Nope, not a joke. I really did start out as a mechanical engineering student. I can still knock out a derivative if I absolutely have to. Now, you might be asking, “So, how’d you end up in the creative world?” And honestly… It was an ordinary experience. What I do know is that I’ve always been the person who wants to help others, and sticking with engineering started feeling like I wasn’t doing that in a way that felt authentic to me.

I’ve always been the kid who fixes things, explains things, jumps in when someone needs a hand. (I even got in trouble for helping a classmate during a test in the first grade.) But somewhere between endless formulas and having almost no social life, I started feeling like I was moving further away from the parts of myself that actually mattered.

And then one night, I’m playing Need for Speed. I’m customising this car, vibing to the soundtrack, and then I realise I’ve been staring at it for like 15 minutes. Not driving. Not racing. Just… adjusting colours and decals and thinking way too hard about proportions. That’s when the question hit me:

Do I care about the car, or do I care about the way it looks?

Next day? I changed my major.

Graphic Design turned out to be exactly what I didn’t know I needed. It sharpened my taste, made me braver with ideas, and expanded everything from my scale-modelling builds to my music rotation. It even pulled me into random hobbies like Magic: The Gathering. Basically, it woke my brain back up.

Then P@t came along and gave me the push to raise the bar. Within a week, I put together a portfolio and applied to be an Art Director. Somehow, that was already two years ago, and it’s still one of the best choices I’ve ever made.

At the end of the day, what drives me isn’t just design. It’s the chance to use whatever I can do with my eye, my taste, my skills to help someone else bring their idea to life. That part of me never went away; I just found a better medium for it. I even tossed a few photos in here of me actually doing things for others, because “service” isn’t just a personality trait for me, it’s my whole engine.