Personal

I am starting off December 2025 themes and plans on a totally different note, starting off from my some personal updates that would give more light and context on my personal, photography, visual storytelling, content creation segments.

Facing Personal and Family Situations Head On

Two key personal administrative and planning matters were recently officially settled and completed. While it’s a huge relief, this is not the end, a start of more personal things and matters to handle in the months to come. 

It’s going to be private and most likely not sharing more about it. 

In a nutshell, this is something that we all have to face eventually, as an individual, family, as a society and country, facing an increasing aging population challenges and difficulties.

Getting more Stressful and Pressurising 

The amount of stress and pressure can be overwhelming at times, affecting both my professional and personal life. In the areas of photography, travel, visual storytelling, content creation, as well as media news coverage and writing, that got really affected.

Photography

Photography Competitions/Contests

The last few photography competitions for Year 2025. Here are the last few photography competitions/contests that I am going to submit and I would be wrapping up my photography competitions/contests for Year 2025.

Sony World Photography Awards 2025

A worldwide photography contest that I have been regularly participating in over the years. I am in the process of curating and selecting my photographs for submission to Sony World Photography Awards 2025 in December 2025 before the closing date. If you are keen to participate in Sony World Photography Awards 2025, do check them out!

Concrete in Life 2526

The Concrete in Life 2526 photography contest closing date has been extended, it now closes on 31st December 2025. Time to continue working on documenting what concrete means to me through my visual storytelling.

Flickr’s Your Best Shot 2025 Contest

Time to curate my photographs that I shot in 2025, select one photograph and upload to enter Flickr’s Your Best Shot 2025 contest.

Exhibitions 

Singapore 60th Anniversary Photography Roving Exhibition (22 Nov – 28 Dec 2025)

Celebrating the publication of the SG60 Commemorative Photo Book, National Photography Art Exhibition (NPAE) will hold a photography roving exhibition from 22nd November 2025 to 28th December 2025 at Geylang Serai Community Club (Level 2 Reading Room). I have a photograph selected for display at NPAE 2025, do visit this photography exhibition and spot my photograph on display!

Visual Storytelling / Content Creation

Personal Photography as a Therapy 

Working on my personal photography would definitely be even more important as I need an avenue to let out my immense stress and pressure. From trekking in nature areas, birding photography, documenting history, heritage and culture, getting more involved in performing and contemporary arts. 

Visual Storytelling / Writing as a Therapy 

Personal quiet time to write articles, whether it’s on the subject of photography, travel or personal photography projects, photography zines, is now precious and invaluable. Looking for local kopitiams and cafes nearby my home or when I am out for appointments or media events or photography assignments.

To the Brands, Organisations and Agencies that I am working with

To the brands, organisations and agencies that I am working with, I would try my best to reply your emails, clear key backlogs/articles that I am schedule to publish/complete, My replies might be slower than usual, get me on WhatsApp or Telegram would be better. 

For the family, relatives and friends that knew about my situation that I am writing about, lending me your listening ear, support, advice and encouragement, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Water for Peace – Create an effect

Water for peace, everyone of us has a part to play to part in this. Together in unity as a world, we can each create an effect that combines together, our peace and harmony, to make things good for the benefit for Earth where we are living on.

Water must not turn into a resource that human beings have to fight for drinking and using, this is a human right, an integral part of our everyday aspect of life. On World Water Day 2024, the whole world needs to unite around this precious commodity water. Let’s use Water for Peace, and change the world into a more stable and prosperous future.

World Water Day 2024 with my Canon visual storytelling

Through my Canon visual storytelling exploration and documentation over the years into nature, great outdoors, rivers, beaches, mangrove wetlands, parks, coastal areas and the beach, photographing, documenting and observing the diversity of nature, wildlife and travel sceneries of the world that we live in.

From the otters living, hunting for food and moving along our waterways in Singapore, the migration birds visiting our shores, the coastal areas and sea around us that cements Singapore as a global transportation/shipping hub, and also how Singapore built her resilience of water supply over the decades. Not just the wildlife, the land, nature, and us human beings, we all depend on water to survive. 

This mesmerising “In a Rainbow” light artwork display by House of VSE at Alexandra Point Tunnel has also transformed into blue for World Water Day 2024 from 11th to 22nd March. Through House of VSE light artworks, you can make an impact, spread the word and awareness through arts and creativity. 

This is also the time to remind ourselves that water is an invaluable and finite resource, we have to play our part to ensure Water for Peace. Singapore is also marking with its own Singapore World Water Day 2024 by PUB Singapore’s National Water Agency, playing both local and international roles to advocate Water for Peace for World Water Day 2024. 

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