Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻

You do you. Go you.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Agents. Vomit blood.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Me: So if I don't give you, you won't take it lah?
Her: Yeah I dunno how ma, I'm only 1 year old.
***Inside joke, doesn't matter if you don't geddit hahahahahahah

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Chips is 气不死 qi bu si hahahahahahah laugh dai me

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

First time analyzing the charts right. And actually went in correctly. But got scared when the next candle showed a little pull back. Then I stopped lost. Then price flewwww in the direction I wanted. Goddammit kenapa chuak cepat sangat??!?

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

I am DEFINITELY having the Damacai Syndrome now 😂 goddammit

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

I haven't felt this urge to be good at something so badly since discovering badminton. And character design. I want to trade well. I want to be a profitable trader. So badly.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Dubai has spent $47.6 billion on roads and transport in the last 20 years. That's the short answer.

The longer answer is about excellent execution: 25,000+ lane-kilometers of road, 3.5 million vehicles on them every day, and a fleet of 752 cleaning vehicles running around the clock. 35 of those are dedicated highway sweepers. On windy days, sand piling up on roads triggers up to 20 emergency calls a day just to clear it.

And it never stays clean. Sandstorm season runs from June to September. In April 2022, a wall of sand hit the city at 80 km/h, causing 14 major pile-ups on Sheikh Zayed Road, delaying 300+ flights, and turning the Burj Khalifa into a red blur for hours. Then it all had to be cleaned again.

Every drop of water used to wash those roads is manufactured. 99.5% of Dubai's water comes from desalinated seawater. The Jebel Ali plant, the world's largest, processes 2.2 million cubic meters a day. People in the Gulf states use about 560 liters of water per person per day. The global average is 180. None of it falls from the sky. It's pumped from the Persian Gulf, filtered through massive plants, and piped across the city.

The workforce doing this is almost entirely migrant labor. Foreign workers make up 96% of Dubai's private sector, with workers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka accounting for 90% of the total. Every Dubai resident pays a 5% fee on their annual rent through their electricity bill, which partly funds street cleaning.

Dubai's 2026 budget hit a record $27.1 billion. 48% of that goes to infrastructure: roads, bridges, tunnels, waste management. The three-year plan for 2026-2028 totals $82 billion.

Clean desert roads aren't magic. They're 752 machines running nonstop, ocean water turned drinkable, millions of migrant workers, and a $27 billion budget fighting the sand every day.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Omg marry Nate the Prawn hahahahahahah shiet I laughed 3 days about it.

Yen to our helper Lyn: Lyn, marinate the prawn
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I laughed so hard. For 3 days. I need help.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

It's so different innit, when someone feels genuinely happy. It's great to be around happy people! It's awesome being happy. I tak mau lah nonchalance. Happy happy happy!

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Today I learned. That wukong is centipede. And Wukong is the Monkey God. FML Chinese language ISTG

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

"The single greatest skill that you can develop is being in a great mood in the absence of things to be in a great mood about."

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Me: *Laughing while nursing a disc bulge relapse because I sneezed a few days ago*

Yen: You laugh summore! Later slip again, your disc. But honestly, the first time I had a slipped disc was also because of a sneeze.

Me: Bravo! Clap clap clap!

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

I love that Qing. She moved to the US soooooo many years ago and we only kept in touch sporadically but we kept the friendship alive. She's still that warm and soft girl I knew 17 years ago. I'm glad US didn't change her. I will not let Dubai change me as well.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Character design will always be my first love

[Gill Clark aka Oma Gill @OmaGillClark]

There inevitably comes a time in every athlete’s career when the once supremely tuned body rebels, or the once insatiable desire diminishes.

I, like many, probably knew a year ago when Tai Tzu Ying underwent knee surgery, that we may not see her grace the courts again. Although the chances were slim, I hoped beyond hope she would be able to return.

But with the announcement of her retirement yesterday, that slender hope of once again watching the artistry of Tzu Ying was gone, and the reality of the end of the Tai era really hit home.

I have already paid tribute to her in a recent post, describing her as the “best” #badminton player I’ve ever had the privilege to watch, due to her exquisite shots, deception and balletic movement. But her sportsmanship, win or lose, also needs to be acknowledged.

Tzu Ying was living proof you can be the best and a great champion while still upholding the ethical values of sport. She was always gracious in victory and magnanimous in defeat.

I, like literally thousands of fans around the world, have missed, and will continue to miss the grace, artistry, humility and sheer beauty her skills and conduct brought to the sport.

I wish you every success and happiness in whatever life’s next chapter brings.

Happy retirement Dr Tai Tzu Ying.

📷 @badmintonphoto

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

"Because success isn't about being the smartest person in the room."

"It's about refusing to give up when things get hard and staying in love with the work long enough to see it through."

The end goal is ✨Dynamite Multisport and Women Empowerment Centre✨

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

Jia Yifan is actually really cute! Wth

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

My dear dear kawan. Oh my dear dear kawan.

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

"You'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling, it's a decision."

[Yvonne Soe 🪐 徐嘉吻 @chwen_]

If you just constantly work, work, work, then you stop learning. –Leena Liusvaara, School Principal, Finland