• What was the most significant change during your childhood and how did it effect you?

The time I spent in Australia was the most important turning point in my life. This is because it was there, that I matured and met a friend who would completely change the course of my life for the better.

Before, when I was still in Singapore, I detested studying. I used to hate it and I still remember dreading at the end of every Sunday because I had to wake up really early the following day. I adopted a carefree attitude towards studying. I did not study hard nor did I not study at all. I had no goal to head towards to so there was no motivation to push me through the stressful Singaporean education.

That was a fact until I met my best friend Amanda Lee. I met her during my last year in Perth where we were arranged into the same class. We were already acquainted before this because her mother had worked at the Cafe which my parents had owned. However, we did not get along at first. It was only through a really close mutual friend named Ines that we started talking to each other. Amanda and Ines were the ones who introduced me to Anime. They had already known each other for a really long time and was half way through an Anime called "Inu Yasha" when I came into the picture. It was not long until I found myself addicted to Anime and this sparked my interest towards the Japanese culture. Anime is now a significant part of my life and I cannot imagine a life without that dose of Anime to de-stress at the end of the day.

Not only did Amanda significantly change my life by introducing me to Anime, she also made me like studying. It was through her and her sister Cassie that I finally found a real goal to work towards to and that is to become a doctor. Looking back at it, we were always fiercely competing against each other but yet we were still the best of friends. It was this friendly competition that had sparked my interest in studying because she would always beat me by just a little bit. Neither of us wanted to lose so we would keep on trying our best. She was also a really good project partner and I do miss working with her. We think alike and almost always ended up doing a much better job when we worked together. Now, even some of her personality has rubbed off on me. Sometimes I find myself prancing around, singing to myself like an airhead , the way she used to behave.

I would say that meeting her was the most significantly change in my childhood. This is because she was the one who influenced me the most and has shaped most of my world to make me who I am today.