Dance - my first love. Diving - my obssession. Drugs - my profession.
Wildly multi-faceted or possibly possessing split personalities, you decide:
A pharmacist by education, training consultant and founder of ENNOVE Consultancy by day, Chief Editor of Ocean Geographic by night, dancer, scuba diver, freediver, writer, thalasspohile, wanderluster and photographer (both land and underwater), sometimes I end up on the other side of the camera too.
The Dancer: Was a semi-pro dancer for 10 years, doing live concerts, TV shows, back-up dancing for singers, podium dancing in clubs. I’ve done ballet, jazz, street jazz, hiphop, lyrical hiphop, flamenco, tap, ballroom, Latin ballroom, bellydance, and now I’m very much into Tahitian dance. I also do dancers’ workouts like Pilates and Barre.
The Diver: Been scuba diving for 18 years, have over 800 dives, from Bali to Maldives to Hawaii, to Raja Ampat, Papua New Guinea and Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua. Started underwater photography in 2010. I use a small point-and-shoot, nothing fancy, no strobes even. So I usually take macro shots. For pelagics, I shoot videos. Freediving seemed a natural progression (after I started getting sick of the bulky scuba gear and the time it took to gear up). In fact, it was a fellow freediver, @kueonok, who introduced me to Steem! :)
The Drugs: A pharmacist by education, the nerd in me has done scientific research in the field of neuropharmacology, written 2 theses and published a paper. Started my career as a trainer in one of the top pharmaceutical companies, and haven’t looked back since. I’ve spent the last 2 decades of my career in training and education (lecturing the hardcore subjects like Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy - drugs drugs drugs and more drugs!). My last job saw me covering 12 countries in Asia-Pacific, training a team of trainers regionally as well as the sales force here in Singapore. Then I left the corporate world to set up my own training consultancy. Training is the easy part. Maintaining a pipeline of clients is the toughest bit.
The Ocean: My love for the ocean and the need to do something for marine conservation led me to the NGO, Ocean Geographic Society, of which I am now Chief Editor of Ocean Geographic magazine. I’ve been a judge, speaker, moderator, writer and field journalist - all in a day's work for Ocean Geographic.
When inspired, I pen my thoughts to share my insights and experiences. Whether you’re into dance, scuba diving, frediving or photography, or would like to know more about my work, just chat me up! I would love to connect with like-minded individuals and perhaps even collaborate on projects ─ it has to be for the good of the people and/or planet (my philosophy and criteria).
In a nutshell,
I LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. DANCE. DIVE.
I'm sunshine mixed with a little hurricane, as happy as sunlight, as untameable as the sea ;)