One of the best moments of 2025.
Quarter-finals of Nationals.
Down 12โ14, clawed it back to 14โ14.
All the drama in between.
Centimetres deciding the final touch.
Pure, raw emotions.
Grateful to @luciusloh for being in my corner, and everyone from @asgardfencing for sharing this moment together. ๐ฅ
And to coaches @coachdavidchan and @kocsis_88 for the years of believing, even while watching me lose to kids half my age.
5th in national rankings heading into 2026.
Padua & Budapest World Cups in March.
Seoul Grand Prix in May.
Huge mountains ahead, but closer than ever to completing this side quest I started 7 years ago.
Letโs go. ๐ธ๐ฌ๐คบ
Totally forgot I did this interview with @ricemedia.co together with @eilegoh earlier this year until someone saw it published and sent it to me.
Happy to be able to share my story and purpose within the often โskepticalโ insurance industry, with the hope of changing perceptions about insurance agents, one person at a time. ๐ช๐ป
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Snippets here, full interview on @ricemedia.co !
2016-2025
Turning 30 this year made me reflect. Picked up a few life lessons along the way, lessons that shaped who I am today and continue to guide me as I navigate this journey called life. I hope the 20 year-old me would be proud of how I turned out.
I always believe that discipline will take you further than motivation ever will.
Motivation comes and goes, but showing up anyway is what creates real progress.
Do it tired.
Do it unmotivated.
Do it even when you donโt feel like it.
Consistency changed more for me than motivation ever did.
Start showing up for yourself, even (especially) on the difficult days.
I lost 1-5 to the World Champion.
And while I got thrashed (pretty sure he didnโt even break a sweat), Iโll always remember that one point.
Because that single touch represented hard work, repetitions, and all the unseen training behind it.
When Tammy realised most of my competitors are full-time professional athletes, she asked me why I still keep trying.
I donโt really know, I guess I just donโt quit.
FIE Sabre Grand Prix, Incheon ๐ฐ๐ท๐คบ
Where an amateur like me gets the chance to step on the piste with the Cristiano Ronaldos of fencing.
Grouped with Olympians and a World Champion, I needed 3 wins to advance and came close with 2.
Didnโt make the next round, but satisfied with the fight I put up and the experience gained competing at this level.
We go again. ๐ช๐ป
I worked really hard to buy my dream car,
and I thought it would make me happy.
I was wrong.
It felt amazing for a while. Then the feeling faded.
Thatโs when I realised, it was never about the car.
It was about who I became chasing it.
The late nights.
The grind.
The discipline.
The habits I built, the standards I set, thatโs the part that actually lasts.
If your happiness comes from physical things,
youโll always need the next upgrade just to feel the same again.
Find joy in the journey, not the destination.
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Donโt get me wrong, the car is awesome.
100% would buy it again!
HERE ๐
1๏ธโฃ โ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐กโ
I came into this business thinking hard work would make me successful. Everyone is working hard, I needed the right direction and strategy.
2๏ธโฃ โ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅโ
Rejection wonโt just come from strangers. Most of the time, it comes from people I am closest with, and it feels personal.
3๏ธโฃ โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ.โ
What took me 7 years to figure out, others learned in 1 when they were in the right environment.
4๏ธโฃ โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ.โ
There was a time I thought I had it all figured out, as if I knew enough. That was when I started to regress.
5๏ธโฃ โ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ.โ
I used to think once I hit certain results / income / recognition, I would feel fulfilled. But in reality, every time I hit one goal, I start chasing the next. The feeling of achievement doesnโt last.
๐ The turning point was when,
I learned the true meaning of humility, knowing that there is always someone better out there I can learn something new from.
I started enjoying the process of getting better and staying consistent.
โ ๏ธ Know someone thinking to join this business?
Share this post with them so they go in with their eyes open!
WINNING ACT OF DPG GOT TALENT ๐
Everybody thought I had some hidden talent when I said was gonna do a magic show, turns out the only magic I pulled off was turning @aaaahfengsheng into a panda ๐คฃ
Thanks for being such a good sport bro!
