Akira Le
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Chong Ali at the Flaminā Galah
Photography š· @le_akira Last year I reviewed Chong Ali at The Flaminā Galah for Scenestr, but I never put it on my blog. In these Covid lock-down times I thought it would be good to relive some of that. Iāve reshaped it and have included more photos. Akira Le took all the photos, and it… Continue reading
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Barber Q
Above: Quang Le by Akira Le When you meet Quang Le, or āBarber Qā as heās known, you think: this is a cool dude. Heās got the skills, they got the music going at Crooners Barber Shop, you can talk to him about the tracks and the fades.Ā Just relax and smile, youāre in good hands… Continue reading
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Chong Ali and Akira Le: growing the fam
Photo of Chong Ali by Akira Le. A lovely thing has happened to me. I am meeting creative Asians in Queensland. You know, the ones who didn’t pursue STEM careers. There are a lot of them! I started meeting some on film sets. Then I joined the Asian Creative Network on Facebook, and was invited… Continue reading
About Joanna
Joanna is British Australian. She worked mainly in financial news in London. In her forties she moved to her parents’ birthplace, Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, where she became a pianist in a hotel and wrote a blog about musicians. The blog became a book before Joanna came to Australia in 2012. In this blog she writes mostly about music, gardening, and trips to Sabah. Oh, and Wookie the Havanese.
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