Archive for November, 2011
Nov 14, 11 • Arts • No Comments »
I still remember the first time I lost my karaoke virginity. The song was the Righteous Brothers’ timeless ballad “Unchained Melody”, it was roundabout 1994, and I was having lunch at a restaurant in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It was...
Nov 14, 11 • Food • 1 Comment »
Imagine you were an Australian soldier in the 1940s, fighting the often brutal Japanese forces in World War 2. If you were able to look into a crystal ball at Australia in 2011, you’d no doubt be shocked to see the rate at which our office workers...
Nov 14, 11 • Culture • 9 Comments »
It’s only natural for those of us interested in Asian-Australian issues to keep abreast of what is happening with our cousins on the other side of the Pacific. Partly it is due to the American cultural juggernaut, meaning that we naturally tune in...
Nov 14, 11 • Culture • 1 Comment »
Grow up in any culture, and you will gain a set of values and assumptions about the world and the way things are. And while most people from your culture will hold similar values and assumptions, even within a monoculture you will always hear...
