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y u no get 100?

Embarrassing Asian mum alert - Eileen was disappointed that her daughter got 99.95 in her HSC so she took the Board of Studies to court to push the mark up to 100.
 
Read more about the story here.

Deaf Man Victim of Brutal Bashing at Train Station

28-year-old Gosnells man Seow Oh has serious facial injuries.

  This week in Perth, an Asian man was brutally attacked at a suburban train station.  Seow Oh was attacked from behind by two thugs as he was walking from the station to his car, in broad daylight.  The attack didn't stop until two other men interrupted offenders.  More details in following link.
Deaf man victim of brutal train station attack.

Mr Oh, who is profoundly deaf but understands sign language, was walking to his car parked at the station when was kicked from behind and fell. The thugs circled him and repeatedly kicked him as he lay on the ground.

Mr Oh suffered a severe fracture to the eye socket and may have suffered permanent impairment to his vision.

One of the perpetrators has handed himself in.
Charge over assault on deaf man.

Liya Xu to be part of first Australian delegation to "G20 Yes Summit"

So Australia is sending a youth delegation to the G20 Yes Summit in Washington DC and one of the delegates just happens to be Asian Australian Liya Xu who is the Finance Rep.  Her official title is "Minister of Finance".  First Australian delegation to G20 announced.

Liya is a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Law student at the Uniersity of Sydney. She has been a regular and active participant at a range of tertiary level Model United Nations (MUN) conferences both in Australia and internationally: at the 2010 Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) in Sydney, Liya was awarded the “Best Delegate” award in the World Trade Organisation stream. Outside of university she enjoys reading, volunteering with various charities and improving her Chinese language skills, with a preference for the Harry Potter series (movies and books equally); though her favourite books would have to be The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, a legacy from high school English!

On a not so related note, I wonder why so many AAs choose Accounting/Finance?  I remember watching a Chinese TV Dating show called Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If you are the one) recently and they have special episodes where the guys and girls were all Chinese,fobs and homegrown, from a particular country (not China).  This episode was the Australian edition and about 15 of the 24 girls were accountants, which led one of the hosts to comment on how weird it was that so many of them were in the same industry.  The Chinese edition is very mixed has girls from varying industries eg dancers, singers, musicians, teachers, doctors, authors and  bosses, but hardly any accountants.

Katrina Fong Lim sworn in as Mayor of Darwin

In early April Katrina Fong Lim was sworn in as the 17th Lord Mayor of Darwin - the first Asian Australian female to be voted in as  Mayor for any Australian capital.  She won a massive 56.6% of the primary vote.  She was previously the Executive Director of Australia Day Council NT and holds a couple of degrees.  Fong Lim wins in landslide victory.

Katrina with her mum Norma

But this is nothing new for her family as her father, Alec Fong Lim, was the first Chinese Australian (and most likely first Asian Australian) Mayor and served as Darwin's Lord Mayor from 1984 to 1990.  Mayor aims to do dad proud.  A lake and the electoral division of Fong Lim is named in his honour.

Congratulations to you Katrina, or should I say, your excellency....

Katina on Facebook

Jeff Wiggle to wake up no longer

 
No this is not an obituary.  As I'm writing this post I actually have some Wiggles songs playing in the background.

Sad sad news that Jeff Wiggle will no longer be performing with The Wiggles, in fact three out of four (thats 3/4 folks - me love maths) will retire.  After more than 4000 shows and 20 years entertaining young children, and their mums (who used to be the children who watched the Wiggles)  three of the original members have called it a day.  The Wiggles are known internationally and release an album or three every year.

Their farewell message


I remember watching them when I was little and it was so cool that there was an Asian (Australian) on there.  At nearly sixty years old (but he only looks 40), Jeff is the oldest member of the music group and I would say the most well known Asian Australian. Ever.

Jeff's dafuq expression

Jeff with his best Karate Kid impersonation

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I have always admired Jeff.  I mean, have you ever dreamed of a job where you could do jack all and still earn millions of dollars?  This guy is living my dream!  Who else can spend most of his working day being asleep and still get a whopping paycheck at the end of it?

He won't be replaced by an AA but I'm kind of glad because I don't think anyone would be able to fill his shoes.

All members have received an AM (Order of Australia Medal) and have also been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, and they are currently doing a farewell tour.

Jeff Doll

Be like me and crank this one up:


and one more for the road




PS The title of this post may be corny but I'd rather use it now than when he really carks it.

Dr Victor Chang honoured by Australia Post

Just saw this at the post office when I went to get some passport photos taken. Australia Post is honouring five physicians to recognise their contribution to our health system. Dr Victor Chang is amongst the five.   For more information click here.

In other news, the second tool involved in the murder of Dr Chang will be deported back to Malaysia when he is released.