“I probably got this Batman and Robin comforter when I was 12. When I moved to Singapore, I needed a few things from home to make it comfortable. My mom had actually packed a bunch of decent things for me but I swapped it out for things that I like. It’s just little things like these that brings to me the comfort of home. It’s the same one I used to sleep with as a child, and now here it is 15 years later.”

“I chose to work abroad because I wanted to immerse myself into a different reality. To see how much it would make me grow, perhaps broaden my way of thinking. So Singapore was a fairly safe choice since it’s not too far from home. I’ve been here in Singapore for three years now. It’s gotten to that point where when I go back home to KL, I feel clueless, like I’m in a foreign land. I have no idea of the maps of the trains back home but here, I practically live by the trains.”

“I was 12 when I made up my mind to do this. I used to watch a lot of cooking shows and that definitely played a part. Regardless whether you work in a Michelin-starred restaurant or a hawker centre, I think, at the end of the day you’re still feeding people. For me, it’s all about chasing the satisfaction of the customers. It’s a very satisfying feeling, watching someone clean their plate. I always say that happiness is a clean plate.”