1 | Singapore University of Technology and Design - SUTD

I was thinking about what my first real post was going to be about. I toyed with the idea of starting on beauty or photography or something. Seems like showing favoritism though :/ Then it came to me, what is the one thing that is taking over my life right now?

The answer is really simple, its up there in the title, its school. I've been a SUTDent for close to 3 years. Time have flied by so fast! Sitting at this moment in time I wondered whether I made the right decision.

I always tell people that I'm in SUTD because after JC I wanted to study overseas (would have happily took a gap year to apply) but my family weren't exactly doing really well financially, so SUTD seems to be the right fit. Its local with international aspirations, no in terms that you'll get to go overseas but simply get a non-singaporean experience.

In many ways, true to form I managed to get that. Only with an overseas experience would I have gotten the changce to share a flat with strangers(who became friends). I studied and learnt in a more practical way. I did tons of projects that had real world purpose. I looked beyond this tiny campus in a tiny dot to see a world that could become so much more.
I did not get a chance to go overseas on exchanges(I was to lazy/scared to apply) but I heard so much from friends and got a tiny slice right in the center of our campus.

So did I make the right choice?
The fact of the matter is there is no definitive answer. As the pioneer batch of SUTDent we were used as a guinea pigs, we tested what works and what doesn't (and there were many). Yet at the same times this failures showed us that everything is a design process. Things hardly (dare I say never?) ever start perfect, its a journey of discovery and adaptation that brings us to where we are. However it does not stop there, the process continue, keep moving forward.

I can only say this place have made me a better person. It is not just a matter of the school(what you learn) but a matter of the environment. I would not trade this experience for anything else.

On another note I feel assured this is the right choice for me, because I know God have called me here. Called me to make a difference in the lives of engineers and designers, people who shape how we live our lives on a day to day basis.

Ps. Kudos if you caught the Meet the Robbinsons quote[: Love that show!