In this age of holistic living, people are not content to just slave away at their day jobs. They want to explore other interests; be it pursuing a hobby, maintaining a blog, contributing to social causes.
Some find that they excel at these pursuits, but are not ready to do them full-time.
Fortunately, there are employers who do not view their workers’ side interests as being in conflict with their full-time jobs.
Sarah Chan, the events editor for KLue magazine (now editor for Junk), works for employers who are fully supportive of her endeavours. Sarah occasionally spins music at clubs as one half of SalahWrong, alongside her former colleague and friend Joyce Wong.
“They know about it and are quite cool about what I do on the side. They’re definitely encouraging,” Sarah, 24, says.
Sarah is aware of the demands of her full-time job, and is careful to not allow her deejaying gigs to interfere with her work performance.
“I can’t really afford the time to be really serious about it (DJ-ing) as my day job keeps me pretty occupied,” says Sarah who does not take on too many gigs.
“I do the SalahWrong gigs purely for fun. It’s more like an avenue for Joyce and I to share the music we love, and if people like it too, awesome.”
- by Niki Cheong
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