SHENTONISTA

"I was always a creative kid. My mum didn't place much emphasis on my grades—she just wanted me to be as expressive as possible, and has always been supportive of me.”

“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.”

“My wife and I strive to be role models for our children with the positive qualities we demonstrate. No one is perfect—we believe in learning and growing together as a family.”

“Now that I have the time to explore Singapore proper, I’m keen on trying the satay here to see how different they are from the ones we have in Thailand.”

“Once, my customer couldn't decide what colour she wanted to dye her hair, so she chose to dye it like a rainbow—literally a bit of  every colour that she wanted!”

“I’m a dancer, and my crew, Bawz, and I were recently in Vietnam competing in a dance competition called the Summer Jam Dance, in which we won the championship title!”

“I'll be studying creative direction in fashion, where I’ll learn about styling and publishing fashion magazines. That’s something I’d like to do—create my own fashion magazine!”

"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.”

“Whenever I experience a creative block, I read The Creative Act by Rick Rubin—I’m on my third read-through now, and I always learn something new each time.”

“I used to operate my own small fashion boutique in India selling my original Western-Indian fusion pieces, but I shut the boutique down to move to Singapore in 2012.”

”My dream project would be to design an aquarium. My favourite animal is the IKEA shark—just kidding! I think hammerheads are pretty cool.”

“I’ve been dancing since I was in secondary school, but it’s a very competitive activity in Korea. In Singapore, anyone can join a dance class and just enjoy their time.”