Author: Andrea Chan

Swimming with Schizophrenia
Mental Health, Thoughts, Writing

Swimming with Schizophrenia

I love Sunday swims. It’s a time of respite after a week of endless pings and the intense pace of work. For that hour, I get to be completely undisturbed, almost unrecognisable in my swimming cap and goggles, as I swim lap after lap next to 10-15 others. Each lap […]

When you don’t have the words
Life, Writing

When you don’t have the words

I haven’t written in this online space in maybe half a year, a trend that seems to never end after years of promising myself that I’d write more often. I think I’m still figuring out the love-hate relationship I have with blogging: The love for a creative outlet to express […]

Trail Running and the Christian Walk
Life, Thoughts, Writing

Trail Running and the Christian Walk

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 […]

Oiwake Dango Honpo (追分だんご本舗)
Food, Food Culture, Japan

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 […]

Oil vs Butter: The Banana Cake Edition
Dessert, Food, Recipes

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
Food

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 […]