Browsing “Converse”

“I think tattoos are a very personal expression of yourself, because you get to choose each design. For me, each tattoo represents a specific phase in my life, especially since I like to get impromptu tattoos when I travel.”

“I’m from Jakarta, and whenever I visit Singapore, I must visit my favourite boutique, which is The Editor’s Market. I’m happy to see that there are a lot of outlets now! On my first day here, I went and bought a lot of things.”

“When I was younger, I volunteered at the Boy’s Home, and met kids my age who were living totally different lives from me because they were neglected by society. Since then, I’ve wanted to be a positive change for them, which is why I’m now a youth worker working with kids at risk.”

“I wore braces for eight years, and my teeth still aren’t perfectly straight. Eight years leh! I put them on in Secondary 1, and only took them out when I was in my first year of university. My original dentist even retired halfway through.”

“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 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.”

“My folks are very typical Chinese folks, but then again, they’re a little bit different as well because they never question what I do as an artist, and are pretty supportive. In fact, I think I got a lot more critical comments than praise about my work from them.”

“I think the biggest thing I’ve learnt in school is how to start over again. Sometimes I get really stuck in my work, but I’ve learnt to not to be so hard on myself, and to give myself time to grow. I think that’s quite important.”

“Enjoy your time with friends, because life happens, and sometimes, people move on. Don’t take these friendships for granted, and treasure the time you have together with your friends while you can.”

“As you can tell, I really like pockets—there are about 17 pockets in this shirt, because it’s a gardener’s shirt, so there are many pockets for tools. I don’t garden though, it’s just convenient to have pockets.”

“I used to play shows with my bands every week, and we even toured Asia. We were aiming to tour Europe as well, but now with COVID, I don’t think we can do anything, so we’ll just write music and release some new songs for now.”

“What I like most about dancing is that I get to be both myself and a performance version of myself. I think it’s always very enjoyable to be able to express myself using my body.”