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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…
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Why Are We Afraid Of Standing Up Against Racism?
I’m no stranger to racism in Melbourne. As an Asian Australian, racist encounters have been a part of my life here for as long as I can remember. But I don’t remember doing much about this. Over the years, I learned there are different types of racism. I’ve had insults about my non-Aussie accent and…
Mabel Kwong 