What I'm doing now

I'm about to begin work on 28 Jul, at the Ministry of Manpower, as part of the Strategic Planning team in the Communications and Engagement Division. It took me some time to get here, but I'm excited for this new chapter!

Just before this, I was on a career break since May 2024, when I left my job in as a teacher with the Ministry of Education, Singapore. It was a good break where I did things like:

• Improv comedy with Larks Improv Theatre
• Enrolling in a data analysis course
• Emceeing at Toastmaster chapter meetings
• Volunteering at a hospice
• Freelancing as a medical chaperone for seniors
• Nursing my dog to health after he tore his ligament mysteriously

Insight that I've been mulling over

Attitudes are skills. (h/t Seth Godin)

Current identity piece I'm building

I practise meditation daily for 1-10 minutes via The Way

Current goals

1. Becoming World Champion of Public Speaking by 2035
2. Training for my 10k run in Dec 2025, after finally progressing in my rehab

Books I'm reading 📖/listening 🎧 to

1. Seneca: A Life by Emily Wilson 📖 (reading as part of a book club with a good friend)
2. Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff 📖
3. Meditations: The Annotated Edition by Marcus Aurelius, trans. Robin Waterfield 📖
4. The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 📖
5. Yellowface by RF Kuang 🎧
6. Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris 📖

Also...what is a "Now" page?

This idea is from Derek Sivers. What you see here is what I'd tell a friend I hadn’t seen in a year, to give them the big picture of my life.

Last Updated : 21 Jul 2025