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Karen Bolilia

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Yasaswini Sampathkumar is a freelance writer and educator living in Assam, India. She spent a decade pursuing a career in molecular biology before turning to teaching and writing. She writes about education, life science, conservation, and women’s issues. She is passionate about sustainable lifestyles and enjoys teaching first-generation learners.

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Yasaswini Sampathkumar is a freelance writer and educator living in Assam, India. She spent a decade pursuing a career in molecular biology before turning to teaching and writing. She writes about education, life science, conservation, and women’s issues. She is passionate about sustainable lifestyles and enjoys teaching first-generation learners.

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Yasaswini Sampathkumar is a freelance writer and educator living in Assam, India. She spent a decade pursuing a career in molecular biology before turning to teaching and writing. She writes about education, life science, conservation, and women’s issues. She is passionate about sustainable lifestyles and enjoys teaching first-generation learners.

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Azimin is a Paris-based Singaporean journalist whose work spans travel, fashion, design, and gastronomy, written through a reflective cultural lens. With 12 years of experience, he brings a sharp eye and evocative voice to stories that straddle place and tradition – from unpacking the layered histories of Asia’s urban districts to tracking down vanishing ateliers in the French countryside – all in pursuit of a compelling story.

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Azimin Saini

Azimin is a Paris-based Singaporean journalist whose work spans travel, fashion, design, and gastronomy, written through a reflective cultural lens. With 12 years of experience, he brings a sharp eye and evocative voice to stories that straddle place and tradition – from unpacking the layered histories of Asia’s urban districts to tracking down vanishing ateliers in the French countryside – all in pursuit of a compelling story.

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Azimin Saini

Azimin is a Paris-based Singaporean journalist whose work spans travel, fashion, design, and gastronomy, written through a reflective cultural lens. With 12 years of experience, he brings a sharp eye and evocative voice to stories that straddle place and tradition – from unpacking the layered histories of Asia’s urban districts to tracking down vanishing ateliers in the French countryside – all in pursuit of a compelling story.

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Manila-based Amanda is a recovering journalist with a law degree. She's been published in both Singapore and the Philippines and is now passionate about coaching young writers.

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Manila-based Amanda is a recovering journalist with a law degree. She's been published in both Singapore and the Philippines and is now passionate about coaching young writers.

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Manila-based Amanda is a recovering journalist with a law degree. She's been published in both Singapore and the Philippines and is now passionate about coaching young writers.

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Trained as a lawyer, Daven Wu spent a very dissatisfactory eight years practising corporate law in Australia and Singapore. Eventually, he saw the error of his ways and became a freelance journalist. He hasn’t looked back since. Based in Singapore and London, he writes about hotels, restaurants, design, architecture and lifestyle trends. He is the Singapore editor for Wallpaper* magazine, and also edits the Louis Vuitton City Guide to Singapore.

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Trained as a lawyer, Daven Wu spent a very dissatisfactory eight years practising corporate law in Australia and Singapore. Eventually, he saw the error of his ways and became a freelance journalist. He hasn’t looked back since. Based in Singapore and London, he writes about hotels, restaurants, design, architecture and lifestyle trends. He is the Singapore editor for Wallpaper* magazine, and also edits the Louis Vuitton City Guide to Singapore.

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Trained as a lawyer, Daven Wu spent a very dissatisfactory eight years practising corporate law in Australia and Singapore. Eventually, he saw the error of his ways and became a freelance journalist. He hasn’t looked back since. Based in Singapore and London, he writes about hotels, restaurants, design, architecture and lifestyle trends. He is the Singapore editor for Wallpaper* magazine, and also edits the Louis Vuitton City Guide to Singapore.

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Eris Choo

Eris is a writer and editor from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She started her career on the newsdesk at The Star, Malaysia’s largest English-language newspaper, but has since changed beats to cover the fun stuff. Now with over a decade of writing experience in the food, travel and lifestyle space, she’s a regular contributor to titles including Epicure Asia, Solitaire Magazine, Jet Gala, and Design + Architecture Magazine.

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Eris Choo

Eris is a writer and editor from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She started her career on the newsdesk at The Star, Malaysia’s largest English-language newspaper, but has since changed beats to cover the fun stuff. Now with over a decade of writing experience in the food, travel and lifestyle space, she’s a regular contributor to titles including Epicure Asia, Solitaire Magazine, Jet Gala, and Design + Architecture Magazine.

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Eris Choo

Eris is a writer and editor from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She started her career on the newsdesk at The Star, Malaysia’s largest English-language newspaper, but has since changed beats to cover the fun stuff. Now with over a decade of writing experience in the food, travel and lifestyle space, she’s a regular contributor to titles including Epicure Asia, Solitaire Magazine, Jet Gala, and Design + Architecture Magazine.

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Eastside captures what tourists miss and guidebooks overlook. We reveal the complex, captivating, and authentic corners of Asia as she truly is, by those who call her home.

We share the spaces we've grown up in, the traditions we've inherited, and the evolving cultures around us — from morning markets we've visited since childhood, festivals that mark our years, and the changing rhythms of neighbourhoods we know like the back of our hands.

Our home, our stories

Our home, our stories

Our home, our stories

Meet the team

Audrey Phoon

Audrey Phoon

Audrey Phoon

Karen Bolilia

Karen Bolilia

Karen Bolilia

Shusuke Murai

Shusuke Murai

Shusuke Murai

Yasawani Sampathkumar

Yasawani Sampathkumar

Yasawani Sampathkumar

Japleen Kaur

Japleen Kaur

Japleen Kaur

Azimin Saini

Azimin Saini

Azimin Saini

Amanda de Guzman

Amanda de Guzman

Amanda de Guzman

Kunzang Tshering

Kunzang Tshering

Kunzang Tshering

Daven Wu

Daven Wu

Daven Wu

Eris Choo

Eris Choo

Eris Choo

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Meet us on the eastside

Meet us on the eastside