a day in the life of piano monkey

rescued people from the notorious seafood slavery business http://interactives.ap.org/2015/seafood-from-slaves/ yesterday, at grocery store, j was looking for some shrimps to buy, which led to this little video that ive seen awhile ago. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/10/supermarket-prawns-thailand-produced-slave-labour a short summary: 1. thailand's shrimp industry is one of the biggest in the world, and if you have bought shrimps in discount at local groceries, you probably bought the ones that are related to this modern day slavery. looking back at my southeast travel this summer, i do believe that the industry's full of human trafficking and illegal trades (especially from lesser robust economies such as myanmar and laos), and that there are just not enough attention to be paid for human rights or labour issues. 2. most of seafood comes from wild-harvesting, not 'farming.'  there are only very few species that we can succes...

behold, khao soi @ khao soi samerjai, chiang mai, 60 bahts from end of may, it's been a whirlwind of movements- to eastcoast, back to toronto, hop on the plane, go to spain for yet another brilliant birthday trip, then off on solo sojourn in northern thailand and cambodia, and now, finally back home. which home: my close friends will ask. bouncing between two home, of yyz and man, the concept of home is a very simple one for me.  it's place where i feel 'at home,' with loved ones, where i can let my guard down (did you know that sleeping in new places keeps your brain up? so home is a place that wont happen) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085409-sleeping-away-from-home-half-your-brain-is-still-awake/ with the ongoing situations of refugees all over the world, fight to keep doors closed to others (brexit or us election campaign, anyone?), very real face of poverty i saw in asia (especially in phnom pehn), i am certainly appreciative of calm of home...