SHENTONISTA

There’s an air of freshness about this breezy yet sophisticated staple.

“If I want to take a trip, I’ll just go.”

“I’m always in that Friday mood—the TGIF playlist is always playing on my Spotify.”

“One of my work perk-me-ups is an old-school pandan waffle from a bakery at One Raffles Place.”

“My favourite movie of all time is Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love”. It’s beautiful.”

“I don’t just like graphics; I like design that tells a story.”

“My guilty pleasures: McDonald’s fries dipped into their vanilla ice cream. But the fries have got to be hot!”

“To me, it’s the little hiccups and unforeseen incidents on trips that end up being the most memorable."

“I’m actually very friendly, although it seems like I have a ‘resting bitch face’!”

Our task for Changinista: to tell the stories of nine individuals as they made their way through Changi Airport, some for the first time.

We caught Pern just before he was about to fly off for a five-day work trip.

“If I could do anything other than what I’m doing now, I’d open a tea house."