ABOUT ME

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Hi Everyone!

My name is Yee Lian, I was born in Australia with a Cantonese cultural background. I am just an average bloke who grew up attending primary school, high school, played the occasional sport like footy, cricket, tennis and swimming, computer games and sitting for the HSC. For those who don't know what HSC stands for it is 'Higher School Certificate' which was an exam that determined Aussie student's position towards entry into University. Well, it was from this point, the HSC, that started making huge a change in my life.

While still in my teens, entering adulthood I started University, in 2013, studying Tourism Management. While studying I hung out with my mates, worked at my part-time jobs and so on. 3 years later, 2016, I complete my tourism management degree and graduate. After graduating, I decide to continue studying and pursue a Masters degree. At the time I was working as an Accounts Assistant (aka. finance clerk) so in association to my employment I thought I pursue an Accounting Masters degree, which I did for about 1 year.

Later on the year during my accounting Masters, I lost my motive and was coming to the realisation that I was not too fond of the course, asking myself why am I doing it? After, some contemplation and self-reflection I knew what I wanted to do...So I decided to drop the accounting course and transfer over to study a masters degree in Urban Management and Planning. You might be asking why the sudden shift in the course? As mentioned I did some contemplation and self-reflection, during this I asked myself what motivated me as a child and one of them was related to computer games.

Huh?! Computer games? Yes, computer games. I was particularly interested in 'Real-time strategy' games such as Sim City, The Sims, Age of Empires, and Total War franchises. These games had city building and management mechanisms which appealed to me. Because of my history with these games I decided to pursue a degree in planning and later on a career. I graduated from my Urban Management and Planning masters degree in 2019 and during my course I was working as a Strategic/Town Planner in local government.