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Celebrating Chinese New Year away from family
But in an evolving world, the writer feels at home with the new people she has forged ties with.
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People enjoying the festivities during a Lunar New Year ceremony in Australia on Jan 29.
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In 2024, to celebrate my first Chinese New Year in Perth, I organised a dinner for my Perth family. My Irish-Australian partner and his adult children and one of their partners indulged me and we had a sumptuous Chinese banquet in a noisy Chinese restaurant with a raucous lion dance.
It was about 35 deg C, which is normal for Perth in January. Even with air-conditioning, it was warm in the restaurant, and we were seated near the door, where stressed-out staff were seating families clamouring for tables.
