I am dedicated and see it as my public service to contribute to the future of higher education in Singapore, Asia, and beyond, with specific interests and skill sets in fostering a vibrant and meaningful campus culture, policymaking, facilitating community social consciousness, and mentoring individuals for healthy transitions into adulthood and active citizens. Explore my projects and updates in the 'Projects' section or through my regular posts on LinkedIn. Thank you.

ℹ︎: 'Beyond the Latter Grade' is a non-profit, skilled volunteer and peer-support community of young adults from diverse personal, academic, and professional backgrounds with the mission to co-create safe 'spaces of compassion' for students struggling mentally during their formal education, especially post-examination results.

ℹ︎: Badminton Philosophy is a Badminton academy and community organiser operating on a social enterprise model. One of its primary missions is to use the sport of Badminton to integrate otherwise different communities and build societal resilience. Read more at their Instagram: @badminton.philosophy .► Product Design:• Designed a pricing model that incentivizes students to engage in community service, effectively turning the population pool of around 100 students into a ready-volunteer base. • Pitched value propositions to untapped markets ► Partnerships Negotiation:• Negotiated partnerships and built relationships with NGOs and e.g. Healthserve to bring coaching and wellness programmes to beneficiaries e.g. migrant workers, and connect our students as a volunteer base.

ℹ︎: The Kintsugi Fellowship is a non-profit community with think tank, consultancy, and student support operations. Its primary mission is to render holistic support to students re-sitting their Singapore-Cambridge A-Level examinations, especially as private candidates, while cultivating a healthy mental well-being and outlook on adult life.

♥︎ Just doin my countercultural and fun human bit on LinkedIn whilst celebrating the lives of my peers.

ℹ︎: 'SBA Academy' is a Badminton academy project set up by the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), with a Élever Badminton Academy in Singapore overseeing the academy's operations. The Academy's goal is to explore and expand the pool of local badminton talent, This season was in partnership with Radin Mas Primary School. This programme alone lasted 15 weeks during the first half of 2024.► As Head Coach, I:Support the Assistant Coaches in my team - with the Academy running over 15 weeks with six 2-hour classes weekly. The session ratio is 1 Coach to 8 students, and I interact with stakeholders (students, parents, coaches), with my knowledge of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Level 1 Coach Education adapted for the Academy syllabus. This requires effective and multilingual communication skills. I also work directly with the club that manages the partnership with SBA for quality assurance of the programme on the ground.

ℹ︎: Ongoing from Mar 2024 - Dec 2024. • Type: Christian Solemnisation | Lunch Reception • Venue: TBC

A little bit of a reference to Dwight Schrute's role in The Office here.• Type: Church Solemnisation | Lunch Reception • Venue: Charis Methodist Church | Artemis Grill & Sky Bar• Coordinator: Kvell Ong

ℹ︎: Ongoing from May 2024 - Mar 2025. • Type: Christian Solemnisation | Lunch Reception• Venue: TBC• Co-Coordinator: Alyssa

ℹ︎: Ongoing from May 2024 - Mar 2025. • Type: Christian Solemnisation | Lunch Reception • Venue: TBC • Groomsmen: Matthias, Kshitij

• Type: Church Solemnisation | Dinner Banquet • Venue: Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church | The Pavilion, Conrad Centennial Singapore• Co-emcee: Jamie

• Type: Church Solemnisation• Venue: Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church

ℹ︎: Yale-NUS College is an autonomous Liberal Arts College in Singapore. The college's Athletics Department invests in its athletes by providing professional coaching services to both recreational and competitive players.► In my time as Badminton Coach, I :• coached the Recreational Class of average size 10 students, 2 times a week, 2 hours each session. I coach 2 cohorts per year, since 2021. • coached the competitive team players during their tournament fixutres in the competition seasons. These include the Inter-College Games (ICG) from 2021-23, and the Inter-Faculty Games from 2021-22.☞ Personal Reflections, Key Takeaways, Returns to Community/ Society:• This role honed my coaching skills for the 18-25 year-old age group, across recreational and competitive levels. I have found that they most appreciate a balance of theory and practice in their training regime.

ℹ︎: The National University of Singapore is a world top-ranking university. Its 'Learn Other Languages' (LOL) programme is an 'Inter-Professional Education' (IPE) project organized by an alliance across the Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry and Medicine faculties. The language programme equips healthcare students with language skills when conversing with elderly and/or patients who only speak those languages, dialects, and colloquailisms.► In 2023, after teaching 6 cycles of the Elementary proficiency classes, I was invited to add the Intermediate proficiency class level to my teaching portfolio.

► In my time as Research Panel Secretary, I :• correspond with the convenor and researchers and handle administrative duties to ensure communications are effective and timelines are kept, especially as the team is based across geographical borders and timezones.

ℹ︎: The 'Univer-Cities' series is an evolving Higher Education research panel that has more than 15 years' history comprising annual academic conferences and serial scholarly publications which convene global domain leaders to analyse the symbiotic relationship between universities and cities. Read more at: worldscientific.com/series/ucities .► In my time as Researcher and Writer, I :• will be contributing to a white paper and climate change conference slated for November 2023 in the University of Zurich, Switzerland.☞ Personal Reflections, Key Takeaways, Returns to Community/ Society:• I maintain a high degree of academic and scholarly ability, and an international understanding of the Higher Education industry. • I maintain significant networks within the Higher Education industry.

ℹ︎: Studio Asobi is a pottery studio founded in 2014, undergirded by the philosophy that "life is both a journey of exploration, and also a joyful adventure". The studio believes that "'play' is of great importance to the flourishing of human life, and is an underrated state of mind that children and adults alike should engage in more often."▶︎ In my time as a Business Development Executive, I : • Ran weeks of experiments to make glazes at same/better quality but lower cost.• Planned, executed a post-pandemic recovery plan after the studio’s 6-month hiatus.• Actively participated in the strategic planning process, including developing goals, objectives and processes for present-term operations.• Developed marketing strategies, marketing campaigns & channels (audience interaction, story-telling).▶︎ In my time as a Pottery Studio Apprentice, I : • honed my craft to best and immediately support the studio's operational needs.• Co-facilitated across the studio's routine 3-hour workshops of 4-20pax each.

ℹ︎: Blooms Academy is a private education centre founded in 2017 focused on training programmes in the Singapore schools Integrated Programme, Singapore-Cambridge O and A-Levels, and the International Baccalaureate.

ℹ︎: The Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) is part of the National University of Singapore. Its mission is to raise Singapore’s next generation of community leaders, who will not only be intellectually engaged with social and community issues, but will also be passionate about addressing social and community challenges in Singapore.ℹ︎: Each year, CTPCLC competitively admits a select number of NUS undergraduates from different disciplines as student fellows. Together with faculty members and community partners, the student fellows learn to conduct social research such as needs assessment, asset mapping, programme evaluation, social impact measurement and identification of sustainable solutions.• After policy-level work at CSF, I sought grassroots-facing roles for a holistic view of public service, and joined MSF.► In my time as an Undergraduate Fellow, I : • Coordinated with 6 public and private community services to conduct focus groups for 50 low-income caregivers. - Produced a 20-page policy recommendation assessing the needs and aspirations of low-income families.• Awarded ‘CTPCLC Fellow’ status to recognize academic and field contributions to community spanning 2 years.

ℹ︎: Yale-NUS College is an autonomous Liberal Arts College in Singapore. ► In my time as a Residential College Advisor, I : • Mentored a group of first-year students by integrating them into the Yale-NUS community through one-on-one advising sessions, college-wide community events, and helping them understand their purpose in college.• Coordinated with the Residential Life Officers, Rectors, Wellness and Counselling Centre for holistic student welfare and growth. Organized events, liaised with college leaders, offered extensive pastoral care and advising for college of 400 students.• Facilitated discussions on inter-cultural dialogue in a residential living environment.

ℹ︎: APC is an NGO which sets Singapore as a conduit for philanthropic efforts into the Asianregion.► In my time as a Social Programs and Philanthropy Research Analyst, I: • staffed philanthropy conferences and researched on Assisted Living projects. • Edited the seminal ASEAN Philanthropy Framework presented at ASEAN Summit’ 19

ℹ︎: The Centre for Strategic Futures (CSF) is part of the Strategy Group in the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, which was set up to focus on whole-of-government strategic planning and prioritisation, whole-of-government coordination and development and to incubate and catalyse new capabilities in the Singapore Public Service. CSF was set up to focus on issues that may be blind-spot areas, pursue open-ended long-term futures research, and experiment with new foresight methodologies.► In my time as a Foresight and Futures Analyst, I : • Conducted interviews and research to produce weekly Whole-of-Government reports on emerging strategic issues.• Facilitated multiple workshops on foresight analyses, training a total of 80 officers across 10 agencies.• Researched for the bi-annual 100-page government publication, Foresight, on plausible future national scenarios.• Proactively requested extra secondment to the Security & Resilience arm to do foresight reports on Track II Diplomacies.☞ Personal Reflections & Key Takeaways: • During my internship with CSF, I had the opportunity as well to learn from other Government agencies which have recognised the value of foresight work and set up their own foresight teams, to conduct more domain-specific horizon scanning and futures research.

► In my time as a China International Relations Journalist, I : • Contributed to longform pieces on Singapore politics on the Caixin Weekly periodical.• Deputized at events hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Beijing.• Designed and delivered 2-hour lectures on Singaporean topics to 25 Caixin staff

ℹ︎: Yale-NUS College is an autonomous Liberal Arts College in Singapore. The college's Athletics► In my time as President, I :• Implemented constitutional change to emphasize on financial literacy for all students. • Organized a total of 26 financial literacy & investment workshops serving 800 people. • Organized and chaired 2 editions of the ‘Singapore Asset Management Conference’,a large-scale, 500-people, multi-firm, multi-varsity convention, securing partnerships with over 20 firms including GIC and JP Morgan, and funding of over $30,000.

► In my time as Director of Training Programmes, I : • Led a team to organise and oversee educational seminars on finance for the student body, and played a leadership role in the organisation’s operations; particularly, the Maybank Kim Eng Investment Seminar Series and the Singapore Asset Management Conference 2017.

• Type: Church Solmenisation• Venue: Charis Methodist Church• Co-emcee: Percy

Waited on tables in restaurant.⚠️ Noteworthy: This information (pre-university) may not reflect my current abilities and aspirations. But it remains to help observers form a better impression of my trajectories and experiences.

ℹ︎: "The Special Operations Force (SOF) is the primary special forces unit of the Singapore Army responsible for conducting special operations. It is composed of only highly-trained regular servicemen from the Commandos formation. It is also a component of the Special Operations Task Force (SOTF), alongside the Special Warfare Group (SWG) of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)" (Wikipedia).▶︎ I served my National Service as a Commando in the Singapore Armed Forces. My longest and most significant posting during the 22-month tenure was with the Special Operations Forces in HQ Commando, comprising operational and leadership roles across different elements of the service. More may be found in the attached testimonials and transcripts.⚠️ Noteworthy: This information (pre-university) may not reflect my current abilities and aspirations. But it remains to help observers form a better impression of my trajectories and experiences.

ℹ︎: Clover Films is a leading film distributor and producer founded in 2008.⚠️ Noteworthy: This information (pre-university) may not reflect my current abilities and aspirations. But it remains to help observers form a better impression of my trajectories and experiences.