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What Does It Mean To Be Australian?
As an Asian person living in Australia, being Australian has always confused me. It’s something I’ve struggled to put into words. What is “Australian” exactly? When I was a kid and up until university, I remember my Chinese-Malaysian dad saying to me countless times, “You were born in Australia. So you are Australian.” The older…
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Why Some Of Us Sleep Late At Night. And Sleep Few Hours
Staying up and going to sleep late at night is something many of us are familiar with. That is if we are night owls and like sleeping late, and late nights are when we feel the most productive.
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Reasons To Visit And Love Food Festivals
There are lots of reasons to love a food festival. Whenever there’s one happening in Melbourne, I think about going. A few weeks ago I went down to the Night Noodle Markets after work with my colleagues. An outdoor food festival at Birrarung Marr, a grassy patch at the edge of the city, serving up…
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Why We Love Eating Instant Noodles
It’s no secret many of us Asians love eating instant noodles. Some of us call them two-minute noodles. Others ramen, instant ramen. Living in Malaysia and Singapore as a kid, my mum made piping hot bowls of prawn-flavoured Maggi soup noodles for Saturday lunches. I loved it. Many of us Asians love eating instant noodles…
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Why We Love Living In Cities. Especially Asians
City life. Some of us love a lot of the things that come along with being in the city. I’m one of those city-loving folk in Melbourne. Whenever I have a free day, I usually head down to the city and see what’s going on there. We love living in cities because everything is literally…
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Reasons To Wake Up Early
Early mornings. Some of us like them and have our reasons for waking up early. I’m not a fan of waking up early. Don’t like waking up before 9 a.m. But since I have a day job, I have to and grudgingly drag myself out of bed at early on weekdays. And I’ve come to…
Mabel Kwong 