SINGAPORE 2009

Here are a few shots that I took on my first trip to Singapore in 2009. The architecture of Singapore is very varied with influences taken from different places and periods. All modern buildings shown below, I'm really looking forward to discovering the traditional architecture of Singapore...Malay houses and hybrid shophouses, one of which I will be working in!

REFLECTION...

I never thought that when I first left home to head to university that I was beginning a series of "adventures" that would pan out the way they have. Eight years ago in 2002, leaving Pencoed was the hardest thing I had ever done! My first adventure, starting a new life in High Wycombe, was challenging to say the least. The first length of time that I had spent away from my family who mean the absolute world to me meant emotionally I had started a rollercoaster ride. Three hard years studying Graphic Design and Advertising started challenging me in every way possible! Meeting some of my closest friends at university I began to build a close support network which has grown immensely over the years. Looking back, the ride flew by and I soon found myself not knowing exactly how I was going to apply the degree I earned myself to a job in the real world. At one point I even comtemplated heading back to Wales to study a PGCE with thoughts about becoming a school teacher. How different things could have been.


And so, in 2005, the next big adventure in my life began. My career. I remember being sat in the university library and taking the phone call to say that 1HQ (or Vibrandt as it was called when I joined) were interested in meeting me. I had no idea at the time what the agency did and I had never visited Windsor! Five years later I'm still working for 1HQ and living in an amazing flat in the centre of Windsor! I joined an agency who have since become my surrogate family. A fantastic team of people who are extremely dedicated to delivering amazing work and a team that I feel so proud to have been a part of. I have worked alongside some of the most talented people in the industry, who have inspired me and nurtured me into the designer and person that I am today. People who have not only been my work collegues but have become my closest friends. Two of which, Tom and Rachel, will also be a part of my next adventure!


Being given the opportunity to travel in 2008/2009 was probably when I started to "dream" about moving abroad and working in another country. Enjoying a mini-adventure to Bangkok, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore started me thinking about continuing my career in a completely new environment. So, I'm about to start the next chapter of my life...a relocation to a whole new country and culture. As I'm sat here writing this I have absolutely no idea what the next few years of my life are going to be like. But, I want all my family and friends to be a part of my journey. Explore. Dream. Discover. will hopefully keep everyone up to date on my new life in Singapore, as I settle into a new job and discover a new home 6879 miles away from my first!