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Wanting to do a Photoshoot for Spring. Gotta make some costumes then.

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A girl plays the piano inside an Elementary School, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 9, 2011

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I don’t even know who these people are nor do I care, but they were taking pictures and I wanted in, haha.

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A new national survey of Asian Americans revealed that Korean Americans were the most strongly opposed to same-sex marriage of all Asian ethnic groups.
Seventy-three percent of Korean Americans were opposed to LGBT marriage rights, compared with 53 percent opposed for all Asian Americans. In addition, 51 percent of Korean Americans were “strongly opposed” to same-sex marriages.
The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) published their findings on April 29. They polled 3,034 Asian Americans in the second half of 2012. The principal investigators were Karthick Ramakrishnan, associate professor at U.C. Riverside, and Taeku Lee, a professor at U.C. Berkeley.
Of all Asian Americans, just 34 percent were in favor of gay marriage rights. Japanese Americans were the only group who had a majority in favor, at 51 percent. The Chinese were slightly more opposed (49 percent) than in favor (41 percent).
Along with Koreans, Filipino and Vietnamese Americans were also opposed to gay marriage rights above the overall average.
One interesting thing to note from the survey was that Korean Americans were in support of affirmative action (84 percent), despite those in the community who believe that some Korean American students are at a disadvantage when it comes to the college admissions process.

Not all surveys are accurate. Some may be test taken in a more larger Christian community, another may be people ages 18-26 taking the test compared to someone who is 40+ who doesn’t speak English and were excluded from taking the test, some may reflect the views of America’s Liberal Northeast compared to America’s Conservative South. Just because a survey says something, it doesn’t truly portray Asians generally in the U.S, they all differ in each communities, in each city, state and dialects.
For example, let’s pretend this test is instead on a single Asian ethnicity. The ones in Texas are more liberal to LGBT rights, compared to conservative Wisconsin, to North Carolina who doesn’t understand the concept of homosexuality, to older generation Minnesota who are against it and younger generation who are for it and indecisive and openly-gay California’s opinion. Is this test based on a single community with a bias favor, or does it include a variety from state to state among the Asian community populations?

All I really wanted to do was take care of you, make you your favorite food, do laundry together, play your favourite games and watch movies with you. I use to remember when I’d stay up late till you came back from work, just to sleep next to you…

But then you passed on from this life time and I was happy enough to know that I told you I loved you before you left, forever.

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Thai/Lao Aristocracy History
In the old days, when the King and Aristocrats ruled the lands, farmers, peasants and villagers all had to bow down to them when they approached, not even daring to speak, stand, touch or look at them, because it was forbidden that the lower class to associate themselves with the high class.
However, this tradition still continues, though not as strictly as in the old days. Now you can look at the Royalty, speak when spoken and touch them if they offer first (handshake, though, generally frowned upon and tacky), but make sure to be on your knees if you approach them and never have your head higher than theirs.
In Today’s Western World,
Some old aristocratic families still exist in France, Australia, U.S and Canada and if elders knew your surname and who your grandparents were, they would even go down on their knees for you and bless you for being in presence and they become too over friendly, they called you “Blood” (Meaning, Royal Blood) and that you have to pardon them and beg them not to bow to you in public and that you’re just a regular normal person now in the Western world.
However, some people aren’t as humble as others. I know a few families who sees themselves too highly, that they are kin and loyal to the Crown. If you don’t belong to their social standings, they won’t even talk to you or acknowledge you. If you date their children and no matter how rich your family was, you were meaningless and a nobody. They were birthright rulers and believed themselves to be treated with respect even in the Western World.
Fun Facts:
When you want to offer something to the Prince or Princess, it must be given on a silver platter, the King & Queen takes it from a golden platter.
Red & Gold are the Royal Family colour, only they could wear it in the old days.
In the old days, you could not touch the Royal Family. The current King of Thailand’s mother fell in the river, and because of this law, many of the servants did not dare touch her, because they would chop their hands off, so she drowned. When he became king, he removed that law and now people can touch the Royal Family, but due to customary, people still do not :)
The appropriate way to kill a Royal Family? Bashing them to death in a cloth bag and not trying to spill a single blood on the floor. Their blood was considered sacred.
Your head must never be higher than the Royal Family.

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Anonyme: Do you prefer a more traditional wedding or a everyday classic wedding?

Hrmm? Explain a bit more? Traditional Asian or American weddings?

I actually want to have both.

Morning Sunrise

First, I want to have a Traditional wedding. Where we wear traditional clothing, bow down and drink to every guest (Male & Female), perform the ceremonies. Instead of paying a wedding dowry, since I am marrying a guy, I want this to be a ceremony where me and my husband buy ourselves out of our family and start our own surnames. (All done in our living room). Serving French breakfast, like baguette, coffee and brie :)

Evening Sunset

Then I plan my American wedding. Me and my husband wont see each other for that whole day after the morning ritual. We’ll be dressed in white tuxedos, in our house out in the country yard. White wooden chair for our guest, a giant willow tree with love poems me and my husband wrote being together and fireflies in jars, balloons and cakes, pastries, sweet snacks and dessert wines and floral everywhere. The music plays and we both come out from different ends, meet each other and walk down the aisle together (Or I wait for him to come out). We do the American ceremony, our vows and then we kiss and get married :)

Night Skies

Then later on in the night, Gold, Red and White is everywhere, a huge banquet at a beautiful opera house or something, inviting guest from all over the world. People offering us gold and money and lots and lots of alcohol, so my hubby better be a good drinker! Live bands and musicians and a dance floor, playing traditional party songs, then eventually American songs and then dance party songs. Wine and champagne and Chinese & Thai food. We’ll party till 6am actually and then go home and rest. We’ll also be treated with very expensive and luxurious cars too :)

Breakfast Brunch:

Then the remaining guest can come back to the house, as we host a thank-you party brunch, Dimsum, tea and Laotian food that is cooked fresh from the outside BQQ.

Honeymoon:

Then off to Thailand & Laos for our honeymoon and another traditional wedding ceremony with relatives that couldn’t make it!

But first, I have to talk about it with my future hubby of what he wants to do too, hehe ;P

On my wedding day, I know I’m just going to cry so hard, haha, *tearing up already*

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