Next Stop: Wonderland

I was watching a programme on Channel U documenting this famous Singaporean make-up artist called Zing who moved to Hong Kong in 1992 to strike it out on his own. Zing met with success by virtue of his passion and sheer hard work and caused major changes in the makeup, fashion and entertainment scene first with his "bare-faced" looks and then with his creative approach to makeup. His portfolio includes celebrities such as, Faye Wong, Sammi Cheng, Carina Lau and Shu Qi etc. I must say, I am impressed with his works. The faces he painted are attention grabbing and to say the least, unforgettable. This is one guy who knew at a young age of 18 that he wanted to dabble in the world of powder and brushes. This is one man who COULD but did not entertain the thought of going to university to get a certificate—just in case his dreams backfired.
Sometimes in life, we say with a sigh of resignation that Man does not live on dreams and aspirations alone. But throw in talent with the aforementioned two pre-requisite and voila! You get the formula for success. Luck follows a passionate being who cannot but impress all he meets.

Sometimes it takes an example like Zing to remind the average Singaporean parent that we don't all have to grow up aspiring to be a doctor/ lawyer/ engineer to be a national icon in our own right. We can be hairstylists, hip hop dancers, farmers, chefs, aedes mosquitoes researcher or waste treatment chemists (yes, doing the dirty job can mean BIG business).

“It doesn’t really matter what you do. Just be really good at it and you’ll find your wonderland.” ~I.V.Y.