Greetings ASEAN Hivers, @justinparke here with a new challenge that should be accessible for all, and it's all about the friendly faces in our lives.
😀 Friendly Faces 👋
👨💻 Week #181 👩💻
November 17th ➡️ November 24th, 2025
Southeast Asia is the land of smiles, and that's why I don't think this is the first challenge revolving around the beautiful smiles of Southeast Asia. On a daily basis in Southeast Asia, most of us encounter several smiling or friendly faces whether we are in the village or out running errands. I can't say the same for life here in the USA, and the faces are probably the number one thing I miss from my real home in Cambodia.
After nearly 6 months in the USA, my wife and daughters all agree the most difficult thing is making friends and starting a conversation with someone. We definitely feel friends and family members keeping a distance from us because we are poor and could easily become a burden I guess, but I've never felt this in Southeast Asia outside of Singapore. Smiles are what makes Southeast Asia so livable, so please find some smiles for this challenge and tell me all about the people behind them.
NOTE - apologies for the missing curation posts and raffle last week. Life is hectic and I'm doing my best to juggle all the things overwhelming me right now.
From the sweet to the savory, and from the Philippines to Bangladesh, a wide array of flavors were on the table for this challenge. There is even an entry from @lolitaanana001 that shows you a slightly labor intensive but super simple way to make your hair silky smooth, smell good and shine too. If you combine all three winners, you've got a main dish, a dessert, and some personal care, quite a combo. Please consider supporting all three of these outstanding posts.
(EXCERPT)Hello Dear Hiveans! How are you in this beautiful community..Hope you're doing great and fine..I wanna share to you today some sweet rewards of using coconut milk at home-- to everyday cooking and to some beauty routines. Joined me today as we try to find out why it brings wonder in the kitchen.🧑🏽🍳🧑🏽🍳🧑🏽🍳
(EXCERPT)Hope everyone is well. We spend our busy time preparing some creative food every day. Our lifestyle is very tough. It is interesting to complete and participate in all the tasks of the daily journey, although time is very precious. Today I am inspired to be a part of the challenge organized by #aseanhive Community Challenge :-180. Welcome to my today's cooking skill Coconut Laddu or Nadu recipe.
(EXCERPT)Hello, how are you? A few days ago, my cousin was craving for curry, but I cooked the chicken in another recipe LOL. You know what it feels like to be expecting something but not. So I feel bad about it, and that is life, but yeah, their still morning, so yeah. So the next day we bought the ingredients for it, and the cravings were satisfied! I was scrolling through my feed, and I saw ASEAN posted for this week's challenge is about cooking using Coconut Milk.
👨💻 Week #181 Challenge 👩💻
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