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The Seine done deluxe
Billionaire Magazine
The City of Light has an allure that is incomparable. Whatever you fancy, France’s (some say Europe’s) capital has it in spades...
Eat up Lake Geneva
Sunday Straits Times
Geneva, famous for Western Europe's biggest lake, makes for a culinary adventure and a portal to the country's beauty and history...
The Taste of Napa
The Business Times, Singapore
Mention Napa Valley and images of lush green vineyards flanked by rolling hills burnt gold under the Californian sun come to mind...
In Search of a Ghost
Te Waha Nui, New Zealand
The South Island Kokako was classified extinct in 2004, but two ornithologists believe New Zealand's most enigmatic bird still exists in the island's deepest forests...
Singapore's Best Kept Foodie Secrets
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Not all of Singapore's best restaurants are in the tourist guidebook. Marc Checkley visits some popular spots that are off the radar...
Making Much from Magic
The Straits Times, Singapore
I remember with great fondness my six years at the local community drama club in Auckland. On Monday evenings we would spend two hours cavorting around learning characterisation...
Willin Low's B3
TimeOut, Singapore
Some would call it culinary suicide to set up a burger bar neighbouring three established heavyweights in the bun industry, but Willin Low has done just that...
Of Movies and Mud Pools
The Straits Times, Bon Voyage, Singapore
In the film The Talented Mr Ripley, Tom Ripley arrives at a small fishing village somewhere in 1960s Italy...
Escape to Tranquility
Life! The Straits Times, Singapore
There are moments in life when you need to escape humanity, flee the hubbub and soak up new experiences, far from the madding crowd...
A Few Chords Short of a Symphony
The Straits Times, Singapore
I decided to let the pandemonium quieten down and the grumbling of some die-hard "phans" (Phantom of the Opera fans) to cease...
A ‘mallow’ view of Nationhood
Te Waha Nui, New Zealand
New Zealand’s cultural identity has a lot to contend with. We are in constant flux over what it is to be a Kiwi...
Secrets of the Yorkshire Coast
Life! The Straits Times, Singapore
“The Smugglers Way” –– three simple words that conjure up thrilling childhood fantasies of secret tunnels, forgotten dungeons, a pirate’s bounty, cupboards with a false back, and other treasures...
Let the example stay and shine
The China Daily, China
It was a frightfully exciting ride on the bus this morning. Only two-minutes into my journey there was an almighty screech...
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Books
"Nasri"
Love and Lust in Singapore (2010)
Monsoon Books
"Too Close for Comfort"
Metaphors Be With You, Volume 1. (2016)
HCAC | Coffee Stained Press
recent work | roles
2010-2016
Travel Writer (freelance)
Life! The Straits Times | Bon Voyage
Singapore Press Holdings
2010-2012
Group Editor
TV ASIA
Ten Alps Asia, Singapore
2009-2012
Food Writer | Reviewer (regular freelance)
TimeOut Singapore
Ink Publishing
2009-2010
Sub-Editor
The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings
2007-2008
Anchor | News Producer
The China Daily Online
Beijing
2006-2007
Journalist
Newstalk ZB
The Radio Network, New Zealand