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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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Finding The Asian Australian Identity In A Multicultural Australia
As a Chinese person living in Australia, defining who I am as an Asian Australian has always been tough. If you come from a mixed family or have moved around quite a bit, you might feel this way too. Growing up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, my fair-haired Caucasian classmates teased my brown eyes…
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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 Some Of Us Are Neat And Tidy
It’s a habit some of us have: being neat and tidy. A neat freak. That is, some of us like things to be in a certain order or place. I’m one of these neat people, always making sure to put things away things I don’t need for a while. A few years ago I had…
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Why Asians Do Everything Fast
When it comes to work, a lot of Asians are fast and efficient. Sometimes scarily fast and efficient (when compared to others). It’s like a super power that some of us have. I’m generally a fast worker. Some years ago I worked at a processing job: I stamped forms and divide them into batches of…
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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…
Mabel Kwong 