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How To Shatter And Challenge Cultural Stereotypes In The Creative Sense
There are times when cultural stereotypes hold us back from going after our dreams and creative passions. As an Asian Australian of Chinese descent, I’ve often felt this way. But then there are also times when we somehow find the strength and spark of courage to challenge expectations that we have of ourselves, and the…
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What Are Some Of Australia’s Favourite Takeaway Foods? And Why We Love Takeaway
It’s no secret Australia likes takeaway food, or taking away food to eat at home, work or elsewhere. On average, Australians make 30.5 million takeaway visits each month. With more eateries than we can count around many a corner in Australia, deciding on and picking our favourite takeaway can be hard. There’s something liberating about…
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Why It’s Hard Being A Blogger. And Why Some Asians Find It Hard To Be Creative
Blogging. It’s a space where we are creative and share creativity. Our writing. Photography. Fashion tips. Handmade craft. But blogging and creativity don’t always come easy, sometimes perhaps more so if we’re Asian. Next week marks three years since I started this blog. Three years of being a multicultural blogger writing about all things culture…
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When And Why Do We Trust Strangers? And Why Some Asians Don’t Often Trust
To trust or not to trust? That’s the question we often ask ourselves when we meet someone for the first time or encounter strangers. Trust: it’s about believing others, taking their word and seeing the best in them. I’m not one who trusts easily. Generally, I avoid talking to people I don’t know, be it…
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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…
Mabel Kwong 