Hello!
I'm the editor-in-chief @chickenscrawlings and a seasoned, well-travelled freelance journalist covering stories about travel, food, culture, motherhood, luxury hospitality and design.
I'm on regional F&B panels and deeply interested in how trends evolve and was a regular contributor to WGSN and Trendwatching networks.
I'm married to a chef (*** Michelin) and mum to a spirited, fun-loving 3-year old. We divide our time between Hong Kong, Singapore and France. Before you ask, it's almost always me doing the cooking at home.
As a retired corporate hound, I've previously lived in Treviso, Beijing, Macao and Hong Kong the past 20 years, which involved alot of travel. In between, I survived cancer and had a baby, and am currently focused on raising my pet human.
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Hong Kong Domestic Helper Health Matters: need to know essentials
I’ve spent the last 5 months supporting my ex- domestic helper through advanced cervical cancer FIGO stage 3A, we eventually flew in her husband the last month to be her
Our Top 5 Hong Kong Playgroups
We had our child during Covid and there was alot of trial and error trying to find the right Hong Kong playgroups that had a great programme, but didn’t impose
Hong Kong Yumcha: One Harbour Road Grand Hyatt
One Harbour Road at the Grand Hyatt is our regular haunt. We’re here at least twice a month for yumcha and it’s what the toddler looks forward to every week.
DIY PlayDough
We started making our own DIY playdough for over a year now because the store bought one dries up really quick and it’s neither environmentally friendly or economical to keep
Exploring hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district
I did a street photography workshop with Wander With Nicole in June and didn’t have a chance to look at the photos in Sham Shui Po district I took until
7 Ideas to throw a sustainable kids birthday party in Hong Kong
Finished a piece for Little Steps Asia on how to throw a sustainable kid’s birthday party in Hong Kong, including some of my personal favourites. Get it catered! Making sure
Travel
Travel: Top 10 Singapore Favourites with the toddler
Our trip home to Singapore was brief, eventful and memorable. My son got to meet his grandparents and extended family for the first time. He also ran a very high
Writing: Travel Weekly
Picking up from where I’ve left off and crawling out of maternity leave. I had intended to take the entire year off to care for baby G as we have
TraveL: Best of Bangkok
I’ve several story pitches that have been parked since the world isn’t planning any unnecessary travel in the near future with this virus madness. I’ve been to Bangkok’s Ortorkor market
Culture Trip: Best Beijing Tours
I filed this story pre-Covid19 madness and look forward to going back to Beijing sometime soon. Here are 9 of the best tours I filed for Culture Trip to get
Travel: Copenhagen Denmark
This has got to be one of my favourite cities and I’ve tried to pitch several articles for the past year since my first trip there in January 2019 –
Travel SCMP Life: How ancient art of feng shui influenced modern Singapore – from Marina Bay Sands to the Mass Rapid Transit
I took a sidecar feng shui tour with Singapore Sidecars last year when I stayed at the Capella Singapore. I’ve been away nearly 20 years and I feel like every
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CREATIVE
easy DIY Sensory Play: how to make Oobleck
I hope everyone is staying dry and safe in this Hong Kong super typhoon weather. We’ve been stuck indoors all weekend, no school on Friday and it’s been a very wet and windy Saturday.
DIY PlayDough
We started making our own DIY playdough for over a year now because the store bought one dries up really quick and it’s neither environmentally friendly or economical to keep
Sewing Projects: The Shift Dress
With Covid, no travel, a new baby and all, it is difficult not to turn Chicken Scrawlings into a Mum blog, but I’m still trying and I have lots of
Easy DIY Black and White Baby Mobile
Being pregnant during the year of Coronavirus is a strange time and I suddenly found myself with so much time on my hands as work – let’s be honest, it’s
Sewing: EASY Baby rompers
I’ve been at sewing for a couple of years now and made a couple of dozen of toddler dresses for my baby niece and a number of friend’s little girls,
Travel SCMP Life: How ancient art of feng shui influenced modern Singapore – from Marina Bay Sands to the Mass Rapid Transit
I took a sidecar feng shui tour with Singapore Sidecars last year when I stayed at the Capella Singapore. I’ve been away nearly 20 years and I feel like every
MOTHERHOOD
Pet Death: Saying Goodbye to Smudge and processing grief
It’s been 6 months since my cat of 14 years passed. Smudge was about 17 years old, rescued from abuse off the streets of Beijing and followed me from Beijing
Hong Kong Domestic Helper Health Matters: need to know essentials
I’ve spent the last 5 months supporting my ex- domestic helper through advanced cervical cancer FIGO stage 3A, we eventually flew in her husband the last month to be her
Kids Theatre: The Tiger who came to tea – as fun as the book
This is one of the toddler’s favourite books. We’ve been reading it since birth, and have read both the English and Chinese version of it.
Hong Kong Yumcha: One Harbour Road Grand Hyatt
One Harbour Road at the Grand Hyatt is our regular haunt. We’re here at least twice a month for yumcha and it’s what the toddler looks forward to every week.
The neverending cycle of the flu
I feel like I can never get a break as the whole family is sick and the toddler has been sick for 3 weeks. I haven’t slept much in the
Life, Death and the messiness of Motherhood
I finally understand the sacrifices, sheer exhaustion and reality of balancing life and motherhood now that I’ve got a spirited 2.5 year old. In between, life and death happens. I