#i do like mayom

[petrichoraline]

Thai BL Favorites List Tag Game

i got tagged in the summer lmao i've been struggling cause i simply can't make a completely honest list - my taste is too fluid and the definition of "fave" is a blur to me

thank you to my lovely @tenprem and @littleragondin for tagging me, consider yourselves tagged again in case your answers differ vastly from your previous ones hahah

💓Fave bl: default answer is Bad Buddy, current - Last Twilight and Cherry Magic..and Cooking Crush

👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏻Favourite pairing: as in actors? if i say GunSing am i gonna get ToddBlack again? (im fine with DrakeSing too y'know, im just being teased atp)

honestly i don't know, i think of actors i really like but i'm not big on their counterparts..? i enjoy it a lot when they mix and match, i don't have anyone i particularly follow.. i will say MaxTul were super powerful, i really appreciate the bonds between a lot of pairs like ForceBook and i think some of them have amazing chemistry like FirstKhao but even though there are a few i would always try to tune in for like OffGun and YinWar, there's no one i can call a fave, i don't think..currently JimmySea are eating it up tho

🎭Most underrated actor: just the Wayufilm crew in general, I see them do fundraiser lives on yt all the time and I don't think they're that well known by the fandom

🧍‍♂️Favorite character: ig it is Karan currently, Tay really made the character shine in a different way than Machida Keita's Kurosawa and i can't get enough of those puppy eyes

🕴Favorite side character: rn it might be Metha from Cooking Crush? he's just a bit too charming for someone i'd punch if i met him irl..or Fire, i think writing about him made me fond, they're both so..this

📽Favorite scene: from all the thai bls i've seen?? there's beauty like THAT ITSAY scene, there's unexpected scenes i come back to like WaanTul in the last episode of Between Us, there's Nuea and Toh finally getting everything out in the open..there's the Kitty Gang in FUTS going up the elevator, the ep.5 KinnPorsche scene..most of PatPran's scenes!! like how am i supposed to even start choosing lmao

i'm gonna say (after i catch up with my shows this whole list would prolly be different, it could be Karan's scream soon) the one from my recent shows is the rooftop scene from LTTS..sue me for being basic, i'll plead guilty

📝Favorite line: nth has ever quite stuck with me as "do you want us to be friends?" "no." so let's go with it

🃏Most anticipated bl and why: let's say Jack and Joker hahah, I hope it works out <3 i want to see a project YinWar have certain freedom over completed successfully - even if it ends up not being my thing, they deserve to share their talents and artistic vision. they are trying something new, maybe there will be a nice balance between comedy and drama and also it seems like those characters are meant to be whipped for each other and YinWar can pull that off splendidly

👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨Healthiest relationship in a bl: PatPran and PuenTalay are the first to come to mind, the communication and conflict resolution skills are on another level

💢Most toxic relationship in a bl: I suppose it would be VeeMark before the end or maybe DimGreen from 2gether? I also personally don't like Mayom and Nadia from My Ride but I can't tell if they're actually toxic 😄 and im reminded of GramBlack cause that friendship sucks imho

OH WAIT PiMork is pretty bad. yeah, maybe not the worst but they've got a spot on the list..and ig TehOhAew but I have not actually seen s2 so overall I don't have a definitive opinion :')

🍿Guilty pleasure series: i guess it would be Cause You're My Boy (My Tee) because everyone hates on it but I binged it and had a good time 🤷‍♀️ also I Will Knock You cause it has some questionable elements but it's also very special

❎Most underrated series: out of what I've seen it would obviously be Rainbow Lagoon but it's two episodes, not sure if it counts as a series.. really sweet short watch though, you should give it a try here 🥰

also maybe The Best Story? I didn't like it that much because of the ending but it's younger YinWar and I never hear anyone talk about it; I'd say they were pretty good at it 😊

i'm tagging @sommmnus @forcebook @catboyjosten @sparklyeyedhimbo @lovesickfolly @sollucets as per usual no pressure and sorry if youve done it ❤

[squeakygeeky]

My Ride ep 4 Drama vs Novel

The foundation of Mork and Tawan's relationship is kindness and that's why I love the novel and series so much. Anyway, here we go.

Tawan doesn't actually faint in the novel, but the hospital scene is pretty similar otherwise, with the addition of Nadia showing up and meeting the uncles and hitting on Mork.

It hasn't happened yet in the show, so I may talk about it later, but the food-based flirting happens before Loy Krathong in the book. Mork, whose talents are in motorcycle driving and caring and introspection and analysis, resorts to googling 'am I gay?' and at this point in the novel finally realizes he likes Tawan.

There's a scene in the book with Nadia (who is male in the book) telling Tawan about why things feel apart with a guy he was seeing. I'm putting an excerpt mostly for @bengiyo since we were chatting yesterday re: Nadia.

"He said he likes me. Said I look good and have a nice build, which is just his type. I have a good profile, and he's been wanting to have a doctor boyfriend for so long, especially a pediatrician. But he doesn't want me to be ladylike. He wants a manly boyfriend, who can walk with him along the road and be seen as a friend, not lover."

Shortly after that is when Mayom the barista overhears their conversation and starts hitting on Nadia and Tawan is like, 'right in front of my salad?' and flees the scene.

I don't understand why in the show they had Tawan wait until last minute to ask Por to the festival. It's one of the things that makes show Tawan seem a little childish. In the book Tawan had of course mentioned it to Por earlier, and Por seems to have forgotten and made plans with his family (and we the readers don't know he's cheating yet).

The bookstore scene happens at this point and since it's one of my favorites and there aren't any similar scenes in the show, please bear with the blow by blow recounting.

Tawan bumps into Mork at the bookstore, literally. Them both being their is a coincidence, but Mork purposely arranges being bumped into literally so that it will be like a TV Drama.

Thanks to google, Mork is at the bookstore to read a book called 'Can't Help It If You're Gay,' spots Tawan and Por, and overhears enough to know that Tawan is sad because Por is ditching him for Loy Krathong, and Por doesn't seem to notice or care, at which point Mork goes straight from 'I can't compete with this dude' mode to bumping mode. Por is just like 'oh, great, you ran into your friend so I can leave now' and bounces (because he is terrible).

Tawan is like 'What are you reading, Mork?' and Mork is like '...What book?' But Tawan sees it and is like, 'hey, I read that too.' Mork clearly doesn't have a monopoly on obliviousness because no thoughts that Mork might be struggling with his sexuality appear to cross his mind. Anyway, Mork skims the section on unrequited love, doesn't even buy the book, and decides to devote his entire life to making Tawan as happy as possible without trying to interfere in his relationship.

Mork and Tawan do ride the ferris wheel at Loy Krathong, and Mork is afraid of heights, but there's nothing resembling a confession. And that's where we'll leave things until next week.

[negrowhat]

I’m glad Mayom worked up the courage to ask Nadia out but like...ok nevermind.

[mayomkun]

Since PayPal has changed its policy in my country so I wouldn't be able to receive payment after 18th February unless being a registered business account, I'm gonna have to close my commissions for a while. In the mean time I'll clear the rest of the commissions  and look for alternatives if I ever find one.

[absolutebl]

What Zabb Man!

quick pitch

What Zabb Man! 

(Thailand April-May on YouTube) 

8/10 

Main Tropes: enemies to lovers, tsundere/tsundere, rich/poor, foodie romance, CEO 

It's like Star Hunter has FINALLY grown up with this show. 

WZM was better than we have any right to expect with decent pacing and a foodie theme threaded through the narrative as both love language and plot driver - which I have been WAITING for. Basically CEO falls in love with a street vendor’s food, recruits him to work in his hotel, falls in love with him, and that’s the beginning. Class struggles! Kitchen drama! Papaya pounding (not a euphemism)! Chef poaching (not literally)! Spicy scenes (yes literally)! It’s all so delicious. 

Star Hunter... did you serve this one up just for little old me? Sure seems like, since no one else consumed it. Well... I do have a high space tolerance. 

I think I have finally figured out Star Hunter’s brand: CHEEKY. 

Will this review be full of food puns.

Oh yes indeed. 

Sure this show gets absurdly over cooked and falling apart messy in tone, it's like Star Hunter just CAN'T help but over egg the plotting (see what I did there). I imagine their workshopping is a hoot, it's a bunch of young actors being ridiculous, and the chaos just leaks onto the screen. But all the acting is on point, and ... FOOD! 

(Yes I have eaten my body weight to som tum. Why do you ask?)

The leads are actually pretty good (previous in Hidden Love). 

Poon is a great character because he is tsundere WITH good reason. And he’s portrayed with depth and sweetness for all his salty pride. 

Also I'm not opposed to a bit of a CEO romance in my BL. Alpha being won over by love and som tum, tasty. 

But what I really loved was that Athip loves Poon first for his food. When Poon runs away Athip finds him because of his food. Arthip begs forgiveness by eating Poon’s food. 

But it’s PokeTongue (AKA BankBonus who play Teng & Mayom) who once more steal the bacon. Honestly they dominated Gen Y 2 and now they are doing it again. Just give them their own show already! 

They absolutely crackle on screen together and it’s such fun to watch, who cares about plot? 

Thai language moment: Pronouns 

Teng & Mayom’s relationship negotiation scene (see image above) jumped around between pronouns khun/ter for you & pom/rao for I so much I couldn’t follow the nuances at all. But I can say that that pronoun hopping was part of the negotiation of intimacy between them, and changes the whole tenor of the scene. 

This is one of those I wish we had translator notes on. 

Food moment: Mayom 

Star gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus) is no relation to the gooseberry (Ribes) many of use grew up with in the UK. They tase a little similar in that (like cranberrys for the US folkz) they are sour and astringent, but they grow on a tree (not a bush) and are quite cute. 

More on Mayom & Teng 

For this particular couple I liked their claiming segment. 

First I should say I'm starting to notice faen being translated more as “partner” instead of boyfriend, or VERY rarely “lover.” I’m not sure this is more or less accurate, it’s certainly more precise, but there’s just no direct translation so part of me wants them to leave it faen at this point. 

We should all just learn it and adopt the word into English, it’s a better gender neutral term than anything we got. Lover is overly explicit and old fashioned. Significant other is awfully stiff and cumbersome. Partner has multiple non-romantic meanings, especially in a workplace setting. 

Faen is a good word, single syllable, easy to say, nice mouth feel, pretty, reminds me of the Scots fain (which has a LOVELY meaning). 

Still it’s certainly interesting to see “partner” start happening in BL, adds to the modern feel. Like they’ve been listening to the queers, again.   

(I expanded on my faen feels because of comments.) 

Secondly, because Teng broke up with his ex due to the closet, this is one instance where Mayom’s possessiveness is justified by the narrative since Teng needs it to feel confident in their relationship. Hence the live broadcast claiming scene.

In the end, this was the foodie romance set in the Thai Restaurant industry I have always wanted. The machinations of being in food service formed not just setting but also plot. Perhaps if Bite Me, Love Area and some of the ones from Korea (My Sweet Dear, Tasty Florida, Ocean Likes Me, To My Star) hadn’t disappointed me in this regard, I wouldn’t be so generous with this show. And to be fair, it probably should get a 7/10 by my normal standards. But What Zabb Man was cooked up exactly to suit my palate (and apparently no one else’s) so it gets a 8/10. 

RECOMMENDED, especially if you like Thai food.

(source) 

[heretherebedork]

So I watched the PokTong storyline cause let’s be honest you have to be very patient to watch the rest of the series (sorry MingKit). BankBonus have amazing chemistry, it was instant for me. But I’m so confused about their storyline. Like they obviously both liked each other so what’s up with the whole friendzone in the beginning? It seemed like Pok liked Tong but Tong didn’t but he “helped” Pok get into uni by cheating, then the whole living together and longing for him but still pretending like you hate him! Like Their storyline is such a mess. It almost feels like the creators has an idea for a story, then BankBonus had amazing chemistry and couldn’t play the enemies part well. I mean even in their new show, I mean Teng is taken and is not interested (I think ??) but their chemistry makes it seem like he was?? I’m just confused by this pairing I guess but one thing is for sure, if they ever do get an actual plot, their chemistry is gonna carry that shit to the moon!!!

Their storyline is, in fact, a mess. it's nothing but a mess. It's basically thrown together over so little time and in such a messy way that it's often hard to follow.

The whole storyline really is about Pok being desperately in love with Tong and Tong taking a long time to get into, fearing love, fearing getting hurt and lying constantly to try to get out of it until his lies went so far they hurt Pok and then the show didn't handle any of it well because it was too worried about two boards of wood trying to make out without having to get splinters.

... I love PokTong in all their messiness. Pok in his love that wars with his pain and his rejection and the way Tong is constantly trying to help him without realizing that Pok just wants to be loved not helped. And how Pok was so deep in his own anger at failure that he kept lashing out at Tong... oh, it was so good.

I love their storyline so far in WZM. Teng might have felt something with Mayom but he also did have a boyfriend and obviously chose against that feeling... but he knows there's a spark and I think that makes it all the harder for him because now his boyfriend has asked for a break and Mayom is the one who came to comfort him.

I love the idea of them coming together and Teng having to chose between his life in the closet with someone he's obviously loved for a long time or a chance at coming out but with a new, risky love. It's a very interesting plot to me and their chemistry works.

I just love them. They're definitely two of my favorite Thai acting pairs.

[dribs-and-drabbles]

What Zabb Man ep 5:

Right, I'll start with the bad and end with the good... Oh my god, Amy is so annoying. I know she's meant to be but that's why I'm so frustrated with her character and the storyline. She has too much screen time for just a plot point, and a terribly over-used one at that - an antagonist to get in between the main characters' relationship - and I don't care about her. And it's even more annoying that the show is doing what I said last week that I thought they would - with Taywich being a love interest for her. Honestly, man, find someone better. Why do you like her? But at least he said what we've all been shouting to these kinds of characters for years, and maybe this trope will finally be phased out of future series? 🤞🏽

Thankfully, it looks like they're putting this aspect of the story to bed because it was Too Much.

I do like that this series seems to be calling out some of these tired tropes...but I'm looking forward to a time when we don't have them anymore.

The cooking contest... I really wasn't that interested in this and all the food and dishes - I mean, it didn't really move the story along, it felt like a filler, maybe one of these 'Thai tourism, let's tell everyone about Thai food so they come visit' inserts - and I think they spent too long on it (although I do want to try a papaya salad now!). And the result was quite predictable. I actually spent most of the time trying to remember why I recognised Bas...

Mayom and Teng...I go hot and cold with these two because I like their dynamic when they're being flirty...and I did appreciate that Mayom seemed to back off when he learnt about Tan but then he became too insistent. Teng told him a handful of times he wasn't ready, he didn't want to start anything, that Mayom should give up but Mayom just doesn't seem like he's taking 'no' for an answer and that...is a red flag for me. And of course, Tan comes in and plays the immature little sh*t so we're going to sympathise with Mayom...but Teng needs time. And I think this storyline could really show this respectfully and have Teng and Mayom end up together without feeling like Teng is being pressured from both sides.

But anyway, thanks to Until We Meet Again, I loved that I knew what Look Choup was and recognised it at the end in the spilled bag that Mayom dropped. It seems the way to Teng's heart really is through food.

Wow, this is getting long...

So on to Punn and Tian...and I love these two. I feel like the show is getting their dynamic right, thankfully. Tian is making himself clear to Punn and although Punn is cautious he's very openly showing that he likes Tian as well and very openly says why he's holding back - his self-esteem about their class difference. And that's so refreshing. And honestly if the rest of the series was just Tian trying to show Punn he's worthy or Punn flirting with Tian, building up his trust and self-esteem, until he's ready to commit well, I'd be down for that.

I loved their flirty moment in the office...and especially that they didn't jump back in horror or embarrassment when Pirada barged in. I'm glad they're being shown as comfortable with intimacy and being seen by others. Oh and I loved the parallel between Tian/Taywich physical play-fighting over Punn compared to Teng uncomfortably being stuck in the middle of Tan verbally 'marking his territory' for Mayom - yet another way the show is calling out another tired trope.

But as it is, it looks like we're in for an angsty next episode. A shift of pace, perhaps a new antagonistic force...and I'm excited to see where this series goes.

[powdercopy9-blog]

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[rei-the-head-shaker]

My Ride (S01E04)

I love Mork uncles so much, I have loved them since the first time they appeared, but in this episode a bit more! They really do care for him and they (try to) set a good example try to guide him and support him, amazing!

It was particularly important because it helps Mork in his own journey of realization through this episode. He went from "I don't like guys" to "Fuck! I might be bisexual! Also... I think I like you Tawan!" real quick!

Poor Tawan is working so much to get time to spend with Por, and Por not only cheat on him but also GHOSTS HIM?!

Por I know why you are angry and you are not completely wrong feeling like that but cheating and ghosting are really not the right answers and they also makes me hate you a little bit...

Nadia finally knows the truth and I hope things will move in the direction I want them to move! She deserves someone nice in her life, but she has to open her eyes first! Mayom since to be a nice guy (at the moment, at least...)

A really interesting thing is happening between Toy and Boss!

Toy... Sweetheart... If you wanted to go on a date with Boss so bad, I'm pretty sure there would have been a better way to reach this goal, without being an asshole... 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm also very curious to know what's up with Boss and his fear of certain loud noises! Hope we'll discover something in the next episode!

[squeakygeeky]

My Ride Episode 10 Drama vs. Novel

I'll actually start with Nadia. I was kind of disappointed by the way it took a really bad date to make Nadia finally go for Mayom, although it was a pretty funny terrible date. I'm also disappointed how the show needed to make Mayom the Most Specialist Barista Influencer to justify them getting together. Book Mayom does disappear for a bit, leaving Nadia upset, but he was just taking a management training course and a latte art class (because he does want to improve himself to be a better match, but he is a perfectly normal barista). Mayom gives him a latte with a heart (less impressive than a detailed portrait, but still very cute), and their story wraps up with them happily together.

Meanwhile everything with Mork and Tawan in the show just...did not happen at all in the book. But I understand that they needed something exciting to end the series. I hate the cliche of the ex coming back and causing a misunderstanding, and I hate that Tawan was apparently ready to quit his residency over a boy. But I do love that as a mototaxi driver Mork got to have a big dramatic moment on a bike, and a sunset kiss on a mountainside is a romantic cliche I need more of so 10/10 for setting, although I'm not sure we needed the mototaxi guys watching (what were they even doing there for any of this?)

The book has a much simpler and quieter confession scene, with Mork meeting Tawan at the end of a difficult shift in order to bring him more 'hearty' hainanese chicken rice. Tawan had been worrying a little bit about risking losing a friend but at that gesture he goes ahead and confesses to Mork that he likes him, and this is the thing from the end that I wish they'd kept for the show. TAWAN GETS THE CONFESSION. Technically Mork is the one that officially asks Tawan to be his boyfriend, but only after Tawan is forced to repeat himself several times so Mork can get his thoughts together. Also Tawan has to tell Mork to stop calling him Doctor and use his name now that they're boyfriends.

@bengiyo I'm kind of laughing at myself right now because the book doesn't even have a real kiss, when the show has 3. Literally Mork just kisses Tawan's hand and then the hug for a while. But to be fair I'm pretty sure this is all taking place at the entrance to the hospital still and also Mork is telling this story to P'Fueang as a flashback so it's not like he was going to include anything racier.

There's a flash-forward scene in both, but the book's scene is not quite as far ahead in time, it's 2 years. Mork just graduated with his high vocational certificate and is just about to start studying engineering and Tawan is about to start even more training, in cardiology. They celebrate with the mototaxi guys and I really like that Ms. Ai the teacher is there too. There's some joking re: Tawan being the 'wife' clearly related to him being the bottom which its just as well that didn't make it to the show, but maybe this was what made think there had been something vaguely spicy in the novel when there absolutely was not. Anway, Mork asks Tawan to move in with him and Tawan agrees, but only on the condition that Mork meets his father first so we're left with that as a semi-cliffhanger.

The show gives a little more closure, but I kind of prefer seeing Tawan becoming part of the mototaxi tribe. There's a lot in the book about Mork working to better himself, and that's a good thing, but it's nice to see that Tawan also becomes part of Mork's world, it's not all about Mork becoming good enough to be able to date a doctor.

I'm sad to be saying goodbye to Mork and Tawan again. Rewatching the series without the Boss and Toy scenes drastically improved the experience, and this remains one of my favorite BLs, and the only change I'm really mad about is Nadia because otherwise it was a very close adaptation. I do think there were different vibes, with something about the book feeling a little more real. Maybe just because it was in first person able to be introspective, in a way that I don't think you can translate to screen.

[sweetbabynames]

A companion as of late entertained me with the story of what amount of time it had required to name her little girl. For over a month guests would appear at her city loft to praise her on the introduction of her infant and promptly ask the self-evident - "What is your baby's name?" With developing humiliation as every day passed, she would reply: "She doesn't have one yet."

In spite of the features of the present day urbanite, African families actually attempt to keep up with naming practices, getting grandparents and town older folks to track down a fitting name for every infant kid. What's more assuming there is one thing you can't do - you can't hustle your seniors in the quest for a name! My companion needed to endure the inquiries and quietly trust that the significant message will be brought back from the town telling her the name of her youngster.

In numerous African societies the quest for a name doesn't start until the kid is conceived, has been seen by family members and there is conviction the youngster will flourish. This naturally makes a deferral in naming that fluctuates in various societies and customs from three to 10 days during which time both mother and child are permitted to acquire strength.

Really at that time would the quest for the right name be able to start. Also what is the right name? That also differs for every ethnic gathering.

For instance, the rich tradition of commendation and sovereignty in West Africa observes articulation in the pool of Yoruba names. This inheritance is rehashed through subjects normal to many names like a regal crown, Ade-(as in Aderemi signifying "the crown relieves my distress", or Adetumi signifying "I wear a crown"). One more subject is happiness, communicated as Ayo-as in Ayoola which signifies "the delight of abundance" or Ayotola - "euphoria adequately is"). Commendation of God is one more solid topic in names starting with Oba-and Ola-or Oluwa; Obafemi for instance implies the King/God loves me while Olusola implies God made this".

In societies where steers are valued many names have to do with the steers. The Dinka of South Sudan have names for each shade of cow as the name of worldwide model Alek Wek affirms; the name Alek signifies "dark spotted cow" while Mabior signifies "white bull"and Mayom is a"red bull".

The Kalenjin of Kenya have names that follow the phases of the day at which as individual was conceived and regularly this is connected with their creatures; Kipkoech (brought into the world at sunrise - Chepkoech for young ladies), Kipchirchir (brought into the world after a short work), Cherotich (brought into the world as cows returned home). Conversely, the names among the Akan of Ghana are overwhelmed by the week by week cycle with names like Adjowa (brought into the world on Monday, day of harmony) recounting the meaning of every day or the situation of every youngster in the family like Annan (fourth conceived child).

There are great many ethnic gatherings each with its own customs. On account of my companion, naming practices directed that her child would be named for the unique occasions of the hour of birth or after a respected predecessor - certainly not after anybody living as that would bring misfortune. I could feel for the fretfulness my companion felt as days passed, having had a comparative encounter when my first kid was named. Well into the subsequent month, the name returned from the town. She was to be called Zisige - the hour of numerous insects. There were no beetles at that point except for with nothing remarkable happening the child young lady was named for her incredible terrific mother whom they said she looked like.

The name was given. The child didn't cry. In the event that she had cried it would be expected she didn't need the baby's name and another name would have been picked.

[heretherebedork]

dsgdfgrlkdsf OH NO.

Oh no.

That's just... oh, I did not expect that.

Huh.

Interesting. No wonder I was getting all the vibes from Mayom and none from Teng. Though some from Teng.

I actually do like this as a dynamic for them, it's interesting and more adult than you typically see. Because this isn't Teng cheating on Tan. It's about falling in love with someone else when a relationship is slowly falling apart and the pain that causes and how to handle that.

Because Teng is straightforward with Mayom about his relationship and disinterest and honest about the relationship and the way he's obviously staring at what the relationship has been like for so long in reflection of Mayom's actions...

I dunno if I trust Star Hunter with this plot but I trust all the actors involved so it's a 50/50 shot.

[dribs-and-drabbles]

What Zabb Man ep 2...

...was not as good as the first ep. This was mainly due to the few problematic plot choices but the show is still good enough to continue. The enemies-to-loves chemistry between Tian and Poon is good...but it suffers from the boss/employee relationship. I know we as an audience know they’re going to get together, so their teasing interactions appear cute and the beginnings of something romantic...BUT Tian’s actions towards Poon in Tian’s office/suite borders on sexual harassment...which is not cute or romantic. But I’m hoping this is just a blip. I like that it seems Poon can stand up for himself...but still...not good representation. 

Folks, if your boss flirts with you like this, run. Run away. Preferably to your HR department and make a complaint. And also, if someone passes out after hitting their head, get a doctor/ambulance...do not just wait for them to wake up 🤦🏽‍♀️ 

But all in all, it’s a cute show. I like the chemistry between Mayom and Tengneung - it’s going to be interesting to see how they deal with the fact that Tengnueng already has a boyfriend (poly rep mayhaps? 🤞🏽) (btw that info comes from the trailer) - and we didn’t get enough of Taywich but happily looking forward to more eps.

[powdercopy9-blog]

Palo mayombe orginated in the African Congo and is and it is also reported to be the world's most powerful and dreadful type of black colored color wonder. In santeria trust there is accessible a dim factor named Palo mayombe. People who exercising this more dark factor are known as Palero. Palo Mayombe contains a very long and traditional document. This magic formula was mailed for the Caribbean during Spanish slave business to Puerto and Cuba Rico in the 1500. The impact of Palo Mayombe could be present in Key America.Mexico and Brazil. Palo Mayombe in Brazil is Quimbanda. Quimbanda is a selection of conventional Congo, local in India and Latin American spiritualism. The distinctions between Palo Santeria and Mayombe will be the faith of Santeria employs the elements of illumination and the people Palo Mayombe use ther brings about of darkness to achieve their aims and magic spells. Palero process extemely strong and powerful dim speculate. Many individuals Santeria avoid simply being linked with Palo Mayombe. Palo Mayombe features its very own priesthood and set and set up of constraints and guidelines. in line with the Palo Mayombe property that an individual continues to be started into. Palo Mayombe was included included in the Santeria religious morals To keep them in handle and energy about the individuals, lots of government frontrunners already are linked to an engagement with training Palo Mayombe. It may be considered that a Palero might also consider loss of existence unto somebody within one day, Many nation-wide politics executives have already been related to an donation with the technique of Palo Mayombe . Palero can make and bust you by indicating just a few incantations and in addition doing a number of little rituals. Lacking ignorance and realizing has always released concern to individuals. Most of the time this ignorance has taken extinction to total situations of individuals and societies. Palo Mayombe is undoubtedly a fascinating and fascinating component of Santeria and yes it really should not be utilized lightly or disregarded. I am just just grateful to have had the cabability to are becoming to become a fundamental part of an ancient kind of secret. With fantastic pleasure and understand,. I salute my family and ahijados in Palo Mayombe

The home of the dead is when the Palero spirits dwell. They can not be held with Santeros Santos or another psychic tutorials, as the capabilities and pushes from the darkish are really strong. Traditionally a Palero will keep his spirts in a particular residence outdoors. This specific home should always be shut to help keep people out. Your house has to be big enough to conduct your dim secret or misa. If you are living within an flat you have to keep the mood within a seperate space or dresser large enough for the spirit of Palo Mayombe. A basements is the perfect location for doing work the mood of Palo Mayombe. If you recieve other spirits of Palo Mayombe, they could all stay jointly. There has to be the absolute minimum amount of gentle and one or more candlestick eliminating in respect of the mood always. Palero priest must be stock with materials for that When you choose to take a step in the spiritual of Palo Mayombe, this is a existence lengthy determination, service and commitment to our ancestors and faith based tutorials A Palero priests' operate is far more crucial that you offer and protect the community. When an individual is initiated into Palo Mayome, these are baptized into mysteries and secrets of the character. Paleros say that they are brought into this world of fireplace and eventually will pass away of fire. When transforming into a Palero priest, an easy in darkness will entice the blessings of your mood. In loss of life, a Palero's life is extingushed in passing away. They come to be an increased faith based manual from the eternal living darkness. Before you can come to be part of Palo Mayombe, they must initial check with a highly skilled Palo Priest. The Palero will determine through direct exposure to the spiritual entire world and the persons ancestors, once they are able to training Palo Mayombe. Most times the soul will deny somebody since Palo Mayombe is not for the folks spritual path . The spirits might also deny usage of an indivdual because they may well not yet anticipate to deal with or be aware of the responsibities of being a palero. In case the mood react favorably to your demand, the next phase is to get a spiritual cauldron-spritual cooking pot. Right after the invocation ceremony, the spiritual cauldron has the secrets to effective spirits. The usa, the and Cuba Carribeans, this cauldron is named a Nganga-Prenda for the reason that culture of recent time and the affect of Latin American's spiritualism in Palo Mayombe, in Main United states. Palo Mayombe Initiation is not uncommon to locate paleros whose spirits are definitely the dwelling dead. Muertos are kept inside of a big clay container rather than standard big iron cauldron. It all depends around the palero priest by which type you are going to recieve your soul pot and that will support and instruct the secrets of palo mayombe. Receiving the initiation along with the mood of Palo Mayombe is simply the starting point in a extended quest into the world of mood. Palo Mayombe is surely an african religious beliefs originary in the Kongo area. It has been conserved approximately our occasions by the slaves who have been brought in to locations including Brazil, Suriname, and Cuba, the second simply being the place where Palo (also called Palo Monte) is now most favored also among people of hispanic descent. Palo is really a immediate means of comunication together with the Mood: the notion is strongly animistic and similar to shamanism: all that is out there is considered as cartoon by mood, gentleman specifically could become a doorway to many other worlds through mediumship. The spirits what are the most pertinent for Palo are: the spirits of the Dead, the Mood of Nature (which live in shrubs,plants and flowers and stones, animals and so forth.), and also the Highest Organizations which manifest themselves inside the Factors of nature (the Breeze, the Super, the water, and so on.) and also in man. The principle worship and rehearse is now being carried throughout the Nganga or Prenda, which is actually a consecrated cauldron loaded (amongst other items...) with sacred the planet, stays (palos), and bones, and it is devoted to a specifical religious vitality. This cauldron is also inhabited by the character of your Dead, which act as program for all those magical and spiritual actions that are carried out about the Nganga. Due to spiritual syncretism a lot of aspects overseas to the unique african tradition could be contained in the ceremonies, such as the utilization of the symbol of the christian go across, photos of saints (these a lot more typical in the Palo people of Venezuela and Colombia), and even employing attributes and names of Orishas to illustrate/call the Enkisi, which are the Gods of Palo, the effective Entities that are submitted to the top The lord Zambi or Ensambi.

The Palero works with spirits of Light-weight (Ensambi) or from the Darkness (Endoki). The latter becoming even the denomination for your Paleros which usually do not use christian icons with their process of Palo. To be initiated in Palo Mayombe Initiation is important to endure a ceremony named "Rayamiento" meaning "damaging", exactly where special spots are followed on the skin in the new good: a pact is made with the spirit who day-to-day lives in the cauldron, this routine is additionally referred to as "to swear together with the Nganga". From now on, the person who has brought "Rayamiento" will probably be within the security from the Nkisi who regulations the Nganga of his/her Godfather. The next thing within the religious beliefs is starting to become a Tata (Daddy), or Yaya (Mother) and acquiring a cauldron. Divination is used to find out which "path" from the Palo Organizations is regarded as the right for the newest Nganga. A brand new wedding service is done in which the Tata will swear towards the Dead (Enfumbe) living in the Nganga so that it may help with the psychic and fabric development of the newest full-fledged palero/a. The divination technique is called Kujamputu or Chamalongo, along with the fundamental patterns are just like Obi/Coco Santeria divination. Because of Kardecian syncretism in many Homes of Palo (Covens sent to one God- father or Godmother) a Faith based Misa is acted prior to the initiation, in order to identify the primary mood that will help to build up one's lifestyle. These guides often articulate also through possession, and could give primary suggestions.

[volcanofandom]

Supervolcanoes

Active supervolcanoes on Earth are about 10/12, and have a VEI of 8 or 7. Though all VEI-8 volcanoes are supervolcanoes, not all VEI-7 volcanoes (just a small part of them) are classified as such, and I failed to see the differences between Alban Hills and Campi Flegrei (both are VEI-7, and Alban Hills erupted more material in one singe eruption than C.F, yet it is not a supervolcano, while the latter is), and between Tambora and Rinjani (and in this case, yes, Rinjani erupted more material than Tambora).

On Wikipedia (English version) we have this list of VEI-7 volcanoes. Most of them are calderas and piroclastic shields. Few of them are regular stratovolcanoes and shield volcanoes, of those, some (like Merapi - underestimated as VEI-4 in English Wipipedia) are ill tempered volcanoes, but some others (like Tambora) are gentle giants, with a tendency toward effusive(Hawaiian style) eruptions.

According to English wikipedia VEI-7 volcanoes are

Aguas Calientes caldera Aira Caldera Alban Hills - stratovolcano Mount Aso - caldera Lake Atitlán

Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex

Cerro Blanco (volcano)

Henry's Fork Caldera

Karymshina Kikai Caldera Kurile Lake

Long Valley Caldera Lvinaya Past

Maipo (volcano) Lake Maninjau Mount Mazama - shield and stratovolcano McDermitt volcanic field

Paektu Mountain - stratovolcano and pyroclastic shield Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei) - caldera

Reporoa Caldera Mount Rinjani - stratovolcano Rotorua Caldera

Santorini - shield volcano

Mount Tambora - shield volcano

Valles Caldera

Young Island

We have to add

Krakatau - caldera

I don't know much about all of them, but I can recall Aira Caldera, Mt.Aso, Long Valley, Campi Flegrei (most likely Vesuvius and Ischia are included in this volcanic system), Rinjani and, I’m surprised to aknowledge, Santorini, can be classified as supervolcanoes. They can produce VEI-7 eruptions that last just few hours. Tambora, for example, produced a VEI-7 eruption in 1815. But that eruption lasted 3 months, and had an average strenght typical of VEI-5 eruptions (imagine St.Helens erupting like in 1980 for 90 days instead of just one). Nor to forget that it was the very first Plinian eruption of Tambora, and definitely not the eruption of a supervolcano. With that eruption Tambora showed that volcanoes are unpredictable, that volcanoes can change and can grow, and that you should never underestimate a volcano, not even those that seems gentle, the so called 'red volcanoes (those volcanoes prone to effusive eruptions), like Tambora itself, Etna, Kilauea, and Stromboli (and many other of course). Rinjani, on the other hand did a VEI-7 in 12 hours, exactly ten time than what Vesuvius is able to do (VEI-6 in 12 hours, still something only a potential supervolcano can do). There is a big difference between Tambora and Rinjani, even if they share the same VEI. Also, supervolcanoes and potential supervolcanoes tend to be violent on average, with frequent VEI-3 and 4 eruptions, over the average VEI-1 eruptions of regular volcanoes (though not all violent volcanoes are supervolcanoes, and some of them, such as la Pelée and Mayom can't do not even a VEI-5)

Some supervolcanoes evolve from regular volcanoes (Campi Flegrei originated from a 3000 meters tall stratovolcano that was called 'Archiflegreo', Santorini originated from a shield volcano, Uturunku is a 6000 meters tall, 'till now VEI-6 stratovolcano that is evolving into a VEI-8 supervolcano), other are already born as calderas (Yellowstone). They can appear everywhere where there is a large magma chamber, even in absence of volcanism. Despite their strenght they don't make it among the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, because their eruptions are rare, maybe one very 1000 or more years, and most of their eruptions are normal eruptions (the latest eruption of Campi Flegrei was a VEI-3). Their super eruptions occur once every 50.000, 100.000 years. To little to make them a real dangers, but certainly they're scary. Especially Campi Flegrei that is getting more and more active, every year, stealing lava from it's main and more active mouth, Vesuvius. And this is super bad. Right now, C.F can produce a max VEI-5 eruption, because the magma chamber didn't fill fully yet. But that's a magma chamber that can contain like 800 km3 of magma. And we all know what that does it means, if it keeps filling and filling.

[squeakygeeky]

My Ride Ep 9 Drama vs Novel

This episode starts with Tawan impulsively going home to visit his family to help deal with his broken heart, the leaving pretty much as soon as Mork calls him. In the book Tawan is actually a Bangkok boy, the middle of two brothers, but we never get to meet his family. I'm assuming the change was to help set up for the dramatic (relatively speaking for such a sweet show) events of the next episode.

Book Mork doesn't have the luxury of taking time off and is back at work the next day. But at least he had Nadia, instead of a sister, to confide in. Tawan actually feels a bit guilty because although P'Por was physically cheating on him, he was emotionally cheating with Mork already.

Part of the reason he would feel this way is because in the book the part with Khai already happened and it's Tawan himself who pointed out that they looked like two dads and when Mork was like 'huh?' he was like, 'aren't we so much like TWO GAY MEN WHO ARE A COUPLE with their son.' Also it's funny that they filmed at an amusement part because in the book Khai specifically doesn't want to do that, he's a country boy who just wants to ride the train around the city all day, so that's what they do. Also Tawan starts tutoring Mork in English so he can qualify to study for his Higher Vocational Certificate. So yes, book Mork and Tawan adopt a child together before they start dating, instead of as their first date.

Anyway, back to Nadia and the breakup fallout, Nadia snaps Tawan out of it and reminds him that even though he had feelings for Mork he kept appropriate boundaries of friendship and didn't try to advance that (beside, um, adopting his pseudo-son) and only P'Por crossed the line. So therefore it's time for Tawan to smash all boundaries with Mork. Also, can you imagine TV Tawan uttering the line, 'You're not supposed to effing hit me, bitch,' while Nadia prepares to literally smack some sense into him? I cannot.*

Meanwhile with book Nadia and Mayom, Mayom already disappeared and came back and that storyline resolved itself so I'll save that for the next episode. Since that's where some of the biggest changes are it'll be mostly my overall reflections.

* @bengiyo this is one of the little things that make the book characters feel a little less sugary sweet to me