Blind arts activist Stevens Chan cooks up a recipe for resilience in his book

Chan hopes his book 'My Resilience Recipe' can inspire others to stay strong and find a way out of their difficult circumstances. Photo: The Star/Art Chen

It is not an exaggeration to say that Stevens Chan is the very embodiment of the saying “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”.

In November last year, the 58-year-old KL-born suffered from a cardiac arrest while he was in Seoul, South Korea and subsequently underwent a bypass surgery.