Featured author at “Meet the Authors on a Tram” event by DETOUR Classroom
Venue: Repurposed tram departing from North Point
Date: 7 December‍

Roll-out of “I’m FINished with FINS” campaign for shark conservation
Date: 28 November‍

Book signing event at Bookazine
New Book: No City for Slow Men
Venue: Bookazine, 3/F, Prince’s Building
Date: 28 November‍

Author-panelist at Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2013
Venue: City University, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
Date: 10 November

Spokesperson for “I’m FINished with FINS” campaign for shark conservation
Date: October ‍

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Media launch for Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2013
Venue: Fringe Club
Date: 24 September ‍

Guest speaker/tastemaker at Hogan X MANIFESTO fall 2013 event
Venue: Pacific Place/Elements
Date: 12 & 13 September‍

Featured in AGI China of Italian news agency Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
Date: 15 August‍

Guest writer at British Council’s writer’s brunch
Venue: Chez Patrick, Wanchai
Date: 21 July ‍

Quoted in Italian literary magazine Nuovo Argomenti
Article: “Bruce Lee blues”
Date: 20 July‍

Essay “Maid in Hong Kong—Part 2” featured in Philippine newspaper The Sun
Issue: 16 July ‍

Guest speaker at Hong Kong Book Fair 2013 forum on Hong Kong culture
Topic: “Three views on documenting Hong Kong in English”
Venue: HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai
Date: 18 July‍

Featured in Ming Pao Weekly 明報周刊
Topic: Anglophone literature and its impact on Hong Kong identity
Date: 13 July‍

Featured in HKTDC’s online weekly HK Trader
Article: “In focus: literary Hong Kong”
Date: 10 July‍

Guest speaker at Hong Kong’s first “Asia on the Edge” conference
Topic: “Dialogue on vision and challenges with publishers, editors and authors”
Venue: Fringe Club Ice Vault, Lower Albert Road
Date: 6 July‍

Guest speaker at HKTDC “Cultural July” seminar
Topic: “How to become a writer in Hong Kong?”
Venue: Pacific Coffee Emporium, Causeway Bay
Date: 3 July‍

Essay “Maid in Hong Kong—Part 1” featured in Philippine newspaper The Sun
Issue: 1 July‍

Guest speaker at HKTDC “Cultural July” seminar
Topic: “How to become a writer in Hong Kong?”
Venue: Kowloon Public Library, Ho Man Tin
Date: 30 June‍

As I See It and The Real Deal featured in Gafencu
Article: “Online and on topic”
Issue: June‍

Became member of Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong
Venue: FCC, Lower Albert Road
Date: 4 June‍

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Panel speaker at “Transforming the Parasite”
Topic: “Maid in Hong Kong, the social and cultural impact of the importation of domestic helpers on both the host and the migrant”
Venue: Baptist University, Kowloon Tong
Date: 3 June ‍

Featured in Philippine blog The Clickbook
Title: “How you do it?”
Date: 1 June ‍

Keynote speaker at Harvard Club Book Award 2013
Topic: “How to live a purposeful life?”
Venue: Education Bureau, Kowloon Tong
Date: 10 May ‍

Third printing of HONG KONG State of Mind
Date: 25 April ‍

Guest speaker at Ladies’ Recreation Club book club
Topic: HONG KONG State of Mind
Venue: Ladies Recreation Club, Old Peak Road
Date: 18 April ‍

HONG KONG State of Mind selected as book prize for Harvard Club Book Award 2013
Date: 15 April‍

Featured in SCMP Education Post
Title: “Balancing work and outside interests”
Date: 20 March‍

Featured in German blog Lehrzeit
Article: “Hong Kong’s education system and intellectual lethargy”
Date: 8 February