Although I had been the principal violist of SYO and obtained my licentiate(diploma) from the Trinity College in London when still serving my national service,I was never fully comfortable with the instrument and after one year of university abroad, I opted to return to Singapore and teach at the Suzuki School of Music. Due to my insecurities as a result of being too self-critical and my former lack of a through-the-mill foundation, I started my quest to build the perfect technique and voraciously absorbed both literature and opinions from visiting artistes and colleagues. It was also then that I began to really take to teaching the violin and demanded the same of my students.