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I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet.

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People have always been fascinated by the foibles of the wealthy and privileged.

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The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture.

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I met a Shanghai photographer who finds these old streets and matches the French names to what they are today. I was able to find my grandfather's block, and just walking the same streets and finding his house was deeply moving. I finally felt connected to China.

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I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession.

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I live in New York, but I still get the village gossip. My apartment is a crash pad for so many Singaporean cousins and friends.

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My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14.

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My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

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A lot of the people who live the lives of 'Crazy Rich Asians' don't see the humour of their lives simply because this is just who they are. Even though I'm from that part of the world, I'm no longer part of that world.

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I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.

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Biography

Nationality: Singaporean

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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