“I’ve been hearing great things about the up and coming bands in Singapore. It’s awesome to see young people getting into music and really enjoying themselves.”
“The skate scene in Singapore is honestly very chill lah. Everybody mixes around with everyone. Some people, we don’t fit in on the outside, but here, we accept anyone.”
“I like to stare at Van Gogh’s paintings. Last October, I attended the Van Gogh exhibition in Amsterdam and spent 15 minutes staring at each of his works.”
“I used to buy and collect sneakers, but when I had enough of that, I sold all of them and started buying staple pieces and started growing my fashion collection.”
“My days off are on Mondays, so I like to drink at home on those days as I'm quite lazy. I keep my gin in the freezer and drink it like that—I know, it’s wild!”
“My Spotify Wrapped top artist has been the same for about three or four years now, so I think it'll be the same this year—Paramore. They’re my first and forever love.”
“My style icon has to be Erykah Badu! I like that she experiments with her style and also puts her music into what she wears, which is very interesting.”
"I have two beautiful fat snails that I got after watching the movie Turbo—it’s an animated film about snails racing! Watching them grow has been really heartwarming.”
“As immigrants in California, my family and I cook a lot of Filipino food at home. My favourites are adobo, which is a flavourful chicken or pork stew, and dinuguan, a pork blood stew also known as chocolate meat.”
“I work full-time in events management and also freelance as a theatre lighting designer, which are two very time-consuming jobs. That said, I’m thankful that my colleagues and the people in my personal life have been so supportive and accommodating, especially since I’m all about that work-life integration.”
“I’m very close to my second sister. I was the saddest little girl when she got married and the house just doesn’t feel the same without her. Even now when we say goodbye after meeting, I get sad because she’s not going home with me.”