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COVID-19, Asian-Australian Racism And Media: What This Pandemic Says About Us
With COVID-19 racing across the world, it’s become a different reality overnight. Some of us feel fear hearing COVID-19 cases rise in other countries. Feel uncertainty as toilet paper disappears from the shelves at the grocery store around the corner. For some of us Asian-Australians, we feel the slap of racism once again amidst this…
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Why I Feel Like Quitting After 7 Years Of Blogging
This month* marks seven years since I started this blog. This year marks a turning point in my life where I’ve thought about quitting blogging and even writing altogether. It seems my relationship with blogging has hit the seven year itch. Over time I’ve blogged less and less. When I started blogging, I blogged weekly.…
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7 Reasons Why I Don’t Use The Dishwasher In My Chinese Home
All my life I’ve never liked using the dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand after after a meal by myself or with five others at home is something I do. Most people around me baulk at my refusal to use the dishwasher. They argue you don’t need to spend time washing up with a dishwasher.…
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6 Reasons Why You Feel Like You Don’t Belong Anywhere
‘Why don’t I belong?’ Sometimes we go through moments in our lives where we don’t fit in with a certain group or place. For some of us, we might feel like we don’t belong anywhere most of the time. Either way when we don’t belong often that means we feel different. The feeling of not…
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6 Ways To Avoid Celebrating Your Birthday
Our birthday comes around once a year. It’s a day that marks another year we have lived, another year we have experienced. Some of us see it as day to celebrate. Some of us see it as a day to not celebrate, and last year I wrote about this in a post called 7 Reasons…
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Is India A Part Of Asia?
India is one large, unique country. It is located above the equator, forms a part of the Himalayas and borders Nepal, Pakistan and China. India is also culturally expanse, comprising of thousands of ethnic groups, languages and traditions. Its culture has a strong influence on neighbouring Asian countries and vice-versa. Often India is referred to…
Mabel Kwong 