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What’s The Best Season To Travel?
I’m a summer-loving person. Don’t like the cold and tend to avoid traveling to places that are shivering through winter. Maybe that’s why I’ve never seen snow before. That’s not to say I think visiting a place in the midst of frosty temperatures isn’t worthwhile. I’m sure there are loads to see and do, just…
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Celebrating Birthdays
I’ve never been one for celebrating my birthday. The last time I blew out candles on a cake and had Happy Birthday sung to me was in high school. It has been a few years. When my birthday rolls around each year, I insist on having an ordinary day and my friends baulk at this.…
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Why I Love Melbourne
Recently I went on my first ever guided tour of Melbourne’s CBD. Along with about sixty others, mostly tourists, it was refreshing wandering through familiar city locations while listening to historical commentary from the Melburnian, blonde, university-aged tour guide. It got me thinking: what’s so good about Melbourne? Why do I like living in one…
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Travel Solo Or Join A Tour Group?
Last Saturday afternoon, I was wandering around Federation Square. All of a sudden, about thirty people swarmed around me. I looked around and realised they were being herded by a tour guide in a bright green T-shirt. “So, this is Federation Square,” announced the guide. “It was voted as one of the ugliest buildings in…
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The Race: Asian Australian, Part 10
Normally I don’t do reblogs, but today I want to share A Holistic’s Journey’s ‘RACE Around The World’. Check out all the submissions about race and identity, worth reading! A Holistic Journey 1) How do you define yourself racially or ethnically and why is it important to you? Please tell us about the racial makeup…
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Why We Get Names Wrong
When I was born, my Malaysian parents named me Mabel (may-berl). They also gave me a Chinese name, Li Teng (lee ting, 丽 婷), which is my middle name on my Australian passport. I’ve always went by my English name. Growing up, my parents called me Mabel at home. I introduced myself as Mabel when…
Mabel Kwong 