hellu!
most of you reading this probably know me personally :p and for those who don't, hi! i'm gavin (infj-t), an 18 year old residing in the small city of Singapore, and
i currently study Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics.
my hobbies & interests
i guess one could call me a techie or a nerd... as of the time of writing this post, i have been programming and exploring various fields of IT for about 5 years now. here are some topics i covered along the way:
- ✨ JavaScript - my main choice of language and projects)
- Python (enough to complete my school assignments swiftly😅)
- Go (basics, didn't use it in any projects though)
- Full-Stack Web Development (MERN)
- Linux Fundamentals (this web page is self-hosted!)
- Cybersecurity
- ...many more miscellaneous / smaller sub-topics
nerding aside 🤓☝️, i also enjoy the field of arts as well. i play a few instruments but i also do rearrangements of existing songs or pieces. i haven't dived into writing my own song or music yet, but that is something i hope to explore too.
if you know me personally, you would have heard of Marianne Beaulieu.
i absolutely love her covers and originals, especially her covers of Novo Amor's, Noah Kahan's, and Sleeping At Last's songs, and she is my biggest inspiration in the field of music ❣️.
you would have also heard of Cody Fry, who is my other inspiration in a specific genre of music, orchestra. he blends classical orchestra together with the pop genre to create a new hybrid genre; one that you probably haven't heard of before.
- 🎹 Piano - my main instrument
- 🎸 Guitar (acoustic)
- 🎻 Orchestral rearrangements / mock-ups
(BBSCO Core, Damage 2, Spitfire Audio Labs)
some of my other obsessions are related to psychology 🧠 and philosophies 💭:
- MBTI (although it's easy to generalize someone too quickly)
- Developmental, Behavioural and Social Psychology (just 3 of my favourite domains to study)
- oliSUNvia (absolutely love her content)
and lastly i absolutely love beaches 🏖️, seeing sunsets 🌇, embracing nature and cats!
my plans for this blog page ✍️
the content that i will be posting here is not fully planned out fully yet, but
there are some topics i may explore:
- Cybersecurity | Portfolio/Capture-the-Flag (CTF) Write-ups
- Cybersecurity | Portfolio/Bug Bounty Write-ups
- Music | Originals, Covers, Rearrangements/Mockups
i am still open to suggestions along the way, so drop me a dm on instagram
if you have any!
special mentions
more like an advertisement section, but here goes...
- The View Between Villages (cover by Marianne)
- Fix you (cover by Cody Fry)
- Saturn by Sleeping at Last
- Call Your Mum (ft. Lizzy McAlpine) by Noah Kahan
- Repeat Until Death by Novo Amor
- this is me trying by Taylor Swift
do also follow me on instagram, on my
- main account (only people i know personally), and
- my creative account (private account but i am public; drop a rq, i won't bite!) where i post my music covers on. there's more to come; please stay tuned for a cover of call your mum coming out by end February of 2025!
if you have read everything till this point, thank you for your time and effort 🙏
welcome to my blog page C: and i hope a part of you feels inspired reading some of the content i have available!
slow down,
breathe in,
breathe through,
breathe deep,
breathe out.
with love,
gavin