Greetings ASEAN Hivers, @justinparke here with a new challenge about language, particularly the expressions and sayings from all over Southeast Asia.

🗣️ ASEAN Expressions 🤯

👨‍💻 Week #173 👩‍💻

^{September 22nd ➡️ September 29th, 2025}

     This week's challenge is all about idioms, proverbs, expressions, metaphors, similes, euphemisms, and sayings that can be found throughout SE Asia or wherever in the world you ASEAN Hivers happen to be located. "Water off a duck's back," "the rice has turned to porridge," "when elephants fight the grass suffers," there is so much figurative language in Southeast Asia, especially when considering all the different cultures, religions, and countries.

     For this challenge basically any kind of "figurative language" that you find interesting enough to share will work. It could be your native language or not, that's not important, perhaps even several different languages or a language you're learning. The most important thing is to provide an English translation or insight into the meaning of the words so we can all understand it. This won't be the easiest challenge for photography, but of course some photos can always make the time pass more quickly. I look forward to seeing your participation.....

Week #172 ASEAN Hive Challenge Winners
🤔 Memory Lane 🛣️

     From things that haven't changed in over a hundred years to things that haven't changed much since we were kids, the four winning entries below were all very insightful reads. The sight of worn and pitted concrete floors triggered some memories from my old childhood, and of course there are always some family vibes in anything SE Asian. Thank you all for participating and I encourage you readers to show some love by supporting any posts of interest.

Winner 💵 10% Beneficiary A Walk Down Memory Lane: University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna 🌟🚀 Memory Lane! 🛣️👨‍💻 Week #172 🥳👩‍💻 by: @diosarich(EXCERPT) ‎Living in the vibrant surroundings of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna, is nothing short of exhilarating! This stunning Agricultural State University Campus is not just my home; it's where I embarked on a 10-year journey where happy memories cannot be bought on an incredible venture at SEARCA.

Winner 💵 10% Beneficiary The Church Which Witnessed History by: @straykat(EXCERPT) I know for a fact that the church in my hometown is old. I could hardly believe that it withstood the strong earthquake back in the early 90's and even survived the second world war. My assumption is that it was built over a hundred years ago but I was surprised that this church I would just casually pass by when I go to the wet market is almost five centuries old.

Winner 💵 10% Beneficiary ASEAN Hive Community Challenge #172 🤔 Memory Lane: Two Decades of Change With Family, Home, and Village ☺️❤️ by: @wanderelle(EXCERPT) I decided not to go far with my entry. Instead, I will share something close to my heart. It's about my family, my sister, my nieces, our home, and our village. Looking back at two decades of memories, I’ve seen how time has changed my nieces, my sister, our home, and even our whole village. This is not just my story, but the story of family, growth, and the many changes life brings.

Winner 💵 10% Beneficiary ASEAN Hive Community Challenge 172:The Memory Lane;Revisiting My Old School Is So Memorable by: @lolitaanana001(EXCERPT) Today I accepted the invitation to join here in AseanHive Community Challenge 172:The Memory Lane; the content is more centered on looking back or thinking of the past events that happened to me when I became once a student in this school.

👨‍💻 Week #172 Challenge 👩‍💻

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👨‍⚖️ Challenge Rules ⚖️

• post body must contain a minimum 250+ word count
• entry must be published in the ASEAN Hive Community
• first tag must be #aseanhive
• participants must share their post link in the comments section below
• mention the ASEAN Hive Challenge "ASEAN Expressions" somewhere in your title or post body
• submit entries before this post countdown is finished

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