#Bangkok Asian Games

[bengiyo]

Hi, i'm a newish bl drama watcher from thailand that just started watching thai bls. i'm a bit ashamed to say that for a long time as a gay man living here i've been avoiding bl shows like the plague cuz of both the fandom reputation and of misconception from my yaoi era which i leave far behind. i'm just want to ask how did you got into watching thai bls and what were you preconception before you got into it.

Welcome to the Tumblr side of BL fandom. I'd actually like to also hear more of your experience with yaoi and BL as a gay person growing up in Thailand if you're willing to share.

For me, I'm a Black American from the Gulf Coast (the South). I grew up in a Catholic city and spent my entire adolescence in the closet. Despite having a sense of who I was as early as 8 years old, I kept most of that to myself. Because I didn't talk about it much with people, I found out most information about queer media and queerness from the internet.

I entered BL via queer cinema. I think the first explicitly gay character that I remember from TV was Marco from Degrassi: The Next Generation. There were probably others, and definitely more subtle expressions, but when I think about the oldest gay character I remember and connect to, it's Marco. I don't like counting things like shipping Shawn and Corey on Boy Meets World or Tai and Matt on Digimon for oldest gay characters. Sailor Moon can't even count because we got a censored version of it in America.

I got access to satellite television away from observing eyes around age 16 and started watching content on Logo back when they aired gay content regularly. I watched basically whatever I could late at night. It's how I saw movies like Get Real (1998), Beautiful Thing (1996), and Bent (1997). It's also how I saw Queer as Folk (2000-2005) Noah's Arc (2005-06).

After hitting adulthood I mostly got lost in video games and standard American TV for a while, but I did basically show up to any Gay Event in TV. I appreciate that Stef and Lena from The Fosters (2013-2018) were some of the only TV lesbians to survive the horror of 2016.

I watched a bunch of movies in this time, many of which appear on the Queer Cinema Syllabus I made for a hypothetical Westerner new to BL and queer cinema, which @wen-kexing-apologist has decided to try to complete.

I got into Thai BL in 2018 accidentally. I started seeing gifsets of Kongpob telling Arthit he'll make him his wife passing around Tumblr and was basically like, "Right, what's all this then?"

I had watched a few Thai gay films, mostly notably Love of Siam (2007), Bangkok Love Story (2007), How to Win at Checkers Every Time (2015), and The Blue Hour (2015), but this was the first time I was seeing a long series made available so easily from any Asian country.

From there I got into Make It Right (2016-17) and Love Sick the series (2014). Once I realized that yaoi had moved beyond manga and a few anime adaptations, I went looking for a lot more. I basically haven't left since I started in about 2016 with SOTUS.

There's my basic entry into the genre. I don't think I was as worried about fandom and worries at the time because so much of being a fan of queer cinema was a mostly-private experience for me for so long. I didn't realize that BL fans active in the space would predominantly be women or queers figuring themselves out. It took a while to adjust to that, and also to adjust my expectations of the kinds of queer stories BL distributors were willing to fund.

That being said, I tend to agree with @absolutebl that BL has a useful role in normalization for non-queer audiences who encounter it. I like cheering BL when it does things I think work really well, and also deriding it when I think it does things that are offensive to help nudge the genre and offer my perspective as a gay man.

I like the place we're at right now where there's way too much to watch for any person with other hobbies and responsibilities because it means that people can pick and choose what's to their tastes.

More often than not, I'm probably most-invested in something airing from Japan because of my melancholy nature, but there's so much variety these days that it's okay if you don't like everything. I certainly don't!

I'm glad you joined us on Tumblr and look forward to your thoughts!

[waitmyturtles]

SOME GOOD SHOWS THAT I LIKED IN 2023! (AND SOME THAT I DIDN'T)

I watched A LOT of stuff that did not originally air in 2023 by dint of my Old GMMTV Challenge. This list is inclusive of this recognition!

THE BEST SHOW I WATCHED THIS YEAR: HE'S COMING TO ME

I have no other words: this is my favorite Thai BL of all time. Perfect length, perfect plot, perfect celebration of Thai culture, perfect acting, the greatest coming out scene of all time, the BEST of the best BL moms. Perfection.

THE OTHER BEST SHOW I WATCHED THIS YEAR: BAD BUDDY

I don't even want to think about how many words I've written on Bad Buddy this year, but they're well deserved for this REMARKABLE show. I've got a thing for shows by Aof Noppharnach that feature Ohm Pawat, what can I say!

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SHOW(S) I WATCHED THIS YEAR: LOVE SICK AND SOTUS

The influence of Love Sick and SOTUS can be seen in SO MANY Thai BLs, even through today. Without having watched these two shows to start my OGMMTVC project, I wouldn't have the context for what later shows like Bad Buddy and Theory of Love were commenting on by way of their content and structures. Love Sick in particular was a HELL of a lift -- but I am damn glad I watched it, and I certainly feel nostalgia for it today.

Honorable mentions of influential pieces that had impacts on Thai BLs: Love of Siam and Dew the Movie

MY OTHER FAVORITE OLD SHOWS I WATCHED: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AND THEORY OF LOVE

BANGERS!!!

If New Siwaj ever tops Until We Meet Again, I'll fly to Bangkok and give him a gold medal. That long-ass show, 17 EPISODES, I WANTED MORE! OhmFluke's chemistry was great, the story delved SO deeply into historical homophobia and how culture and acceptance changes over time -- scrumptious. Theory of Love, man, the way this show ate up implicit compassion bias and gave it right back to us. I loved it. KHAI FOREVER!

THE BEST SHOW I WATCHED THAT ACTUALLY AIRED IN 2023: MOONLIGHT CHICKEN

Not only was Moonlight Chicken my first real live fandom experience on Tumblr, it was a hell of an amazing show, incorporating so much of what I love particularly about Thai BLs, and how many Thai BLs do not shy away from celebrating Asian cultural touchpoints. From exploring Jim's internalized homophobia by way of his rural upbringing, to juxtaposing Pattaya's spiritual symbols with growing development that upends older strains of local culture, Moonlight Chicken offered a lovely commentary on what it means to be queer in an ever-changing Thailand.

THE OTHER BEST SHOW I WATCHED THAT ACTUALLY AIRED IN 2023: WHAT DID YOU EAT YESTERDAY?/KINOU NANI TABETA? SEASON 2

BRILLIANTLY ACTED by literally the best actors in the Asian BL game: we are blessed that Nishijima Hidetoshi and Uchino Seiyou have given so much to this franchise. It's hard to write about this show because it's so perfect -- it needs no extraneous words. Plot, pacing, acting, character development, gratuitous food shots. It has it all.

THE OTHER OTHER BEST SHOW I WATCHED THAT ACTUALLY AIRED IN 2023: I CANNOT REACH YOU

Just like Bad Buddy looked at Thai BL tropes in the eye and said, "over my Nong Nao," I Cannot Reach You asked Japanese BLs about the efficacy of almost every trope we've gotten used to, and questioned them with efficiency. The biggest shocker for me? REAL COMMUNICATION, encouraged by the CIPHER, Hosaka, that allowed the two lead protagonists to confirm their love and understand each other. It was straightforward and FUCKING GOOD.

A SHOW THAT AIRED IN 2023 THAT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ABOUT YET, THAT I NEED TO REWATCH IN CHRONOLOGY, THAT ALSO DID SOME TROPE/GENRE ASS-KICKING THAT I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT: LA PLUIE

La Pluie was FEARLESS. The show had a LOT to say about romance and soulmates not being as much of a realistic thing as content-makers... and, frankly, majority society would like us to think. La Pluie made its characters WORK for love and understanding, and had us viewers face our implicit biases about how romantic content should and could work. I watched this show out of order of the OGMMTVC watchlist to see it it was one of the best of the year, and it certainly is. I'm planning a deep rewatch for early 2024 to pen my words on it.

A SHOW THAT ALMOST TOPPED MY 2023 LIST BUT GOT DOCKED BECAUSE I ENDED UP LIKING THE NOVEL A LOT BETTER: I FEEL YOU LINGER IN THE AIR

@neuroticbookworm and @lurkingshan know that I flipped THA FUCK out over this show -- FABULOUSLY acted by Nonkul Chanon and Bright Rapheephong, FABULOUS cinematography, great story up until the end of the series. My fangirling led me to read the original novel by Violet Rain, and -- I found out that Jom was a lot more damn sassy than we got in the show! Tee Bundit's penchant for sadness won. This is not to dock the show, but the novel had more than enough material to carry the series through without repeating themes in the end. So it fell on my 2023 list, womp womp. BUT I STILL LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SHOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

TWO SHOWS THAT I'M SUPER GLAD I CAUGHT UP WITH WHILE THEY WERE AIRING: THE EIGHTH SENSE AND BE MY FAVORITE

Be My Favorite looked at Krist Perawat's checkered past as a BL idol and said: we are going to examine this and make an honest BL out of inspiration from it. It wasn't a perfect show, the time travel shit didn't end up adding up in the end, BUT -- excellent acting from two GMMTV VETS made up for those tangles, and I loved the contextual philosophical references throughout the series. The Eighth Sense looked at the tug-of-war that Korean BLs have with K-dramas and their tropes and said, actually? We will have these dudes full-frontal kiss, and placed that energy against commentaries on mental health, both topics that Korea hasn't quite embraced as quickly as other countries.

HONORABLE MENTIONS OF OTHER AWESOME SHOWS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AIRED IN 2023

Make It Right, Our Dating Sim, Dark Blue Kiss, Gay OK Bangkok, Dirty Laundry, 10 Years Ticket, I Told Sunset About You, I Promised You the Moon, 3 Will Be Free, Lovely Writer (underrated?!), Our Skyy 2 x Bad Buddy x A Tale of Thousand Stars (UNDERRATED!), and Manner of Death.

And the shows that are airing that I know will stay with me well into 2024: Last Twilight and Cherry Magic Thailand.

I had fun!

WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE: THE "NO" SHOWS: THE PROMISE AND STEP BY STEP

I'm not even hyperlinking my thoughts on these shows, nor gifting them with gifs. Insert Bugs Bunny NOOOOOO gif here! We got Man Trisanu, though.

THE SHOW I WAS THE MOST OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED BY: ONLY FRIENDS

Despite my passionate disappointment for this show and how it ended: in the context of the OGMMTVC, Only Friends is still an incredibly important inclusion to the list. Some amazing Tumblr bloggers offered commentary that the bias against sex that OF contained within the show was actually importantly and culturally contextual to the still-conservative state of acceptance that Thailand is currently in (here and here for more reading).

Only Friends reminded us that despite any kind of marketing that we here on Tumblr, as a majority non-Thai audience, may receive about a Thai show -- that we are still not fully plugged into the non-verbal expectations of what a show like OF could promise to do, and to be okay when it doesn't reach those heights. In light of the seemingly pro-sex marketing blasts that previewed the series before its airing, OF ultimately seemed to want to take casual sex, chew it up, and spit it out. There might be reasons why that happened that we just don't know about as outsiders to Thailand. But as an Asian-American viewer that was hoping for neutral -- and maybe even supportive -- commentary on single folks having casual sex without judgement, OF did not deliver for me.

I'm ending the year reading Dr. Thomas Baudinette's book, Boys Love Media in Thailand, the first book-length ethnographic study on the impact of BL on queerness, media, and more in Thailand and across Asia. Baudinette comes from the world of Japanese queer media studies -- as someone who came to Thai BLs this year from Japanese BLs, I appreciate his trajectory. It's clearly a necessity for me to read this book in the context of the OGMMTVC, to understand how Thai BLs have changed over time, and to understand the incredibly larger impact of heterosexual/heteronormative media and themes on Thai media as a whole, as larger and larger swaths of Thai, Asian, and international societies welcome and watch BLs with open arms.

All of this feeds into my ever-growing body of knowledge about the impact of Thai BLs, both in Thailand and across Asia, as Baudinette writes about, and how these shows have and are developed/developing over time. It's been an AMAZING YEAR of watching old and new dramas for me, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the genre grows even more in 2024.

I also made AMAZING FRIENDS on Tumblr -- y'all know who you are! What a year of growth and discovery for me: this has been a fabulous experience, and I'm looking forward to even more growth in the new year!

[putschki1969]

Final Rehearsal for Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20 ～Asia Tour 20th Special SETLIST～

Just a couple more days until the Asia tour leg starts. There are two lives in China this weekend and then two more during the following weekend in Thailand and Malaysia respectively. Tweet by YK

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20 ~Asia Tour 20th Special SETLIST~ All Dates and Venues:

【Guangzhou, China】 November 8th (Friday) Asian Games Town Gymnasium SHOW 7:00 PM

【Shanghai, China】　 November 10th (Sunday) Jing'an Sports Center SHOW 7:00 PM 

【Bangkok, Thailand】 November 15th (Friday) Union Hall SHOW 8:00 PM   【Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia】 November 17th (Sunday) Zepp Kuala Lumpur SHOW 7:30 PM

Minor Setlist Spoilers

A while ago, this little sneak peek was posted to let everyone know what they can expect from the upcoming concerts in China. I am guessing the setlist for the other two lives will also have those songs.

For comparison, here's the setlist of the final Japan concert with Hikaru as guest vocalist (they probably won't stick to this setlist though)⬇️

overture〜アンチヒーロー〜Main Theme〜

〜the four rings

〜absolute configuration

〜E.G.O

MC

キッチン革命〜Main Theme〜

voyagers

Historia: opening theme

MC

forest

My long forgotten cloistered sleep

I swear

fiction

I reach for the sun

MC

Gaia

Credens justitiam

hepatica

godsibb

in the garden of sinners

ARIA

sprinter

MC

maybe tomorrow

En.Prologue〜蒼穹のファンファーレ

En.nowhere

En.MC

En.into the world

[bizarrequazar]

GJ and ZZH Updates — August 20-26

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This is part of a weekly series collecting updates from and relating to Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan.

This post is not wholly comprehensive and is intended as an overview, links provided lead to further details. Dates are in accordance with China Standard Time, the organization is chronological. My own biases on some things are reflected here. Anything I include that is not concretely known is indicated as such, and you’re welcome to do your own research and draw your own conclusions as you see fit. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or additions. :)

[Glossary of names and terms] [Masterlist of my posts about the situation with Zhang Zhehan]

08-20 → The Instagram posted three photos of “Zhang Zhehan” in Tibet and six scenery photos.

08-21 → The Zhang Sanjian TikTok account posted a video where “Zhang Zhehan” did the haizhe hand signal wrong and distinctly had breasts rather than pecs.

→ Hogan posted nine behind the scenes photos (1129 kadian) and a video from their recent shoot with Gong Jun.

→ Fresh posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. Caption: “Love is a romantic surge day and night, and it is also a brave rush across mountains and seas. In the days when we can't see each other, I subconsciously want to put everything about the other party higher, including their address. This year's Qixi festival, Fresh joins hands with the spokesperson @ Gong Jun Simon to wish all long-distance couples a happy delivery and a harvest of love.”

→ Madame Tussauds posted a promotional video spoken by Gong Jun for Qixi. [subbed video]

08-22 → 361° posted two photo ads featuring Gong Jun.

→ A special episode of Hello Saturday was released for Qixi featuring Gong Jun and several other actors from Legend of Anle. (Filmed 07-22, the same day as the other episode.) (Not on YouTube yet, a link will be added here once it is.)

→ The Instagram posted two photos of “Zhang Zhehan” and seven scenery photos.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted ten photos of him from the Hello Saturday episode. Caption: “His Royal Highness the Prince (Qixi Edition) @ Gong Jun Simon is back for a limited time, adding a little sweetness to your Qixi Festival~”

→ Rare posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Gong Jun Outdoor Office posted a video of him learning a Douyin dance. Caption: “Dancing miracle”

→ Ranyi Music announced another Zhang Sanjian concert, this time in Kuala Lumpur. As a reminder, [here] is my post collecting information about how the Bangkok concerts were sketchy as fuck. The venue for this one is inside a mall that is largely empty aside from the concert hall itself and adult-oriented stores.

→ Fresh posted a promotional video spoken by Gong Jun.

08-23 → Gong Jun’s studio posted a promotional image for Fox Spirit Matchmaker to celebrate 2 million users setting notifications for its airing. Caption: “It’s hard to cool down with a passion in the blood, and he is unrestrained between heaven and earth. The number of reservations on the site has exceeded 2 million! Dongfang Yuechu @ Gong Jun Simon will see you soon!” Gong Jun Outdoor Office posted the same image without the text overlay, caption: “Posted the original picture!“

→ The Fox Spirit Matchmaker Weibo posted a promotional image of Gong Jun and his costar Yang Mi to celebrate the same milestone.

08-24 → Gong Jun’s studio posted a promotional video for 361° and the Asian Games spoken by him. 

→ The Instagram posted ten photos of “Zhang Zhehan”, a dog, and scenery. The caption included 🐶😺 and ⛰️ and reeked of desperation.

08-25 → Rare posted two photo ads featuring Gong Jun. (1129 kadian)

08-26 → The Instagram posted a video promoting their money laundering concert.

→ Da Zhangwei, one of the other regulars from Go Fighting!, posted a video Gong Jun filmed sending him a support message.

Additional Reading: → Flora finished translating the article on money laundering that she started last week. [follow up on how this potentially relates to the situation]

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[smellslikebot]

when i was younger i had more of a fixation on bootleg games/merchandise and i remember being so starry-eyed when we found a stand in a mall in thailand that exclusively sold Bootleg Game Boy Games. i think i tell this story a lot but i picked out Pokemon Diamond and Jade specifically because they were so infamous and i was sooo pleased with my Unlicensed Games

but the last time i went, the malls in bangkok were so ritzy and i have no idea where to find that kind of thing anymore. a lot of the merch i found was Official and Expensive

idk i just had this on my mind because i'm reminded that some people have this idea that bootleg goods from "developing" asian countries are outright scary or dangerous. and like, yeah, you probably don't want to fuck around with cheap knockoff appliances or surge protectors or whatever, and obviously nobody wants to have their own work ripped off, but this pervasive fear that factories in China are constantly out to poison you or feed you plastic rice or are uniquely evil/unethical is strange and kind of offputting to me

i remember having this moment of hesitation right before i powered on the game boy to play Pokemon "Diamond" because my 7-year-old ass thought, "what if it's a trick? what if it shorts out my game boy and kills it FOREVER" but the reality was much more mundane than that. bootleggers had no desire or incentive to Kill Me With Lightning they were just making a lot of crappily-translated games quick and cheap. idk in my onion you just have to be a discerning customer and know that there's no fast+easy shortcut to avoid buying things that are EVIL!!!!!

[konamicodex]

BASICS

FULL NAME: BADIN HIRANWONG

» MEANING: Badin [means "king" in Thai.]; Hiranwong [หิรัญวงศ์ Thai; from Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty."]

NICKNAME: Kinna [from kinnari (Thai: กินรี), usually spelt 'kinnaree' is depicted as a young woman wearing an angel-like costume. The lower part of the body is similar to a bird, and should enable her to fly between the human and the mystical worlds. The most popular portrayal of kinnaree in Thai art probably the golden figures of kinnaree adorned the Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, which describe a half-maiden, half-goose figure. A kinnara is a creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. They are described as part human and part bird, and have a strong association with music and love. Believed to come from the Himalayas, they often watch over the well-being of humans in times of trouble or danger.]; Kinna was given this nickname by his mother when he was born as she was overcome with so much love when she held him for the first time. Kinna is also known as Kona in the gaming world. Kinna also uses Kona as his rent-a-boyfriend name...

AGE: 21-years old.

DATE OF BIRTH: 2002 February 14th, he picked the date.

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bangkok, Thailand.

OCCUPATION: Kinna is a professional gamer. He also dabs in rent-a-boyfriend gig; he makes a lot of money doing it and it gives him pleasure seeing people fall in love even for a short time. Also, they only do dates in this company, no sexy time please... Well, it depends. Yes, he started the company which was modeled from those Japanese-based companies of the same nature.

ORIENTATION: Pansexual; Panromantic.

GENDER: Cisgender Male.

VERSES: The Meaning of Forever; Night Shift

POWERS: Cupid's powers, of course... He can make people fall in and out of love. He's got very good intuition, SUPER high alcohol tolerance, this is important coz he apparently LOVES to drink. He's also a great singer... His mother wonders where he got it from coz she can't sing for shit.

PERSONALITY

STRENGTHS: Progressive, Original, Independent, Humanitarian

WEAKNESSES: Stubborn, Sarcastic, Temperamental, Uncompromising, Aloof

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Saint Paramee Mahatthanadul.

HEIGHT: 5′9 [175 cm.]

WEIGHT: 139 lbs. [63 kg.]

BUILD: Lean.

GAIT: Relaxed.

HAIR COLOR: Black.

EYE COLOR: Dark brown.

BIRTHMARK: TBA. 

OVERVIEW: » SCARS: Some from growing up, nothing major. » TATTOOS: Bow and arrow. Do not ask.

BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Bangkok, Thailand.

RESIDENCE: Bangkok, Thailand.

NATIONALITY: Thai.

ETHNICITY: Asian.

FINANCIAL STATUS: Middle class.

EDUCATION LEVEL: Uni student under the Faculty of Communication Arts in Chulalongkorn University

DEGREES: Degree in being handsome, he said.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: He is cupid so he speaks the language of love... -_- He speaks Thai, English, many Asian languages, some French. His mother loves French films, apparently.

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: Dara, single mom. She tells Kanni she doesn't know who his father is but Kanni doesn't really care coz he knows who his father is... Well, at least his name. He's still alive.

SIBLINGS: None.

CHILDREN: None.

PETS: None.

SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS: 

» Kinna is very close to his mother.

FAMILY HISTORY: Kinna is Cupid's iteration. He was sent to the modern world as part-human to make people fall in love again and make babies coz young peeps aren't partnering up. Kinna realized right away WHY - everyone's broke and it's too expensive to have kids. But he's not reporting that at the moment as he is finding his human life a bit entertaining. He thinks humans are weird and funny.

Kinna was born to a single mother who was an aspiring actress. She now runs a hotel near a beach down south of the country.

Kinna as Cupid is pretty low-key; he's not the star of the show and would rather be in the background, just pushing things to happen. That's why he enjoys online gaming which, he found out, he's very good at...

ROMANTIC HISTORY: Kinna has no time... He's got a mission to accomplish and games to complete.

PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS: Kinna is friends with that mute kid, Zero, who is moody and always grumpy. Good thing he can't talk...

THOUGHTS ON LOVE: …

HEALTH

PHOBIA(S): None, clinically.

HANDICAP(S): None.

MENTAL DISEASE(S): None... Maybe he developed some anxiety dealing with humans.

PHYSICAL DISEASE(S): None.

PREDISPOSITION(S): N/A.

[bejo4d]

ASEAN GAMES

The ASEAN Games, also known as the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), is a multi-sport event held every two years among the Southeast Asian countries. Here are some key points about the ASEAN Games:

Objective: The ASEAN Games aims to promote sports development and foster friendship and solidarity among the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It provides a platform for athletes from the region to compete and showcase their talents in various sports.

History: The ASEAN Games was first held in 1959 in Bangkok, Thailand, with participants from Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Since then, the event has been held regularly every two years, with the number of participating countries increasing over time.

Sports: The ASEAN Games features a wide range of sports, including traditional and popular sports in the region as well as Olympic and non-Olympic sports. Common sports include athletics, swimming, basketball, football (soccer), badminton, table tennis, volleyball, and martial arts such as taekwondo and karate.

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Vibes, aesthetics, themes, red carpets, and events — Posts I’ve put together

Wang Yibo Photo Shoots and Aesthetics

Rainbow Wang YiBos (the most beautiful thing I’ve ever made)

Harper’s Bazaar x FPU

WYB Cyberpunk Post-Apocalypse Aesthetic (GQ SS2020 shoot)

WYB Neverending B&W Aesthetic

WYB Blue Mullet Aesthetic

WYB’s WuGan Announcement Space Aesthetic

WYB x VogueME: Rose Red Aesthetic

WYB Brides Magazine Aesthetic

WYB x GQ: A Rainbow Sunflower Aesthetic

WYB x Chanel: Red Camellia Aesthetic

26th Birthday Photo Shoot

WYB X HangZhou Asian Games Shoots

Retro Curio Aesthetic (Young Chic 2019)

Countdown to Chanel Cruise Shenzhen

Tracer85 x Bazaar 190810

Tracer85 x Bazaar part 2

Chanel Cruise Shenzhen 2023

Gank Your Heart OST photoshoot

WYB x Leon Young (2018)

Wang YiBo Themed Posts

Wang YiBo and his Tiny Handbags

Photographer Era Wang YiBo

Photographer Era WYB Part 2

WYB in Pink 💖

WYB in Long Coats

WYB with Dogs to Heal your Existential Dread

WYB with Cats to Further Heal your Existential Dread

WYB and that Cute Crouching Thing He Does

WYB sitting THAT WAY

WYB and the City (urban DD)

WYB’s Softest Selfies

Mirror-Selfie Era WYB

The Selfie Gremlin

WYB with flowers

Our Peace and Love Cool Guy (Bixin WYB)

14 Times WYB Came to Slay in Black and Grey in 2023

TikTok Era random DD

Stage Performances

YueHua Nian 2023 // YueHua Nian Cont.

Like the Sunshine 2023

Versace on the Floor 2020

Characters

My Strange Friend — Wei YiChen

A Chinese Odyssey: Part 3 — Hong Hai’Er

Love Actually — Zhai ZhiWei

Gank Your Heart — Ji XiangKong

When We Were Young — Lin JiaYi

Gif Sets

Perish Fashion Week — The King Slays

Our star WYB (SIFF)

White Suit (TTXS)

Suspiciously Cheerful (Happy Camp)

Sleepy WYB x Cow Onesie

Shirtless Fluffy-Haired Tracer85

One & Only Promo

All the One&Only movie posters // Movie posters cont

Roadshows: ChangSha // Hangzhou // Beijing // YueYang // Bangkok

Premiere // Universal Studios // SIFF // Li Jiaqi Live Stream //

Chen Shuo’s Family // Chen Shuo’s Family (part 2)

Events

Perish Fashion Week (Chanel cap) // YueHua Family Concert // YueHua Family Dinner // Shu Uemura // Greater Bay Area Film Concert // Moncler Shanghai Flagship Grand Opening // 20th Movie Channel Media Focus Unit // Weibo Movie Night 2023 // Evisu Racing at ZIC // Douyin Movie Wonder Night // Chanel Métiers d’Art Show 2023 // Huabiao Awards // Chanel Cruise 2023 (LA, CA) // Weibo Night 220814 // Weibo Night 210228

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Thailand’s Vision for Digital Transformation

Thailand has set its sights on digital transformation as a core strategy for growth. Under the national strategy "Thailand 4.0," the country is focused on high-tech industries and digital innovation, investing heavily in connectivity, infrastructure, and AI. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand that’s enhancing its position in the global tech landscape and aiming to boost the economy.

Key Areas of Digital Technology Innovation in Thailand

The Power of 5G Connectivity

Thailand was among the first Southeast Asian countries to launch 5G, and it has become a game-changer in various sectors. With high-speed, low-latency connectivity, 5G enables telemedicine, remote work, and smart city development. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand as it leverages 5G to power next-generation digital experiences.

Artificial Intelligence in Thailand’s Growing Digital Economy

AI is increasingly central to Thailand’s digital strategy. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand, where AI supports a range of applications, from automated customer service in e-commerce to predictive analytics in healthcare and agriculture. AI is creating more efficient processes and personalized experiences across industries.

Subheading: The Rise of E-commerce and Digital Payments

Thailand’s e-commerce sector has seen massive growth, supported by digital payment systems that make cashless transactions more accessible. Platforms like Shopee, Lazada, and Grab are well-established, and QR code payments are commonly accepted. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand that is making shopping and payments easier and more secure.

Smart Cities and IoT Development in Thailand

Thailand’s investment in smart cities is transforming urban living. Cities like Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiang Mai are integrating IoT for real-time traffic management, energy-efficient buildings, and public safety. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand as it adopts IoT to create cities that are both sustainable and connected.

The Digital Healthcare Revolution in Thailand

Digital technology has revolutionized healthcare in Thailand, making healthcare more accessible and efficient. Telemedicine and AI-assisted diagnostics are now common, improving patient care and reducing the burden on healthcare providers. This blog will show you about the new digital technology in Thailand that’s transforming the healthcare sector.

FAQs

Q1. What are the main areas of digital technology in Thailand? Thailand is focusing on 5G, AI, e-commerce, digital payments, and smart city development as part of its digital transformation.

Q2. How is "Thailand 4.0" impacting digital innovation? Thailand 4.0 is a government initiative that promotes high-tech industries, digital services, and infrastructure to drive economic growth.

Q3. How is 5G being used in Thailand? 5G enables enhanced digital services such as telemedicine, remote work, smart cities, and IoT applications across Thailand.

Q4. Which e-commerce platforms are popular in Thailand? Leading platforms include Shopee, Lazada, and Grab, all of which are supported by widespread digital payment methods.

Q5. What smart city projects are underway in Thailand? Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiang Mai are among the cities with active smart city projects, focusing on sustainable urban development and IoT integration.

Conclusion

This blog has shown you about the new digital technology in Thailand, from 5G and AI to smart cities and digital healthcare. Thailand’s commitment to becoming a digital leader in Southeast Asia is evident in its rapid adoption of advanced technology across various sectors. With strong government support and a growing tech ecosystem, Thailand is setting a standard for digital transformation. As the country continues to innovate, it promises exciting developments for both residents and tech enthusiasts worldwide.

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[ad_1] Chelston Pinto wwith the U17 Team (Image: Chelston Pinto) A RevSportz Exclusive When the senior team drops to 125 in the FIFA rankings, the India’s U17 football team are on a roll in the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers in Chonburi, Thailand. After winning the U17 SAFF Championship a few weeks back, the team started their qualifying campaign in perhaps the best way possible, registering their biggest-ever win – thrashing Brunei Darussalam 13-0. The Blue Colts matched a 40-year-old record when the team defeated Macau by the same margin in the AFC U16 Championship in Bangkok. While we celebrate this feat, knowing the background of such successes is also important. As we raise several questions on fitness in the Indian Super League (ISL) or when the senior team lacks the agility and strength to match a superior opponent after 70 minutes into the game, this U17 side looks sharp. To decode their fitness mantra, we have Chelston Pinto, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, in this exclusive freewheeling chat with RevSportz. Here are the excerpts: Q: At a time when we talk much about the fitness and physical difference of the senior Indian players, whether for the national side or the league, how do you see this bunch of young players in that respect? Pinto: That’s a great question! This is the first time we’ve implemented GPS technology for the players, thanks to the AIFF, which we’ve been using since the SAFF Championship camp. We’ve tracked every training session and match, averaging 120 kilometres per match, aligning with European standards for distance covered. During the SAFF finals, three of our players even surpassed 12 km in a single game. The key differentiator for us, beyond technical skills, was our fitness, particularly in the last 15 minutes of each match. Our goal was to ensure we consistently hit our physical targets, regardless of the opponents. Many teams tend to defend and counterattack in the final moments, but we focused on maintaining our intensity to make it physically uncomfortable for them, and I believe we achieved that. Q: Going back to the SAFF, which was in Bhutan – a high-altitude ground; did that affect the players? Pinto: Not at all! It was planned beautifully by our head coach, Ishfaq Ahmed. He planned the camp in Srinagar, and the boys trained there for two months ahead of the tournament. So, when we moved to Bhutan, the acclimatisation was more of a natural process for us. If you see our numbers, from the training sessions and in the matches, we were pretty consistent. Fortunately, we didn’t have any muscle injuries whatsoever during the tournament. This shows the fitness of the players. The U17 team in Bhutan during the SAFF U17 Championship (Image: AIFF/Chelston Pinto) Q: You’ve been in the system for quite some time now. What are the changes that you are witnessing being made? What are your thoughts on the implementation of sports science? Pinto: In senior football, there’s now a stronger focus on educating players about body care, nutrition, and recovery. Players understand the importance of the right meals and engaging in injury prevention and strengthening sessions to stay healthy throughout the season. This awareness has grown through education from coaches and senior players, and it trickles down to juniors. We’re now also able to incorporate strength and conditioning for junior teams and the women’s senior teams. This approach is creating fitter, more structured players overall, which is a promising development. Q: Do you think enough efforts are being made to look after the players’ mental fitness along with physical? Pinto: I’m not fully aware of the current situation regarding mental-health initiatives, because it’s not my domain, but I know the AFF has provided sports psychologists for national teams during major tournaments. From my perspective, many ISL players who I work with personally are working with individual sports psychologists. There’s a growing awareness among

coaches and players that mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness, football skills, and nutrition. While it’s not where it should be yet, we’re moving in the right direction, and that’s a positive sign. Q: Considering the young players you currently work with, how would you compare their physical development to that of the senior players on the current Indian team? Do you believe that in five or six years, these younger players will be fitter than the current senior team is? Pinto: I believe so. These young players have access to facilities and expert guidance that the current senior players may not have had. As a result, they’re likely to be better equipped to care for their bodies, perform at a higher level, and, hopefully, achieve even better results in the future. Chelston Pinto (right) with head coach, Ishfaq Ahmed (Image: AIFF/Chelston Pinto) Q: Do you think these young players will eventually match the physical standards of European and other foreign players coming into the ISL, given the current focus on scientific research and enhanced physical fitness programs? Pinto: Yes, I believe so. If you look at it now, our under-17 boys recently had the opportunity to compete in Indonesia, where they faced some of the strongest age-group teams, including Bali United, Bali United’s under-20 team, and the under-17 Indonesian national team, who regularly compete against the best in the world. This experience served as a reality check, showing us the level we need to reach and the physical standards we need to meet. We played a practice match with Bali united where we drew 2-2. Bali U17 team, first match was 3-1 loss and then second match we won 1-0. After the initial stages, we managed to match that level, competing physically in all three games. Although the final result went their way in the last game, it was a very close one, and we held our own, showing significant growth. Right now, the physical metrics our players are achieving in each game are comparable to those of top under-17 teams in Europe, indicating that we’re moving in the right direction. However, I want to focus even more on nutrition to ensure that these players are adequately fuelled and growing to their full potential. With this holistic approach, we can create a lasting ecosystem that supports their long-term development and the team’s success. Q: After SAFF, leading up to the AFC Qualifiers – as a S&C Coach, what was your regime for the team? Pinto: Fifteen to sixteen of our players had played several games leading up to it, so we needed to de-load them, providing adequate rest and complete recovery. Fortunately, at the under-17 level, the boys recover quickly, so we focused on their care over the next seven to ten days to ensure they returned to peak form. Meanwhile, another group of fifteen to eighteen boys hadn’t had as much game time, so we organised matches to keep them match-fit and included gym sessions to maintain high strength levels. Our goal was to have all 23 players travelling to the AFC on the same page with their fitness levels within a week to ten days. Q: What is the usual routine after a game for the boys? Pinto: Typically, after a 90-minute match, players who didn’t play or had limited time go through top-up running sessions with intense conditioning, focusing on sprint distance and quick movements with the ball. The following day is usually recovery, but for those who haven’t played, it includes a football-conditioning session. Two days after the match, known as “plus two”, is generally a rest day, depending on the schedule. This setup helps us balance each player’s load. For regular starters, we prioritise recovery, while for those who don’t play as often, we focus on conditioning to ensure they’re match-ready whenever needed. Scene from India vs Brunei in the AFC U17 Asian Cup Q (Image: AIFF) Q: When they are not playing any tournaments, are they all staying together in a camp? Pinto: Yes, that’s correct. The players stay together on a campus.

They share meals, generally eat at the same times, and follow a synchronized daily routine, waking up and going to bed together. This creates a structured environment where they have gym sessions, and on days without gym training, we go for walks and conduct activation sessions. Everything is done as a group, including training sessions, ensuring that everyone is present at the same place and time throughout the camp. Q: Given your close work with the players and the emphasis on nutrition, how does the system address the nutritional needs of players, particularly those from humble backgrounds who may primarily rely on staple foods like rice? What support does the federation provide to ensure all players receive proper nutrition? Pinto: As I mentioned, many players come from humble backgrounds and primarily rely on simple staple foods like rice, which may not be the most nutritious for athletes. However, they’ve learned to adapt. When they join the national setup, we aim to provide them with more nutritious options, especially now that we have evolved in sports science and understand the energy output required from each player. We focus on ensuring they receive adequate protein, carbohydrates, and fats to fuel their performance effectively. Our goal is to help them peak at the right time and maintain enough energy reserves during games to perform at their best. This approach works hand-in-hand with their training. As they progress, we hope they will transition to the senior level and, upon signing professional contracts, gain the knowledge to manage their nutrition and training independently. A handful of these players are part of ISL reserve sides and most of them are in the academy teams. Both SAFF and now the AFC Qualifiers will be important for them from a scouting perspective and I’m sure these young lads have a bright future ahead, and the transition to the national team will be soon. Chelston Pinto in India camp (Image: Chelston Pinto) The post Chelston Pinto’s Insights into the Fitness of India’s U17 Football Boys appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Chelston Pinto wwith the U17 Team (Image: Chelston Pinto) A RevSportz Exclusive When the senior team drops to 125 in the FIFA rankings, the India’s U17 football team are on a roll in the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers in Chonburi, Thailand. After winning the U17 SAFF Championship a few weeks back, the team started their qualifying campaign in perhaps the best way possible, registering their biggest-ever win – thrashing Brunei Darussalam 13-0. The Blue Colts matched a 40-year-old record when the team defeated Macau by the same margin in the AFC U16 Championship in Bangkok. While we celebrate this feat, knowing the background of such successes is also important. As we raise several questions on fitness in the Indian Super League (ISL) or when the senior team lacks the agility and strength to match a superior opponent after 70 minutes into the game, this U17 side looks sharp. To decode their fitness mantra, we have Chelston Pinto, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, in this exclusive freewheeling chat with RevSportz. Here are the excerpts: Q: At a time when we talk much about the fitness and physical difference of the senior Indian players, whether for the national side or the league, how do you see this bunch of young players in that respect? Pinto: That’s a great question! This is the first time we’ve implemented GPS technology for the players, thanks to the AIFF, which we’ve been using since the SAFF Championship camp. We’ve tracked every training session and match, averaging 120 kilometres per match, aligning with European standards for distance covered. During the SAFF finals, three of our players even surpassed 12 km in a single game. The key differentiator for us, beyond technical skills, was our fitness, particularly in the last 15 minutes of each match. Our goal was to ensure we consistently hit our physical targets, regardless of the opponents. Many teams tend to defend and counterattack in the final moments, but we focused on maintaining our intensity to make it physically uncomfortable for them, and I believe we achieved that. Q: Going back to the SAFF, which was in Bhutan – a high-altitude ground; did that affect the players? Pinto: Not at all! It was planned beautifully by our head coach, Ishfaq Ahmed. He planned the camp in Srinagar, and the boys trained there for two months ahead of the tournament. So, when we moved to Bhutan, the acclimatisation was more of a natural process for us. If you see our numbers, from the training sessions and in the matches, we were pretty consistent. Fortunately, we didn’t have any muscle injuries whatsoever during the tournament. This shows the fitness of the players. The U17 team in Bhutan during the SAFF U17 Championship (Image: AIFF/Chelston Pinto) Q: You’ve been in the system for quite some time now. What are the changes that you are witnessing being made? What are your thoughts on the implementation of sports science? Pinto: In senior football, there’s now a stronger focus on educating players about body care, nutrition, and recovery. Players understand the importance of the right meals and engaging in injury prevention and strengthening sessions to stay healthy throughout the season. This awareness has grown through education from coaches and senior players, and it trickles down to juniors. We’re now also able to incorporate strength and conditioning for junior teams and the women’s senior teams. This approach is creating fitter, more structured players overall, which is a promising development. Q: Do you think enough efforts are being made to look after the players’ mental fitness along with physical? Pinto: I’m not fully aware of the current situation regarding mental-health initiatives, because it’s not my domain, but I know the AFF has provided sports psychologists for national teams during major tournaments. From my perspective, many ISL players who I work with personally are working with individual sports psychologists. There’s a growing awareness among

coaches and players that mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness, football skills, and nutrition. While it’s not where it should be yet, we’re moving in the right direction, and that’s a positive sign. Q: Considering the young players you currently work with, how would you compare their physical development to that of the senior players on the current Indian team? Do you believe that in five or six years, these younger players will be fitter than the current senior team is? Pinto: I believe so. These young players have access to facilities and expert guidance that the current senior players may not have had. As a result, they’re likely to be better equipped to care for their bodies, perform at a higher level, and, hopefully, achieve even better results in the future. Chelston Pinto (right) with head coach, Ishfaq Ahmed (Image: AIFF/Chelston Pinto) Q: Do you think these young players will eventually match the physical standards of European and other foreign players coming into the ISL, given the current focus on scientific research and enhanced physical fitness programs? Pinto: Yes, I believe so. If you look at it now, our under-17 boys recently had the opportunity to compete in Indonesia, where they faced some of the strongest age-group teams, including Bali United, Bali United’s under-20 team, and the under-17 Indonesian national team, who regularly compete against the best in the world. This experience served as a reality check, showing us the level we need to reach and the physical standards we need to meet. We played a practice match with Bali united where we drew 2-2. Bali U17 team, first match was 3-1 loss and then second match we won 1-0. After the initial stages, we managed to match that level, competing physically in all three games. Although the final result went their way in the last game, it was a very close one, and we held our own, showing significant growth. Right now, the physical metrics our players are achieving in each game are comparable to those of top under-17 teams in Europe, indicating that we’re moving in the right direction. However, I want to focus even more on nutrition to ensure that these players are adequately fuelled and growing to their full potential. With this holistic approach, we can create a lasting ecosystem that supports their long-term development and the team’s success. Q: After SAFF, leading up to the AFC Qualifiers – as a S&C Coach, what was your regime for the team? Pinto: Fifteen to sixteen of our players had played several games leading up to it, so we needed to de-load them, providing adequate rest and complete recovery. Fortunately, at the under-17 level, the boys recover quickly, so we focused on their care over the next seven to ten days to ensure they returned to peak form. Meanwhile, another group of fifteen to eighteen boys hadn’t had as much game time, so we organised matches to keep them match-fit and included gym sessions to maintain high strength levels. Our goal was to have all 23 players travelling to the AFC on the same page with their fitness levels within a week to ten days. Q: What is the usual routine after a game for the boys? Pinto: Typically, after a 90-minute match, players who didn’t play or had limited time go through top-up running sessions with intense conditioning, focusing on sprint distance and quick movements with the ball. The following day is usually recovery, but for those who haven’t played, it includes a football-conditioning session. Two days after the match, known as “plus two”, is generally a rest day, depending on the schedule. This setup helps us balance each player’s load. For regular starters, we prioritise recovery, while for those who don’t play as often, we focus on conditioning to ensure they’re match-ready whenever needed. Scene from India vs Brunei in the AFC U17 Asian Cup Q (Image: AIFF) Q: When they are not playing any tournaments, are they all staying together in a camp? Pinto: Yes, that’s correct. The players stay together on a campus.

They share meals, generally eat at the same times, and follow a synchronized daily routine, waking up and going to bed together. This creates a structured environment where they have gym sessions, and on days without gym training, we go for walks and conduct activation sessions. Everything is done as a group, including training sessions, ensuring that everyone is present at the same place and time throughout the camp. Q: Given your close work with the players and the emphasis on nutrition, how does the system address the nutritional needs of players, particularly those from humble backgrounds who may primarily rely on staple foods like rice? What support does the federation provide to ensure all players receive proper nutrition? Pinto: As I mentioned, many players come from humble backgrounds and primarily rely on simple staple foods like rice, which may not be the most nutritious for athletes. However, they’ve learned to adapt. When they join the national setup, we aim to provide them with more nutritious options, especially now that we have evolved in sports science and understand the energy output required from each player. We focus on ensuring they receive adequate protein, carbohydrates, and fats to fuel their performance effectively. Our goal is to help them peak at the right time and maintain enough energy reserves during games to perform at their best. This approach works hand-in-hand with their training. As they progress, we hope they will transition to the senior level and, upon signing professional contracts, gain the knowledge to manage their nutrition and training independently. A handful of these players are part of ISL reserve sides and most of them are in the academy teams. Both SAFF and now the AFC Qualifiers will be important for them from a scouting perspective and I’m sure these young lads have a bright future ahead, and the transition to the national team will be soon. Chelston Pinto in India camp (Image: Chelston Pinto) The post Chelston Pinto’s Insights into the Fitness of India’s U17 Football Boys appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

[fireworkshuan]

Here some shipps of other mascots I have tough

Gavo x huichi

Ory x azella(jordan u-17 women world cup)

Champi(2009 sea games)x Chai yo(asian games Bangkok 1998)

Doudou (1996 harbin asian winter games)x Foto (1998 afcon)

Susie (2016 u-17 women world cup)x kiko labuyo (1991 sea games)

Cosmo hoshimaru X kumdori

I don't ship them but i respect your opinion

[putschki1969]

2024/10/12 Instagram post by Wakana

Tickets for "Wakana Classics 2024" to be held on December 18th will be on general sale starting today🎹🎻🎶 I have started holding this classical live back in 2020 and I am now in my fifth year🧚✨I will be accompanied by musicians on piano, violin and cello. Please come and listen to the music created by just the four of us☺️ (Source)

Wakana Fan Club Site

BS Fuji Site

I REALLY hope I can buy one of those FC After Event tickets in the second SKIYAKI sale round in November. Everyone, keep your fingers crossed for me. Wish I hadn't decided so late to travel to Japan in December. Now I need to find a way to get my hands on one of those good tickets. I refuse to attend the live with a regular ticket. Wanna be there for the after event and send-off T_T

【Overseas】 Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20 ～Asia Tour 20th Special SETLIST～ Shanghai・Guangzhou Infos!

The start time and ticket sales information for the Shanghai and Guangzhou performances of the Asian tour "Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20 ~Asia Tour 20th Special SETLIST~" have been decided (Source). For more information, please check the following websites. -------------------------------------------- ・Shanghai・Guangzhou https://weibo.com/amusecn https://weibo.com/eupd ---------------------------------------------

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20 ~Asia Tour 20th Special SETLIST~ All Dates and Venues:

【Guangzhou, China】 November 8th (Friday) Asian Games Town Gymnasium SHOW 7:00 PM

【Shanghai, China】　 November 10th (Sunday) Jing'an Sports Center SHOW 7:00 PM 

【Bangkok, Thailand】 November 15th (Friday) Union Hall SHOW 8:00 PM   【Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia】 November 17th (Sunday) Zepp Kuala Lumpur SHOW 7:30 PM

I think it's a good sign they are still making regular announcements for the upcoming Asia tour. Guess that means Keiko and Hikaru have not been shunned as pariahs. Let's hope for the best.

[bhaskarlive]

Randhir Singh becomes first Indian to be elected as Olympic Council of Asia president

1978 Asian Games gold medallist shooter and veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh officially elected unopposed as the first Indian president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at the 44th General Assembly of the continental body held here on Sunday.

Singh, who became the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 1978 in Bangkok, was the sole candidate contesting for the position.

Source: bhaskarlive.in

[missing-sock-misto]

👀 and 💎 for the ask game?

👀 What's your LEAST favorite song? Why?

Growltiger. I hate it so much. I am not sorry it’s getting phased out at all. It’s such a LONG song, with three different parts, (The Raffish Crew, which is the best part, but honestly I don’t actually find it that entertaining), the Lover’s Duet with Griddlebone (which can be funny but more often I find it boring and exhausting), and the Siamese attack, which is so damn racist it’s kind of incredible. Like- the music, the choreography, the words, WOW. It has some of the most stereotypical “Asian” music (before it was reworked). And like, Mongolians (referenced in the song as “the Mongolian hoard” and with their leader being named “Genghis”) are NOT SIAMESE?? Like, Thai??  (They even say Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, celebrated at Growltiger’s demise and the entire pun is based on them being Siamese cats and NO!). That’d be like calling a French-Canadian army “Guatemalan” these countries are not even in the same area. It’s such pan-Asian racism I’m amazed the section has lasted this long.

I also find it strange that the song that is meant to uplift Gus ends with his character being the bad guy who dies. I’m like… wow, glad you got to live your glory days playing a jerk pirate? Idk, it really rubs me the wrong way. It’s also such a ridiculously long break from the show that I sometimes forget that I’m supposed to be watching Gus playing Growltiger.

💎 If Andrew Lloyd Webber coughed up a sequel to Cats (as he did Phantom) would you go see it?

I would but I wouldn’t expect to enjoy it XD.

I don’t think a sequel to CATS should be made, like, it was such an Of Its Time phenomenon that any attempt to recapture that energy would be met with failure. Like, either it would be a direct sequel, in which case determinations on What Is Canon would have to be made, and you’d just know they’d make a lot of stupid decisions. And if they just pulled a bunch of new poems and made its own thing, then I still don’t think it would be possible to make something as entertaining as the original. Plus like- Love Never Dies really sucked Lmao.

[talksthesuccess]

Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra

Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra – The gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track-and-field athlete who has brought India’s name to the global map of Javelin. Today, he is the holder of a Diamond League title and again earned the new title of India’s Golden Boy at the Paris Olympics 2024. From the Olympics and many other championships, he collected splendid gold medals.

Currently, he is portraying himself as an Indian Athlete at the Paris Olympics 2024. With his hard work and determination, he is now qualified for the finals that will be held on 8 August 2024.

Since emerging as a gold medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games he consolidated his role as the first Indian track-and-field athlete singly to win an Olympic gold and the second Indian athlete overall just after Abhinav Bindras’s double triumph in the 2008 Olympics. Chopra is now paying attention to holding his gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 

He is truly the inspirational personality of today’s generation. So let’s give some light on Neeraj Chopra’s life journey. 

What are Neeraj Chopra’s life and times?

Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 in Khandra, Haryana, India and his forename is Subedar Major Neeraj Chopra. As described above, he is an Indian track and field athlete who is reigning the Olympic champion and World championship in Men’s javelin throw.

His birth took place in the Ror family. Serving in Panipat Haryana, he was born to Satish Kumar who is a farmer, and his mother, Saroj Devi who is a homemaker. Chopra has two siblings and he is the eldest sibling in the family, with two minor siblings.

He completed his schooling in his town and graduated from Chandigarh and as of 2021, he was pursuing a Bachelor of Arts from Punjab. 

Chopra’s family was concerned about his weight when he was a teenager and urged him to start going to the gym in Panipat daily. Chopra would sit at the adjacent Shivaji Stadium to watch boys of his age practice javelin throwing after a session.

Despite the lack of knowledge about javelin in their village, Chopra’s family supported him when they heard about his enthusiasm for the sport. He trained at Shivaji Stadium for a year before moving to the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, Haryana, where Naseem Ahmad coached him.

This success in the Olympics was topped off by a sporting career that had started at the age of 13 years. Now he has become the defending champion. At the age of 19, he was also serving as a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army. 

How did Neeraj Chopra’s athletic career begin?

After his parents sent him for training. Subsequently, he began receiving training, and in 2010, he decided to pursue his passion for javelin throwing and applied for admission to the Sports Authority of India facility.

Fortunately, Neeraj caught the attention of renowned javelin thrower Jaiveer Choudhary, who chose to instruct him. He then proceeded to Jalandhar to train with other superior javelin throwers. Neeraj pleaded with his father to let him live in Panipat after getting his first medal in a district tournament.

He emerged into the public at the age of fifteen in 2010, he was the nation’s under-16 champion in javelin and in the following years, he received many accolades in the national category.

What are the achievements in his International career?

He secured his first international medal (silver medal) at the Youth Olympic Games qualification competition in Bangkok in 2014.

In 2016, he won a gold medal at the South Asian Games during the athletics final in Guwahati, he also secured gold medals in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and hold the position of the first Indian athlete to achieve a world record by setting the record 86.43 m.

His journey was unstoppable besides these medals and achievements. In 2018, Chopra came into triumph during the year 2018 where he won a gold medal during the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia, and the Asian Games held in Jakarta.

In the finals of the Tokyo Olympics, Chopra also became the holder of one gold medal making him India’s first gold medalist in track and field. 

Therefore, by the end of 2022, Chopra set the highest, national record in the esteem by achieving an 89.94-meter throw. Though the injuries occurred in 2023, he was able to clinch the later World Athletics Championships and the Asian Games.

In 2024, he secured victories at various events, including the Federation Cup and Paavo Nurmi Games. He is tied up for the showdown of the Paris 2024 Olympics and is a proud holder of the gold medal. Already he has become an inspirational story for many other individuals.

He is competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics and representing India at the global level of Games. If he secured the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, Chopra would be marked in the history of the Olympics. 

What are his awards and recognition?

For his commendable and unforgettable contributions to sports, Neeraj Chopra has been awarded many awards. The notable awards are the Padma Shri Award, the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, and the Vishisht Seva Medal by the Indian Army.

He is the achiever of many medals, titles, and gold medals. That truly makes him the super sports star in today’s generation.

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