Browsing “Japan”

“My favourite gems are tourmalines. There are many variations in colour, so each tourmaline gem tends to have a mixture of colours—it’s very unique!”

“I’m from Hong Kong and I go back almost 10 times a year to visit my family and to eat the food that I miss—I haven’t found any good cha chaan tengs in Singapore yet!”

“I’ve been a hairdresser in Kyoto, Japan, ever since I was 16 years old. Now I’m already 40, and I’m the boss of my own hair salon, SENTTEN, in Singapore.”

“In my free time, I love playing with my cats. It’s funny because I thought I was a dog person, but after my husband and I got the cats, I’m a cat person now!”

“I love dressing up for Halloween, though I haven’t decided what I’m going as this year. Maybe the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland or Marie from The Aristocats?”

"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.”

“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 a power plant operator in Tuas. You know lah, parents in the past want their kids to study in fields like engineering, so I decided to give it a try and now, almost a decade later, I’d say I’ve become quite comfortable in this industry which is why I decided to stick with it.”

“I’m currently taking a gap year from my full-time marketing work to freelance and have a clean girl aesthetic moment, so I’ve been taking pilates classes, going to the gym, and going for therapy. Basically doing a lot of relaxing.”

“I’m currently pursuing a diploma in Arts Management, but if I had to pick something else to study, I’d probably be doing something related to game design as I really enjoy playing games like Valorant, although I’m not very good at coding and stuff.”

“I just moved into a new studio with my girlfriend. My goal is for it to be a big open space where I can showcase my illustrative works and things I like to surround myself with, and hopefully one day when it’s done, I can invite people over to share it with.”

“All of the tattoos that I have are on my arms, and they’re mainly of things that I like, whether it’s flowers, animals (I think lions are my spirit animal), or words and quotes that I live by. I might get more in the future, but I have no concrete plans for that yet.”