“It’s only when we look back that we see a path, and it’s only there because we blazed it.” Twyla Tharp How have you been? An acquaintance whom I’ve never met in 3 years asked. While I blurted out ‘I’m good’, I wondered if there’s one word that could fully represent the path. Or a state…
I met Paul during my book launch event and learned about his educational podcast channel for creatives called Plusma-cast. Fast forward a year, it was an honour when he invited me to interview him in conjunction with the first-year milestone of his channel. Paul started a podcast while he was going through a low point…
When I met Zoe in a book sharing session, I shared a book called ‘The Surrender Experiment’ while she shared Elon Musk’s biography. It sparked an interesting conversation when she said that Elon Musk will never surrender in anything he does. As I got to know Zoe better, I came to appreciate our different approach…
Coming to the end of the year, I realised that I told people ‘I feel lost’ a lot, but it is precisely this reason that drives me to create things that matter to me when there is nothing to lose. After attending two silent meditation courses, trekking the Everest Basecamp, travelling alone to Vietnam, creating…
I was a bit nervous before interviewing Adi. He is a professional host with his own TV show, master of ceremonies for international events and this year, he even appeared on the big screen in Pascal. His humility and generosity rendered my worries useless. Adi’s life is like a great book consists of the cycle…
When I heard Ca-ryn spoke about how she recovered from mild depression and burnout in a local art fringe event, I was moved and relieved to know that I wasn’t the only one who went through that kind of darkness. That lead us to having this conversation to talk about the elephant in the room…
When I knew that Dominique Crenn became the first female chef in The State to earned her third Michelin Star, it drove me to revisit an episode from Chef Table that features her life story. The 50-minute show went on like a breeze that made me feel, ponder and tear. When the screen darkened and…
Everyone told me that Derek is an amazingly ‘crazy’ guy when I met him over a dinner gathering. “He has been visiting homes consistently for 10 years without fail, 10 years!” When I got to know more about his story, I learned that he had been juggling between a fulltime job and social work since…
The more I get lost in life, the more I realise that the act of creating helps me to discover my truth and gives me the courage to live my life. Many people relate creativity to subjects such as art and music, and they certainly don’t see themselves as ‘creative’ people. I get that. I…
When I met Ken last year, I never knew that he would entrust me with his book project, later became a friend, mentor, and most recently, a trekking mate. In a meeting after our Everest Base Camp trek, I told Ken about my ‘existential void’ in making sense of the gap between two different worlds.…
“You change the world when you create something that never exists before.” — Srinivas Rao When Frankie and I started Own Your Story community event, we were not inspired by such a noble reason. We both spent a lot of time figuring out ourselves, went through 10-days of silence in Vipassana meditation, felt that something is missing in our society…
My eyes lighted up when I heard about Kevin’s woodworking workshop. In the wave of digitalization and speed, it is counter-intuitive to venture into a business that encourages people to build things with their hands. Woodwork is close to Kevin’s heart because it is a craft he inherited from his grandfather. Even though he is…