We’re halfway through the year and I was just stocktaking changes I’ve made for a more purposeful, sustainable life. I’m actively making small changes to my every day life to be kinder to the planet. 1. If you live in Hong Kong, you must check out Hong Kong composting, an initiative by a friend Ming. […]

I’m really looking forward to this year’s event this Sep 21-22 as I missed last year’s Food Summit while I was back in Singapore. I was also in Stockholm earlier this year in February for the Stockholm Design Week and sussing out their sophisticated recycling/composting system and culture. The two day line up organised by […]

I was just watching National Geographic with friends on the telly last night and there was a documentary “The History of Food” with chefs, historians, authors and anthropologists discussing the state of fish in the world over making good fish and chips. As I was teaching in my Anthropology module class at Macao’s IFT, in […]

It’s birthday month, so I decided to do more than Konmarie the wardrobe, every corner of the house and my bookshelf. I given away to my helper many bags of clothes, bags, shoes some new, some old, some never worn. Books that I’ve read and for years never touched again, I donated to the Macau library. […]

Gem of an Idea Exploring sustainable design in jewellery making A former research analyst with the civil service, Choo Yilin left her career and familiar turf to relocate with her diplomat husband when he took up a posting in Bangkok. There, Choo Yilin started her eponymous artisan jewellery label, working with European and Thai craftsmen […]