Mr Eugene Chow gave up a job that checked all the typical boxes of success for a more unconventional pathway in the performing arts.
Chasing conventional markers of success, the Temasek Junior College alumnus pursued his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, followed by a graduate programme in management at Columbia University in New York. Despite being drawn to the job for its promise of big data projects, much of his work involved monotonous and conventional accounting tasks. He felt he was “living on other people’s timelines” and pushing agendas that were not his own.
What began as weekend classes grew into spending most of his after-work hours performing with an improv troupe, going to open-mic nights and immersing himself in New York’s comedy circuit. “Clowning is about us being human. It’s about us finding the cracks in between, it’s about us being okay with not knowing,” says Mr Chow. “It’s about being truthful about who we are and being okay with being seen.”
“I am at heart a Singaporean, so when I was in the finance world, I invested – as a lot of Singaporeans would – and planned ahead,” he says. These savings and investments meant a relatively smooth transition to his new life, as well as the €8,100 annual cost of his programme fees in Paris.
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