SHENTONISTA

“I do freelance work with a Malay theatre company, Anggerik Temasek Bangsawan. Bangsawan is a type of traditional Malay opera, but we’re trying to revive it using new technology. The last production we put up had a fully digital set shown on LED screens.”

“You won’t normally catch me out for lunch in the afternoon actually, because most of the time, I’ll be in the gym. It’s become a habit to destress at the gym, either in the morning or in the afternoon, so I always sacrifice my lunch hour to gym.”

“My boyfriend and I met four years ago, at a wedding for our mutual friends. I had just come back from the Dominican Republic, and he had just arrived from Andorra, and we happened to meet there at the wedding. It’s fate!”

“I started photographing since 2015. Back then, I found an old camera in my wardrobe—it was a film camera, so I decided to just play around with it, and I’ve been photographing moments in my daily life until now.”

“I started modelling a long time ago, but it was only after my last year of poly that I became more serious about it. I thought now that I have a diploma, I can still find a job, at least when I want to, so I can just spend time exploring modelling as far as I can.”

"I hang out with a lot of graffiti artists here, and as you know, it’s not allowed, so doing that for a living is insane. Like just the fact that they chose the hard path with all of its struggles is quite inspiring to me, because they do so much just to bring their art to the public.”

"Towards the end of Hari Raya, a lot of people like to do open house, so they invite relatives, friends, everyone. I enjoy seeing that, but I cannot cope, because I stay alone. I cannot tahan so much visiting! I need my alone time also.”

"I entered law school because I’ve always wanted to be an international human rights lawyer, so that’s my long-term goal. Now I’m trying to take small steps towards this goal, and get to a point where I don’t need a well-paying job and can just help people.”

"When you go out there and see the world, and then look back on life in Singapore, you’ll feel like, “Oh my gosh, we really are dedicating a huge amount of time to our work,” which is why it’s so important to love our job and to love what we do.”

“Ultraman was my favourite show growing up, so I’ve always loved it, but what makes it so memorable to me is that I almost drowned because of him.”

“I love smaller suburbs because they’re so different from the big cities. Everything’s slower and quieter and more peaceful, and though there’s not much to do, there’s a whole lot to see.”

“I’ve always been a more passive person, which is kind of a good thing because I can roll with the punches when things are bad, but sometimes, I just have to do something to change what I don’t like instead of ignoring it."