My First Kiss by Lian Low

1. How does the author describe Malaysia in regards to showing affection?

-  The are very sensitive to affectionate behavior. They have censored out any mouth to mouth kisses, tongue kisses and homosexuals from Malaysian Muslims. Non Muslims are allowed to kiss and hug romantically in public but are not allowed anything to be considered indecent.

2. What happens to the author when she hits puberty?

-  her relaitonships with guys change. She no longer saw hersef as a "tomboy". She didn't didn't contribute in the "oooooh he's so hot "conversations anymore and she began tospend most of her lunchtime in the library reading lord of the rings.

3. What is the author’s experience at school when she first arrives to Melbourne?

-  She is placed in ESL ( second English)  with other Asian people even though she had spokenenglsih her whole life. She was only approached by other Asian people until year 11 when she joined literature class.

4. What is it that made the author feel that she wasn’t Australian even though she spoke English fluently?

- The fact that she had been placed in ESL with other Asian people who vaigly understood the language and that she was only approached by other asian people made her feel non australian.

5. What else was it about the author that further alienated her from her peers?

-She spent most of her time in the library at lunch.

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

- The description crash hot is used to describe her perception of Ken as a chess player. This shows that she takes chess seriously and enjoys it.

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

-It gave her the opportunity to express herself more. She got to meet more people which gave her the opportunity to have her first proper kiss.

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

- Her creativity and personall growth became hand in hand. A year before her first kiss she was under the 25 winners of the  prestigious inaugural short film competition.