‘The Reflection of Fortune’ (2021)
(THIS MEMOIR WAS WRITTEN IN (2021) FOR THE SBS EMERGING WRITERS' COMPETITION ON THE TOPIC OF 'BETWEEN TWO WORLDS': STORIES FROM A DIVERSE AUSTRALIA) • CHAPTER I: 'Inspiration is my Motivation' October 17th, 2015: It felt like I was getting the warmest hug yet knowing the person I was hugging had a knife behind their back -- oh, that's just me reminiscing on my emotions when I left my family at the terminal gate upon departing from America to Australia. To leave my family at the terminal gate destroyed my heart but yet left me highly motivated by the support they have given me to chase my dream of becoming a professional basketball player in Melbourne,...