Who am I you might ask?  Well I’m a musician, author and dog lover.  I also had a long martial arts competition career resulting in several world championship titles.

I was born in Toronto, Canada with family from Singapore and Hong Kong so I’m considered a ‘CBC’ (Canadian born Chinese). In addition to the greater Toronto area, I’ve also lived in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal (all cities in Canada for those of you who don’t know them).

My Past Careers

I went to University of Toronto for a BSc and McMaster University for a MBA followed by a corporate career that will be too boring to get into any detail but I will say that one result after retiring from corporate life, I created a resource website for those who want to get into (legal) pharmaceutical sales as a career. I also created another website focused on dog care and training given that I’ve owned four Lhasa Apso dogs. Two of my Lhasa Apsos, Chester and Roxie (Roxie shown in above photo), became YouTube video stars with thousands of views.

Another post corporate career venture that I ran was an online art gallery promoting native aboriginal and Inuit art which I’m a huge fan of. My home is decorated with original native artwork from the Pacific Northwest and the Arctic North. All three of these websites are still running today with educational resources I created in each of their respective fields.

Martial Arts And Other Sports Background

I’ve been known for many years as a martial arts world champion. In fact it was this success in martial arts competition that led to me to write a personal development book titled ‘The Life Champion In You’ which in turn formed the basis of a professional speaking career. I still make some of the more important success resources I developed available here via the photo link at the bottom of this webpage.

My martial arts background including videos of me in action requires a separate section accessed via another photo link below. Although I’m long retired from competition, I do have resources in self defense and stretching in this section. In additional to martial arts, my other sports passions include snow skiing big mountains and scuba diving the oceans (click on these links to see those particular passions). I’ve reached levels in these sports as a CSIA Level 2 certified ski instructor and NAUI Divemaster certified scuba diver. These may seem a lot but it’s not really since I just focused on a few passions and went deep with each of them. I never spent time doing many ‘normal’ sports like baseball , tennis or golf. In fact, I’m a complete klutz with any type of ball!

Music And Other Artistic Background

The other big part of my life of course is music which also has a photo link below to its dedicated section on this website. Other non-musical artistic stints included being a swimsuit model in a university campus calendar called Men of McMaster and a key role as a stage actor in a live Toronto theatrical play called 13th Knight.

So I retired from the corporate business life early and spend most of my time immersed in my life passions while providing resources to help others as much as I could within these areas.

Causes I Believe In

Hopefully through my various passions and activities, I promote diversity and multiculturalism through the community group I formed called Unity Power Force as I try to involve different people no matter what racial, cultural, religious or sexual orientation backgrounds they belong to. In other words, I scuba dive and teach skiing to anyone who is also passionate plus play music to anyone willing to listen. I also believe in doing my part to fight racism as well as violence towards women and other groups that may be marginalized in society. As a long time dog owner, I also do my part in promoting responsible pet ownership.