into mass riots, but waves of racial violence, and private property looting and destruction

#TootSEA #Indonesia.

So this came out earlier than scheduled (please disregard the postdated publication date since this was supposed to come out next month; it'll soon by updated accdg to my editor). Wrote about rediscovering Makati City, which is fast becoming a hub for local culture and creativity. Took some of the photos as well.

Please check out the article on Smile online (the digital space of Cebu Pacific's in-flight magazine).

#TootSEA #Philippines #AmWriting

https://www.cebupacificair.com/en-PH/pages/discover-with-smile/stay-local/get-to-know-makati-s-cool-creative-side

In the PH, 5 blacklisted Chinese arrested in Zamboanga. The group was stopped during their attempt to flee the country through the backdoor exit route from Tawi-Tawi to Sabah, Malaysia.

#Philippines #Asian #TootSEA #Sabah #Fugitive #Crime #POGO #Zamboanga #Malaysia #TawiTawi

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/3/23/bi-arrests-5-blacklisted-chinese-nationals-linked-to-lucky-south-99-pogo-hub-1026