This year, I started running on trails as part of my training for a race on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. I had never run on trails prior to this and my closest experience to trail running was hiking along trails at a casual pace. Three months ago, my first attempt […]
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Oil vs Butter: The Banana Cake Edition
I haven’t been baking all that much this year but one thing I’ve been making consistently is… you guessed it, banana cake. Not because I find banana cakes so ap-peel-ling (lame) but because I found myself constantly faced with more over-ripe bananas than one stomach can handle. Here’s the thing […]
Shi Li Fang: Of Hotpots and Printing Errors
I haven’t written in a long time because I’ve been struggling to find a topic that I’m both passionate about and can value-add to… in an already crowded space of eager writers on just about every topic. I stopped writing about food in particular, because I felt that the market […]
Oiwake Dango Honpo (追分だんご本舗)
As always, it has been ages since I’ve been disciplined and relaxed enough to sit down and write a post for the website. I’ve been working, studying, running, writing for the ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership and just generally trying to stay afloat amidst my self-inflicted busyness. I always tell myself […]
Ng Li Tying, the Baker of Stories tells her mental health story
Mention Li Tying’s instagram name @nglitying and more often than not, people know who you are referring to: The Baker of Stories… the one who bakes beautiful cakes and shares the stories of the friends and strangers that she has incorporated into the cake. But what about her story? Today, we take […]
#StoriesBreakStigmas: Porsche Poh from Silver Ribbon (Singapore)
In the first detailed interview of #StoriesBreakStigmas, we catch up with Porsche Poh, founder of Silver Ribbon (Singapore) to learn more about her challenges and goals as a changemaker in the mental health scene in Singapore. Silver Ribbon (Singapore) is a non profit organisation set up in 2006 to combat […]