Yes you heard it! I'm gonna be on MUSE Singapore for their up coming February edition. I'm so thankful to have one of my life's milestones met.
The backstory
I met Elsie the editor of MUSE Magazine through a few degrees of mutual friends. Lovely kind lady who then brought me to a few of her events. We knew each other for almost half a year before being featured on her magazine.
Behind the scenes shoot
Photography and Videography by Winston from Muse. I really love his creative style! He really makes everything look perfect. These little snippets were taken by my staff at our showroom. That's Elsie in the background with her art director. It's my first ever magazine shoot and I'm so excited to see how it turns out. I had dreams of appearing on one but I never thought it would come so soon! Counting my blessings and luck with networking with people.
Here's my bro Yifeng and I posing for the cameras! And some unglam shots of him haha.
Excited! Can't wait for it to be out in February!!
I've been getting this question a lot, what was the worst tinder experience I've ever had? Turned out someone I know IS a sexual offender. And this is way worse than the kind of DeeKosh drama on social media...
I've always thought, if I had a friend that messed up in life, surely I'll be there for him/her through thick and thin. So initially I thought those people that 'left' Deekosh, Eden Ang and didn't want to be associated with them were all quite superficial people. But it wasn't until this episode that I realised how emotionally impossible it is.
You'll start to question, how much of this person do you really know?
There's no comfortable way to tell this story, but I should still do it. Here's how the story goes. I knew this person for quite a while, we went out a few times. After he got attached, we kept in touch as friends for a short bit until he eventually cut all communication. It's cool, quite normal actually, I didn't bother too. Never thought I'll hear from him again until months later, this new girlfriend texted me on 2nd Jan 2021.
How she got my number? Apparently when that dude and I were texting as friends she saw my contact pop up and remembered it. Amazing. Kudos actually. So this girl whom I've never met, never talked to and never seen, texted me about how fked up this guy is.
How fked up is he? Apparently he goes around messing with different girls telling them he loves them and exploiting them. Here's the psychotic part, when they aren't looking or sleeping, he takes naked photos of them. Criminally, without their consent! Then to keep a copy, he emails it to himself. So this girlfriend, took screenshots of his emails, and phone's photo collage and sent it to me. I woke up on 2nd Jan with many nudes of other girls on my telegram. Cools. And she said she was a victim because she caught him taking photos of her while she was showering. That's just fking sick.
I'm not part of the victim gang but its just shocking how someone that seem so decent and respectable can be so sick in the head. There's totally no hint of it. He's a professional at this. And I realised how much lies were told. Since then I've became a lot more wary of people, especially when there are things I'm not sharp enough to pick up.
Anyway this nice girlfriend, thought I should know incase I was one of the victims. It's all a pile of bodies, she couldn't tell them apart. But I guess she sent it to every girl he talked to recently. Although I'm quite confused on why she did so. In the end, she didn't want to report to the authorities and I think she got back together with him. Well good luck to her.
I don't think I can see someone as a friend anymore after finding out what their morals/values are. It's never the same.
As much as I value friendships, this is really stretching it. I just hope he changes his ways before his luck in life runs out. Things like this will come back to bite. But in a nutshell, here's the worst tinder person I've ever met. It made me doubt everyone around me now.
There's a lot more details to this story but I'll leave that to another time!
I usually end off the year with a post looking back at the key events and milestones in my life. In 2019 I posted it on my Instagram, but since I've created my own page, this would definitely be much better.
2020 was an interesting year. It started off rough with a huge mess in almost every aspect with my life. Work was in a mess, love life was too. But all in all, I learnt to be brave and have courage to move away from people and situations that take advantage of me.
3 Bads
A shocking realisation on how people can take advantage of others without any form of guilt or morals. I learnt that there are just some people who are plain rotten, and can't be saved. Those who know, this person is really a joke. It is a story to tell in person.
I was sabotaged by a supplier and had to go to great lengths and countries to complete an order. I was in dangerous situations where I feared for my life. Even though this story had a brilliant ending, I unknowingly developed some anxiety and ptsd issues when I returned to Singapore. I'm fine now, in fact way better than before after I overcame that. I became empowered and I no longer fear anything.
Cutting out a group my friends from my life was a painful thing. This is a story I'm not yet ready to share, but those close around me will know how shitty it was. I now understand the difference between true friends and wine and dine friends. Actually worse, those that stab you in the back while you're going out of your way using all your network to help them find help. They eventually apologized but really, what's the point? I'm glad it's over, better now than later.
Now the Goods!
Since 2019 was the year I went around gaining trusted suppliers, 2020 was the year I settled and build my network in Singapore. I really love how my work gives me a unique identity that allow me to network with literally everyone. This year I got to meet and partner with other jewellers, and be friends with a group of older established ladies that inspire me. Through them, I got to be featured in a magazine! It's the February edition of 2021 so I'll post about it later on.
I also got to meet some really amazing and kind people that I can now call my close friends! We do weird things like rear lizards and catch caterpillars. Just my kind of thing. Another group..... incubating chicken eggs. Fun times. In terms of business, Covid actually made my business to boom. Revenue went up 3 times this year and I hired my first full-time staff. Interpersonally, through all these events, I have a better idea of what I want to do in future when I grow up. I can't say much (its a secret!) other than it motivates me to work harder. The last few years I scattered many dots around in different aspects of my life, this year I connected them! So I'm pretty happy and in a really good place.
I love my life, the people around me, and the work I do. There's really nothing more that I can ask for, but so much to look forward to! In some sense, I'm living the life I wanted.
Lastly - my new project! With my friends, I'm starting a Social Enterprise. I will post more about it when we've finalised these ideas. It'll be under the Philanthropy tab on the main page. But I'm super super excited!
2021 will be a year that I start to reap what I have been sowing. Looking forward!