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How getting a photo with Jackie Chan taught me about kindness – ABC News
Growing up in Canberra, Kwong Yue Yang had a plan to become a cool kid. He’d track down Jackie Chan, his movie star idol, at a local restaurant to get a picture and an autograph. But rustling up the courage to pull it off was entirely another thing.
Growing up, Kwong Yue Yang felt anything but cool. A maths nerd with a bowl haircut, he struck on a plan to become a cool kid.
At The Moth, a live storytelling event, he explained how he tracked down Jackie Chan, his movie star idol, at a local restaurant to get a picture and an autograph and, hopefully, change his life forever.
As a little Chinese boy in Canberra, my parents always told me that there were three things I could be: a lawyer, a doctor or a failure.
But at nine years old, a ca…
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