a little life update q1 25'

Last updated on March 3, 2025

what’s been happening

since i last wrote on my digital garden/blog it has a been quite a rollercoaster of emotions and events but here’s a quick life update since the end of last year q4 24’!

i went back home to visit my friends and family in singapore.
main highlight was being able to run in positive degrees weather and just enjoy good food and company.
my high school friends and i decided to go on a quick spontaneous trip to hanoi, vietnam.
don’t even need to explain how good the food was but here are a collection of photos from my short asia trip.
good reset before going back to montreal.

Crazy Bun Cha

Street of Hanoi

Running in beautiful Singapore

i bought a new camera, a very cool dji osmo pocket 3, which i used a lot in dec to jan (have been slacking in feb).
i found making tiktoks and vlogs were very fun but time consuming, documenting videos i believe are as important as documenting through other mediums like text. will resume this once school and work slows down in may.
555 demo nights have had 2 more iterations since last time, we had to find a new venue but vibes were immaculate as usual.
blessed to have met these beauties.

red lights baby

the lads chillin

quick indian muck afterwards

started last co-op as an associate product manager at altaml, a venture studio in toronto/calgary. working on ai/ml products in wealth management. challenging but great experience.
signed full-time with panache ventures in montreal! excited to join their investment team post-grad and back canada’s best startups.

new merch and at the office

ran my first “un-official” half marathon attempt on a crazy uphill mountain in mount royal in montreal. felt good and can’t wait to tackle the toronto half-marathon in may (when i stop procrastinating and book it lol).
half took the pedal off the gas on jiu-jitsu recently as school and work together have been really hard to balance (technically i’m working 5 jobs at once rip).
goal is to do an “un-official” marathon attempt at the end of the year and compete in jiu-jitsu again in the summer!

strava or didn't happen

well, i need to graduate and pass my software design class (which i will) and wrap up my degree in may.
i’m not going to lie it’s going to be an insane 2 month sprint coming up for me but i will prevail.
in june i return to singapore to finish 2 months of military service, a quick japan trip with my girlfriend and then we are back in montreal again.
keep at it and see you all soon.