A young designer working in Singapore talks about communicating more visually than literally, unitasking vs. being a jack-of-all-trades, and a newfound appreciation of Pacquiao English.

By Bel Ragay

People, at some point in their lives migrate to other places to look for greener pastures. Somehow for me, my greener pastures led me to speaking bad English and eating char koey teow on weekends. Not to mention taking the MRT ALL the time and forgetting what bubble gum tastes like.

I started working as an interactive designer in Singapore exactly 4 months and 6 days ago. The job is to assist Senior designers and Art Director in producing or executing concepts for interactive media and some video productions. I’m given the task to conceptualize and design projects, but during my first few months in the company I’m just asked to look around and observe. It’s not that they don’t trust my skills, they do. They won’t hire me and pay levy anyway if they think I’m a crap. My AD (Art Director) told me that I have to learn the way things are done before I start doing serious big projects, so she’s asked me to sit on meetings, participate on discussions, and just observe.

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