“How do I know when I’m ready?” “You won’t. That’s all it is, a leap of faith.” Seated in the dark with popcorn in my hand, I was marvelled at the profundity of what I just heard in the Spiderman cartoon. I felt understood, moved, relieved that I’m not the only lunatic out there. Sometimes, I believe…
I’ve heard a lot about Charissa before meeting her in person. Crowned with the title of a national best-selling author, she has a care-free spirit in spite of serious dedication for her craft. From our conversation, I am mesmerized by how much Charissa believes in herself before people in the publishing believe in her, and…
While planning a community meetup with the theme ‘turning struggles into strengths’, I got so confused in the middle of discussions when we were brainstorming the ‘transformation’ part. It’s easy to shine a light at struggle and invite people to talk about it, but how might we empower or enable the transformation into a strength…
As college mates, Zayana Yusof and I chose a very different path when she embarked on motherhood while I took the leap to leave the corporate world. Our choices brought us to different places but one thing brings us together — we stay true to who we are. When I saw Zayana’s article about post-partum depression, her…
“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…