
Hugging. Some of us like to be hugged, and some of us don’t. I don’t mind being hugged. Don’t mind giving hugs either. Crushing bear…

I don’t mind eating alone. I don’t mind asking for a “table for one”. But what I do mind is getting grief for dining by…

Travel. It’s about being on the move. When we were young, maybe we were forced to travel, travel for a better life and a better…

Growing up in a Chinese Malaysian family, I’ve been told studying science, landing an office job and getting married in that order is the road…

I am a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. I explore what it means to belong, not belonging in the in-between and intercultural identities (more).
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