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Why Asians, And Many Of Us, Like Taking Photos
These days taking photos is something a lot of us like to do. It’s intriguing how some of us like taking photos of ourselves, taking selfies. Intriguing how some of us like taking photos of what we see around us, such as that city building reaching for the clouds, the unmoving calm blue ocean, family,…
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Long Hair Versus Short Hair. What Our Hairstyles Say About Us And Our Culture
Long hair. Short hair. When it’s time for a haircut, there’s always the question of how much hair to chop off. For the guys, sometimes there’s also the dilemma of deciding how much facial hair to keep when it starts getting long – beards and moustaches go hand-in-hand with certain haircuts. Long hair has always…
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Differences Between Eastern And Western Fashion. And Why We Dress The Way We Do
We all have our own ways of dressing, our different tastes in fashion and clothes. Every day wear, and formal cultural attire and costumes, come in different styles around the world. Going to school in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore meant I had opportunities to shop for clothes regularly in three different countries. As a kid,…
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Why Being Naturally Skinny Is Hard. And Why Some Asians Are Skinny
Being naturally skinny and thin isn’t always a blessing. It’s usually far from it. Just like those on the heavier side, a number of us skinny people often get grief and discriminated over the way we look. For my whole life as an Australian of Chinese heritage, I’ve been skinny. At school in Melbourne (and…
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What To Do When People Sing You Happy Birthday
When you’re the birthday person and people sing Happy Birthday to you, it can be an awkward affair. You might feel uncomfortable to be the centre of attention when the birthday song is sung to you. You might be horrified when people surprise you with a birthday party and burst out in song. No matter…
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What Is The Difference Between “Mother Tongue” And “First Language”?
Talking about language is confusing. Mother tongue, first language, native language and so on, we all define these phrases differently. And each of these definitions aren’t wrong at all since each phrase holds different meanings for each of us. The other weekend I thought about this as I walked through the shopping centre near my…
Mabel Kwong 