My First Kiss by Lian Low

My First Kiss by Lian Low

1. How does the author describe Malaysia in regards to showing affection? The author says that there are laws against showing affection in public an people never show mouth-to-mouth kisses and that for queers the repercussions were even worse

2. What happens to the author when she hits puberty? She is a tom boy and when she hits puberty she stops seeing her friends and says at home in her attic and at school stays in the library and realises that she is actually a lesbian.  

3. What is the author’s experience at school when she first arrives to Melbourne? The authors experience when she arrives in Melbourne is that only Asian people approached her and she was put into ESL class even though he had been at a school where English was their main language, but now she makes some really good friends

4. What is it that made the author feel that she wasn’t Australian even though she spoke English fluently? The author thought that she was not australian enough because of her accent which was a mixture of Malaysian -lilt, manglish, Americanism, the queens english and australian. also when she tried to speak Australian slang people would ask "Where are you from" and "how long have you been here".

5. What else was it about the author that further alienated her from her peers? She thought that she had no-one to talk to and her diary became her best friend. She also felt alienated from her peers because she thought that all love stories started with the Hollywood romance and she knew that she could never feel that way about a man.

6. What does the use of description like ‘crash hot’ do to the audience’s perception of the author? 

7. What opportunity does university give the author? What is it about university which would allow her to express herself more freely?

8. What role does creativity play for the author? Why do you think that creativity would be so important to her?