Kenneth Wong
@kennethwongsf.bsky.social
Bookworm, techie, artist, language teacher, language learner, and storyteller.
To describe me in a T. S. Eliot line: "I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter."
To describe me in a T. S. Eliot line: "I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter."
When you enter the main hall at Wat Mangkon in Bangkok's Chinatown, you are usually drawn to the ceiling lined with red lanterns. That's a shame because if you look down, you might also spot the majestic floral patterns drawn across the temple floor. #bangkok
December 31, 2024 at 5:35 PM
When you enter the main hall at Wat Mangkon in Bangkok's Chinatown, you are usually drawn to the ceiling lined with red lanterns. That's a shame because if you look down, you might also spot the majestic floral patterns drawn across the temple floor. #bangkok
On the first day back in Bangkok, I went to Erawan Shrine by Chit Lom Station in downtown, to capture the people's expressions of faith. Here, a lady in a colorful scarf approaches the shrine with a tray of flower offerings. #bangkok
December 31, 2024 at 5:34 PM
On the first day back in Bangkok, I went to Erawan Shrine by Chit Lom Station in downtown, to capture the people's expressions of faith. Here, a lady in a colorful scarf approaches the shrine with a tray of flower offerings. #bangkok
Weekend #watercolor painting, a traditional Japanese house, unidentified location, based on a photo
December 20, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Weekend #watercolor painting, a traditional Japanese house, unidentified location, based on a photo
#watercolor drawing of Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand.
December 13, 2024 at 5:32 AM
#watercolor drawing of Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand.
Today’s afternoon coffee-time reading: a Japanese magazine for those who like to explore neighborhoods on foot. This issue focuses on comfy sake places.
November 27, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Today’s afternoon coffee-time reading: a Japanese magazine for those who like to explore neighborhoods on foot. This issue focuses on comfy sake places.
Reading Japanese Pilgrimage, Oliver Statler’s travelogue of his Shikoku Pilgrimage (四国巡礼) across 88 temples to honor Kobo Daishi (弘法大師). Like Statler, I too have a temple-stamp album. I’ve read a Japanese book on the proper etiquettes at sacred sites. Maybe I will go on this pilgrimage.
November 19, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Reading Japanese Pilgrimage, Oliver Statler’s travelogue of his Shikoku Pilgrimage (四国巡礼) across 88 temples to honor Kobo Daishi (弘法大師). Like Statler, I too have a temple-stamp album. I’ve read a Japanese book on the proper etiquettes at sacred sites. Maybe I will go on this pilgrimage.
This is my short story about a Burmese girl named Yu Yu, navigating the trecherous post-coup landscape on the morning of her job interview to go work in Osaka. www.portsidereview.com/4n3j-kenneth...
Kenneth Wong — Portside Review
www.portsidereview.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:14 PM
This is my short story about a Burmese girl named Yu Yu, navigating the trecherous post-coup landscape on the morning of her job interview to go work in Osaka. www.portsidereview.com/4n3j-kenneth...
Reposted by Kenneth Wong
This election result isn't about Dem messaging.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance
Let's stop pretending
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
This election result isn't about Dem messaging.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
Last December, after meeting the Burmese refugees and activists at the Thai-Burma border, I felt inspired to write an article to tell their stories. This December, I will be back in Thailand again to collect more stories to tell. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...
Guest Column | On the Border of Freedom and Exile: Spending Time with Myanmar Refugees in Mae Sot
In Thailand, Burmese-American author Kenneth Wong finds a community of exiles whose homeland lies just across a river yet seems a million miles away.
www.irrawaddy.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Last December, after meeting the Burmese refugees and activists at the Thai-Burma border, I felt inspired to write an article to tell their stories. This December, I will be back in Thailand again to collect more stories to tell. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...
Today’s reading list: a Japanese manga magazine with stories about samurai’s, a book on Thai vocabulary, an illustrated book on Japanese houses in Tokyo, and a book with two Burmese novellas.
November 17, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Today’s reading list: a Japanese manga magazine with stories about samurai’s, a book on Thai vocabulary, an illustrated book on Japanese houses in Tokyo, and a book with two Burmese novellas.
Just finished a new watercolor painting, based on a photo of Japanese model Lalala Aya (www.instagram.com/lalala.aya). I call it "The Girl in the Purple Kimono."
November 17, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Just finished a new watercolor painting, based on a photo of Japanese model Lalala Aya (www.instagram.com/lalala.aya). I call it "The Girl in the Purple Kimono."