SHE wrote her first poem at 10 years of age , and said she felt embarrassed when her father showed it proudly to his friends . The young girl ’ s burning ambition was to paint as an artist , but she turned to ‘ painting with words ’, as she put it , because the family could not afford tuition for fine arts at university .
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SHE wrote her first poem at 10 years of age , and said she felt embarrassed when her father showed it proudly to his friends . The young girl ’ s burning ambition was to paint as an artist , but she turned to ‘ painting with words ’, as she put it , because the family could not afford tuition for fine arts at university .
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ASEAN to mark ‘ 50 ’ in big fest
AUSTRALIA ’ S 2017 National Multicultural Festival takes place in Canberra on Saturday , February 18 , with the Philippines represented in the festival ’ s ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations ) Village .
The big event celebrates 50 years of ASEAN with the very first ASEAN Village .
It will showcase tourism destinations , cultural performances , culinary delights and more from Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia , Indonesia , Lao PDR , Malaysia ,
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Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam .
Organisers of the Philippine participation are the Philippine Embassy in Yasrralumla and the Philippine Department of Tourism office in Sydney .
The National Multicultural Festival is the biggest celebration of cultural diversity in Australia .
ASEAN comprises 10 nations of South East Asia with a combined population of more than 629 million people and a rich diversity of heritage , culture and races .
An economic powerhouse of Asia , the combined ASEAN economy is Australia ’ s second largest trading partner and one of the fastest growing regions in the world . •
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