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Travelogue: Australian alternatives to popular travel destinations

Travelogue: Australian alternatives to popular travel destinations

by Cindy Hoang | Jul 30, 2016 | Featured, Lifestyle, TBS Travel

Planning an overseas trip but don’t know where to go? Indulge in your own backyard a little, to some of our alternatives to popular travel destinations.

The Asian bias: Everyone is more than their background

The Asian bias: Everyone is more than their background

by Cindy Hoang | Jul 6, 2015 | Featured, The Big Smoke Arena

Cindy Hoang deconstructs the myth of the “Asian bias”, the bizarre stereotype where dating outside your race automatically equates to discarding your cultural identity.

France: The country that made me LOVE coffee

France: The country that made me LOVE coffee

by Cindy Hoang | Mar 28, 2015 | Featured, The Big Smoke Arena

In the first of a series on European coffee-drinking experiences, Cindy Hoang blames France for her love of (OK, addiction to) coffee…

Uni students: The privileged poor

Uni students: The privileged poor

by Cindy Hoang | Mar 12, 2015 | Featured, The Big Smoke Arena

Like many uni students converging on campuses for another year, Cindy Hoang won’t sacrifice her dreams for big end of town wages but wonders if this attitude is creating a new class of “privileged poor”?

The changing workforce: ‘Dabblers’ work amongst us…

The changing workforce: ‘Dabblers’ work amongst us…

by Cindy Hoang | Jan 12, 2014 | Featured, The Big Smoke Arena

The wanderlust that comes with being a professional ‘dabbler’ offers Cindy Hoang the chance to embrace a changing workforce and pursue a new set of dreams.

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