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Special Edition: Off the Beaten Track
Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Raffles Press ’24
Foreword by Arissa Binte Kamaruzaman (24A01A), Chairperson, Raffles Press ’24

“What do I want to be in the future?” is a question that many of us JC students are asking ourselves. With university looming in the horizon, it’s no wonder that JC has become a time for much-needed soul-searching, where we introspect on where and how we really see ourselves thriving in the future. 

At this stage, conventional career paths, like medicine, law and engineering may be the most appealing—they’re clear and well-trodden tracks that provide certainty in a future that so often feels volatile and uncertain. Yet, there may still be a small part of ourselves that yearns to look towards our dreams.

In this special edition, we complicate this train of thought—what if you can turn your dreams into a viable career? What if you can turn your “side quests”—be it your small crochet Instagram account, or time spent volunteering with kids—into your “main quests” instead?

What can you do off the beaten track? 

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From the Civil Service to Pastry-Making: Ms Yeo Min
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Gabriel Ho (24S02A) and Cheah Zong Heng (24S06P)

A Pastry Chef. A Chef Instructor. A Food Researcher. Oh, and an Artiste too. Ms Yeo Min (Batch of 2014) has a long list of unconventional career roles to her name. 

Despite only switching careers relatively recently in 2020, she has already chalked up an impressive string of achievements. She beat 12 other competitors to earn a place in the Finals of the Channel 8 baking competition “Crème De La Crème” in 2021. She also came in second at the World Gourmet Summit Apprentice Chef Competition 2021 with her fusion dish of fried mooncake presented as a Chinese painting. Having published a book entitled the “Chinese Pastry School”, she now double-hats as a Chef Instructor at the ToTT Store and as a Pastry Chef at Pastories.

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Punches of Passion: Ms Tan Shi Yin, MMA Fighter and Teacher 
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Alena Siaw Min En (24S03O) and Shannen Lim En-Qi (24A01A)

To Tan Shi Yin (12A01D), fighting is all in a day’s work. 

Her average day looks like this: waking up early to train in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), teaching classes to impart her skills and knowledge of the sport, and then pulling together her strength to train once again, at night. 

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Supporting the Community, Making an Impact: Mr Lim Jingzhou
Reading Time: 11 minutes

By Chandrasekaran Shreya (24S06A) and Jermaine Lee (24A01A)

“I like that I get to make different types of impact on people,” Mr Lim Jingzhou (15A01B) shares when we ask him what he loves most about his job as a Community Worker. “Generally, people appreciate what you do.”

“I think people are interested in trying to marry what they do as a job with something that they feel is meaningful enough, which is where the social impact and contribution to society aspect [of my work] comes in. I get to marry that combination of things together, and I think that has to be a good job.”

As you might have already guessed, Mr Lim works in the social sector. He serves as an Assistant Director at the South Central Community Family Service Centre. He also leads the Home Ownership and Livelihood teams to support families living in rental housing to achieve home ownership, while working on a collective approach to supporting low-wage workers on  realising their Livelihood aspirations and improving their employment circumstances. 

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Nursing Patients, Tiring Nights: Mr Benedict Choong
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Cao Yuhan (24S03M) and Syaura Nashwa (24S03R)

“Antsy people are not the nicest people, and it will get challenging. Every day at work will never be the same, but we adjust accordingly,” says Mr Benedict Choong, a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and also an alum of Raffles Institution. 

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