My Fresh Start in Foreword (Part 1)

My Fresh Start in Foreword (Part 1)

Here’s my self-portrait during my time in the SPED workshop, before which I never got my chance to do some serious DSLR photography. Here is my first time writing a blog entry for Foreword Coffee. Let me start first with my life story. I was an odd silent child when I have my autism diagnosis. I define all the odds to go to a mainstream school thrice. In finding employment, I went from 300+ applications to finding an employment program that told me that I cannot be in open employment. Of course, it did not work out for…

What It Takes to Join The Social Startup Game

What It Takes to Join The Social Startup Game

This blogpost goes out to those who want to make a difference in the lives of others by joining a social enterprise startup and to create impact larger than what can be done by themselves. I’m not talking to the founders of the startup as the founders usually have the most compelling reasons to stick around their company with or without an end in sight and toiling the most nights to work things out. Employees, on the other hand, may have fewer reasons to commit to the same level as the founders, but there are gems who would take the…

My First Steps Foreword (My Foreword Coffee Story So Far)

My First Steps Foreword (My Foreword Coffee Story So Far)

Temasek Shophouse, aka. TSH, on a Saturday during Foreword Coffee’s appreciation lunch last Saturday. Photo credits: Keith Goh. Tomorrow I will be working at Temasek Shophouse (TSH) for the first time. I can’t believe it’s already been six months since I joined the company. You never know what life has prepared for you. Before November 2018, I never knew that Foreword Coffee existed, and never thought that I would be working with people with special needs, and having worked with (and still is) some of them, I realize that I am more than just a perfect fit for the…