Last post for the next six months. It's been an interesting one and a half years blogging and posting and I think I'm ready for a change now. I have learnt about so many Asian Australians and don't think I would have been able to do that had I stuck to being a model minority without any direction or identity.
I won't be doing nothing of course, I'll be helping Chung Wah Perth digitise their old photos and documents, and eventually put them online with full descriptions. Chung Wah is in a bit of strife, they kicked out the old committee at the end of 2008 and replaced it with a new committee. The old committee was comprised mostly of 3rd and 4th generation Australians, whereas the new committee are mostly 1st generation or non-Australians. This past year was really funny because Chung Wah celebrated their 100 yr anniversary, but I don't think they quite knew what to celebrate. Oh well, I hope I can offer some helpful suggestions on how they can be more community oriented. Oh, and they are "non-political", in other words, kisser of all arses.
After that I am intending to work on a website that will collate all the information on Chinese ANZACs. A bit like my Asian ANZACs table but a trillion times better.
Some people I would have like to blogged more on:
Charlie Teo (thanks EL for the links)
Modern Day Dads
Some teaching vids
http://tv.unsw.edu.au/video/curing-the-incurable-dr-charlie-teo
Rosie Quong
She was in Flower Drum Song and had somewhat of a career in acting.
William Poy
His wiki doesn't do him justice. He was an excellent father figure and is a perfect F U Right Back to the Joy Lucks out there. He was part of the volunteer militia whilst in HK and won a military medal for his bravery. Both his kids went on to make a name for themselves. Adrienne went on to become the first non-white Governor General of Canada whilst Neville became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
There's not a lot about him on the web but you can read a bit more here.
LJ Hooker
A biography by Natalia Hooker will be out late December or early January. The website will go live next week
John Quinlem
Harry Freame
And one last quickie from NZ
A feature film about an Asian girl and Nerdy White Guy. Yuck. I'm sorry, that was the wrong thing to say wasn't it? How bad of me. That should read Nerdy Pakeha Guy. The movie was made by Asians too, and is apparently based on a true story but the maker/cast member got a bit defensive when I questioned them about it, cos it hit too close to home. Your husband is white and nerdy and a loser. I think Asian Australians might be slightly ahead now (of course in general, not based on just the one kiwi feature film)? If you think the actress looks familiar, it's Michelle Ang, she is usually the hypersexualised token asian chick that gets paired up with non-asian guys. Not her fault of course, unfortunately that's how the current system is.
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