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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This book came in yesterday and I sat with my stuffies, reading it in one sitting, and was once again reminded that reading is an experience where I can “visit rooms in my brain I otherwise have no access to”. I give this book 5 stars ⭐️

Hollywood, Ending book by John Green surrounded by stuffies.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After chickens, I can now crochet a little monster keyring thingy for my friend as her birthday gift 😆 Tested with the car key to make sure it fits but she ended up using this monster to keep her TnG charm instead. No AI used; made with Genuine Clumsiness (and wrong stitches).

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

マレーシアはちょっと距離があるけど、熊本の皆さん大丈夫ですか？🥺

Screenshot of map with Malaysia and Japan visible. The text reads:
遠いけど、熊本の皆さん大丈夫ですかー？

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Brought our little Kitasan out to watch the Selangor Mile last Sunday 🏆 キタちゃんにここのレースを見せたんー♪ いい天気で良かった！

A small horse plushie looking out at Selangor racecourse. The horse wears a identifying badge saying “Kitasan Black”.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Forgot that Nolan is all about immersive experiences so the husband and I walked out of the Odyssey feeling seasick and nauseous 🤢 Had lots of post-movie discussions between the reader (me) and the gamer (the husband lol thanks supergiant games 😂).

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Need financial support for speech and/or hearing therapy? The Malaysian Resource Centre of Hearing & Speech-language (MARCHES) can help 🌷 Link for application here: forms.gle/1b7t5S3gJwZ4XD…

Gift of Communication Fund (GCF)
Application period
18 Apr-31 May 2026
GCF is an annual financial aid program for Malaysians who need hearing and/or speech-language therapy.
MARCHES
Application details and form:
https://forms.gle/1b7t5S3gJwZ
Z4XDy46

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Updated my profile pic because I am a year older 🥳 Blessed to be surrounded by people who: - celebrates my success - embraces my mistakes - holds spaces for me to grief and grow May I never forget to have clean hands, a pure heart, and grace to love imperfections.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Nephew: can I have baobao (pick up)? Me: yes of course. Nephew: am I too heavy? Me: nope, that’s why I workout so I can always pick you up if you want me to. Realised that my nephew is only little for a little 🥲I love that I can bench + do weighted squats for 25kg easily now.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Celebrated all the horses in our family (there’s so many of them it’s a derby lol) and continued our tradition of taking a photo with the bestie’s award-winning calligraphy. Happy Horsie Year from ours to yours 🍊🧧✨

The husband and I holding up calligraphy work with wishes for the new year. His face is not visible.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My personal favourite raya gifts from my patients/family (in order of preference & prayers): 1) Discharge 2) Achieve rehab goals & discharge 3) Improve functional skills & discharge 4) Maintenance of skills & discharge 5) Take breaks & continue our goals 6) Care for yourself 1/2

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Found out about a week ago but I took JLPT N1 with my sister for fun last December as her sighted partner and passed 😂 (Insert long lore of how I’ve known this language since young) 突然ですが、N1合格しました✨

Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Results, December 2025
印刷/Print
※出装な結業あなたの受験地の実施機関を通じて受付されます。
*Formal score reports will be issued through local host institutions.
レベル
Level
N1
じゅけんばんごう

しけんけっか
試験結果
Result
こうかく
合格
Passed

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Curiously googling to see how pigeons sit, sleep, recline, what’s a King pigeon etc after yoga class because who the heck designed all these poses? 🤨 Also, how are pigeons sleeping like this?

Drawing of stick figure lying down with one leg folded, one leg extended, and both hands on the top. The text says: everything hurts

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Hello 2026 ✨ With 2 hours of reading time now (thanks to my commute to work on the trains) here's everything I've read + where my money went: 1. A Song to Drown Rivers – Ann Liang 2. Among the Beasts & Briars – Ashley Poston 3. Before We Forget Kindness – Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Spent my day off living my best retirement fantasy running a bookshop on wheels (and escaping my IRL responsibilities) when someone waltzed in for book recs! Yes, of course I’d be ever happy to recommend @hannaalkaf.bsky.social ‘s book in @tinybookshopgame.com 😍🇲🇾

Screenshot from the game “Tiny Bookshop” featuring a Malaysian book. The text reads:

THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY
In this historical YA novel, follow Melati, a Malaysian girl with OCD, as she embarks on a journey to reunite with her mother during the brutal 1969 racial riots that engulfed the city of Kuala Lumpur.
Difficulty: 5 star
Hanna Alkaf
Published 2019
277 Pages

The speech bubble is someone looking for a book recommendation. It says:
This might be a bit odd, but... I'm a huge sci-fi nerd, I'm ready for a 700-page commitment, and bonus points if it's EPIC.

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 24/12/2025

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

reuters.com

Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

We’ve added many more ornaments to our tree (mostly gifted & from our travels) since our homemade-toilet-paper ones when we got our first tree in Sabah. Thank you to everyone working today (the husband too lol) Blessed Christmas filled with God’s love from ours to yours 🎄❤️

White Christmas tree with ornaments made with toilet paper rolls. There’s a santa, bunny, hedgehog, polar bear and many more

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Cleared out half of my wish list during this Steam winter sale thingy that my bank called me to ask if my credit card was stolen 😭 Had to laugh painfully and admit that: It was me - the irresponsible person buying 6 games she won’t have time to complete was me all along.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Reposting my #24WaysToSupportSafeSwallowing from Twitter as we countdown to Christmas ✨ If your loved ones have dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), these strategies might make mealtime safer and more enjoyable for them 🤍

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Me: I want to start playing LaDS but I might not have enough time to login everyday. Will the guys die if I don’t login consistently? Husband: …they are not tamagotchi… Me: Oh great phew (has killed way too many virtual pets for forgetting about them).

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Me: Painstakingly modifying the hospital’s western menu like spaghetti, baked potatoes, grilled chicken etc to IDDSI dysphagia-friendly meals Patients: Orders mostly from the asian menu of chicken with goji berries and steamed fish with cordyceps etc Me:

media.tenor.com

a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest

Alt: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest looking perplexed

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Hospital-based SLT’s morning be like: - look at list of cases in the system - calls food service to order food for meal observations and swallowing assessments, realising that we have “steamed fish slices with ginger and goji berries” today on the menu WOW 😯 To many safer oral meals today ✨

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Working with a child with misophonia recently and I can’t wait to learn how we can include games too😍 PS: from low vision, hearing, to ADHD and many more, I’ve always told the husband that in another life (if I’m not an SLT), I’d like to be a game developer working to make games more accessible ✨

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Played Duo Quest by @1plus1studios.bsky.social with the husband today (and we didn’t murder each other) 😌✨ Love the simple mechanics, cute art, whimsical music, and the option to build a deck of “no block, only bonk”.

Screenshot from the game Duo Quest.
It says “bond broken” and a red restart button.

Screenshot from the game Duo Quest.

It says:
Thank you for playing Duo Quest!
We hope you enjoyed the experience. If you liked our game, please Wishlist us on Steam and join our Discord!
The game isn't over yet. you can now do more runs with the new cards you've discovered.

Screenshot from the game Duo Quest!

It shows two characters’ cards. Mine are all bonks and explosive.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We shouldn’t be asking Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) or children of immigrants/refugees to interpret and translate for their parents, especially in healthcare settings 😮‍💨🥲

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Was in the husband’s hometown last weekend and we were driving by a place when the husband introduced: Him: I used to come here for the methadone clinic. Me: 👀 Him: … I was attached to the clinic; not for the services.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

And farming/fishing/gathering 💯

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

In case you need to buy a game with: - stunning art - banging soundtrack - great narrative about living and navigating grief with loved ones whilst holding safe space and be graceful to yourself in difficult times …it’s the cheaper of this two 😌

Screenshot of two games on steam.
The top is clair obscur: expedition 33 at RM125.10
The bottom is Upon & Ipin Universe at RM177.39

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I have once again decided to run away from Modern World Responsibilities and go inherit my fictional grandpa’s farm:

Screenshot from Stardew Valley where a grandpa lays in bed peacefully with a smile. The text reads:
There will come a day when you feel crushed by the burden of modern life…

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Here at Indie Jam to support @yyng7.bsky.social and her impactful PhD findings ✨ Learned so much from her work on cultural representation in games and how developers can move forward in balancing mechanics and platforming our local cultures and stories.

Yiing Y’ng standing at the rostrum speaking. Her slide reads:
Indie Jam
Perceptions of local culture in games
Ng yiing y’ng
Lecturer
University of Wollongong Malaysia

Me and Yiing Y’ng standing next to each other smiling.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

So many people using genAI art and I’m just here reposting my old scribbles of the husband showing me where the wards were in his hospital when I was covering it during the peak of covid lockdown. Pen, notebook paper, and badly drawn bunny + hedgehog ❤️

Two panel drawing of a rabbit and a hedgehog in a hospital corridor.

The top panel shows a bunny lost in the way. The texts read: covering other hospital as MCO extends so I now spend time along the corridors getting lost. The speech bubble reads: where is this ward?

The bottom panel shows a hedgehog showing the bunny the way. The texts reads: here’s to knowing where all the wards are sooner

The speech bubbles read:
Go through here
Thank you, bye ❤️

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Forgot to update here too but: 2 months later, we went for the hearing aids trial appointment at the hospital 🦻✨ Dad got to try out 3 different brands of hearing aids (I forgot to take photo of the other one 😅). 1/4

Dad wearing different hearing aids side by side. His face is not visible.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

My mum when I was 7: It’s your birthday - the time to be grateful to all your blessings. Let’s pick a cause (eg homelessness, HIV etc) you want to learn more and we go visit them to find out how to best support them. My mum when my nephew turns 7: Let’s go genting theme park 🎢

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I love watching the husband play #Hades2 and learning about Greek myth through all the small little nuggets of clues peppered in dialogues and incredible art/design whilst I snicker knowingly next to him having read the books 🤭 Yes, we’re the stereotypical gamer/reader couple 📚

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’ve bought every single soundtrack and have loved every one of them! Thank you for making amazing music ❤️

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Dying for love is easy. Living for love: making conscious effort to exercise, eat well, get mental health support, loving yourself, honouring others etc That’s the hardest bit. Happy Valentine’s to mine ❤️

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 06/02/2025

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I'm not used to speaking formal Mandarin but the lovely people at AiFM & RTM made it so much easier for me. Thank you, Mun Meng! After much preparation, here's me #DoItScared and talking about four strategies for dementia care partners at home in Mandarin: youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Still can’t get over how tapir babies look exactly like kek batik. THIS IS THE CUTEST KEK BATIK 😍😍

Kek batik, a dessert with pieces of chocolate and biscuits in between. The colour resembles the malayan tapir calf

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Took time off from work today to attend an audiology assessment with my dad because I’ve finally managed to convince him to get his hearing supported 😎 This is after showing him tonnes of studies on hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia. thelancet.com/commissions/de…

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

THIS ✨ Accessible games can still be really fun! My sister who has visual disability loves The Vale so much because it’s finally a game where she can enjoy (and still smash people 😂) with amazing gameplay. I wish more game designers will plan WITH accessibility in mind from the get go.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Mentally counting how many of my colleagues have kids whilst packing angpau for the little ones tomorrow🧧✨

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

2 months later and I finally made these for the first time ✨ My version of mala cream dimsum: - not as thinly sliced as Triple Star did - no mala cream made from scratch - a little oddly shaped But still taste really great 🤤 glad everyone in the family loved them!

Knife and sliced popiah skin thinly on a chopping board

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Ushering in a ssssssssslaying year 🐍🍊🧧✨ (Featuring bestie’s award-winning calligraphy)

The husband and I holding a horizontal chinese calligraphy thay says “prosperous snake year”. The husband has a capybara sticker over his head to protect his privacy. We are both smiling.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The year is 2025. We learned so much about autism that we no longer look at support from a ‘curative’ angle. We don’t write “eye-contact” or “verbally requests I want” goals. SLTs write goals to support someone’s preferences in communication. Link: shorturl.at/QAryJ

Document from RCSLT:

Intervention and support
Please note: any interventions mentioned on this page are provided for informational purposes only.
No endorsement is expressed or implied.
Principles of neurodiversity-informed intervention and support
• SLTs have a responsibility to openly discuss options for support and intervention with autistic people and/or their parents or carers where appropriate. These balanced discussions should
include advantages, disadvantages and current thinking on particular approaches to ensure that choice is well informed and meets the needs of the specific individual.
• Interventions and outcomes are an agreed preference and priority of the autistic individual and/or their parent/carer/advocate where they are unable to make this decision. In adults without the capacity to consent, decisions about interventions and outcomes will be in their best interest (see NOTE below).
• Successful communication and interaction depends on all people involved, including the autistic person and everyone in their environment. SLTs have a role supporting communication and interaction changes and adaptations in all relevant people.
Neurodiversity-informed interventions:
• focus on harnessing a person's strengths, interests and abilities and functional needs.
• aim to improve a person's quality of life and reduce risk.

• aim to provide support and adaptations that affirm an individual's neurodivergent identity.

• are personalised to the needs of that autistic person at that time; no single approach is

recommended for all autistic people all the time.

• are evidence-informed (triangulating best scientific evidence, clinical experience and the

individual's values).

• are trauma-informed, taking account of any Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and any other
trauma inducing experiences, and personalised to avoid risk of re-traumatisation.
NOTE:
Best interest decisions are made when an adult is judged not to have capacity for a specific decision (See NICE G…

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Celebrated the nephew’s birthday and spent a whole weekend away. Small school, fresh air, and lots of fun in learning without academic stress; maybe we should plan our move back to the rural areas too someday.

My nephews playing hopscotch at a primary school. The surrounding buildings look old and dated. Gloomy clouds and mountains in the background. It looks really serene. Both of their faces are not visible intentionally.

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

With how rapid things change in medicine and healthcare, the best years to have any illness is always “next year”

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Intentionally took time away from the internet/phone/emails to spend the weekend with family over the weekend. Felt so good to be surrounded by love, laughters, and heartfelt conversations ❤️

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

One of my 2025 to-do list is to finally finish playing BG3 (and stop going around doing so many side quests) 😌

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I used to just leave my calendar empty to “take a break” from work but I realised now it’s more effective to just block the whole thing and say “BREAK” so my brain knows it’s a dedicated time to stop thinking about work 😌

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Chia Yi @chiayitay.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 😭 This is for the child-me going around asking/telling people random facts but wasn’t reciprocated: Hank takes questions from child-me ❤️

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