About Me

Working With Me

Things I’m Working On


🇲🇾 About Me

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My name is Kim, a maker, aspiring vegetarian and a collector of

floral-pattern shirts.

I’m also a multi-disciplinary UX Practitioner in Research and Product Design.

In addition, I wear the Illustrator hat creating beautiful illustrations and infographics.

Personality & Character

<aside> 🫀 INTJ-T Previously an INFP-T, i’m now the kindest INTJ-T you’ll ever meet.

Source: myself

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<aside> 😎 “TYT” “B2W” “B4N” Friends and colleagues will tell you I enjoy coming up with acronyms of my own. Cringed at first but it eventually caught on.

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<aside> 🗣 Don’t try to create and analyse at the same time. They’re different processes and deserves it’s own avenue.

Rules to live by, by Corita Kent

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<aside> 👋🏼 Coffee, Tea or Memes? When I’m getting to know someone, grabbing a cup of coffee, tea or sending memes is my way to break the ice.

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<aside> ⏲️ Not a fan of “5 minutes only” For someone who is schedule orientated, something about rushing to get things done in 5 minutes is unnecessary. (maybe i’m nitpicking on this one)

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<aside> 🍽️ Believer of the 5-seconds rule No judge zone if you pick up the fallen chips/crisp, nuggets etc BUT no matter how tasty fruits and cakes get, say a prayer and leave it.

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🪴 Working With Me

Communication

I prefer to allocate my time efficiently and mindfully. Below is merely a guide that I have been practicing. Open to accommodate if you have certain needs or restrictions when it comes to communicating.

<aside> 💬 asynchronous communication is preferred when...

there’s a half-baked idea needs some brainstorming there’s daily scrum updates. there’s non-time sensitive items to unfold. asking/receiving feedback. Give me time to prepare so i can provide better notes.

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<aside> 💬 synchronous communication is preferred when...

there’s something we would like to walkthrough on a project. we want a hands on co-creation session. i want to check-in with my teammates or meeting a new colleague/ we want a casual hangout session to bond.

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On the occasions, I do send over a greeting enquiring how are you or your weekend, it’s genuinely my intention to chat. No hidden agenda behind these innocent greetings and I also don’t recommend slack etiquette such as this. (Admit it, you hate it too)