Life is constantly changing. I am always evolving.
One part of me has been conditioned by the society to follow the path of earning a salary from various industries, namely sports, finance, airline, education, tourism and media. I've been helping SMEs and corporates to develop their marketing and communication strategy and PR campaigns for more than a decade and specialise in content creation and community engagement.
The other part of me has the eager to take the journey within. I have been interested in writing since I was in primary school. Every day, I either write online or write on my journal. I have published a few short stories, novels and shared my experiences, learning and point of views on variety of media channels. Writing is the way to heal, to grow and to learn.
Timeline
One part of me has been conditioned by the society to follow the path of earning a salary from various industries, namely sports, finance, airline, education, tourism and media. I've been helping SMEs and corporates to develop their marketing and communication strategy and PR campaigns for more than a decade and specialise in content creation and community engagement.
The other part of me has the eager to take the journey within. I have been interested in writing since I was in primary school. Every day, I either write online or write on my journal. I have published a few short stories, novels and shared my experiences, learning and point of views on variety of media channels. Writing is the way to heal, to grow and to learn.
Timeline
- 1988: born in Jinan, Shandong Province, China
- 1995: started primary school and became a Merit Student (三好学生）for six years in a row
- 1998: published my first short story called The Ghost at the Attic 《阁楼幽灵》
- 1999: owed my first personal computer and started to surfer online
- 2001: started secondary school and behaved in a very rebellious way
- 2004：started high school and created my first blog on MySpace
- 2007: took the College Entrance Examination with more than 10 million students and been accepted by Shandong University of Finance and Economics
- 2008: worked as a Head of Media department at the university's students association
- 2010: obtained my Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and International Business in China and then moved to New Zealand
- 2011: worked as a journalist and did four voluntary jobs in my spare time
- 2012: obtained my Postgraduate Diploma in International Communications in New Zealand
- 2013: worked at Air New Zealand as a social media specialist
- 2015: quit my job and travelled around the world
- 2016: worked at Westpac as a digital communications manager
- 2017: founded my company: Y Media Limited, created my podcast channel The CJ Show, and WeChat Blog 理想屯
- 2018: I finally accepted myself as who I am at the age of 30
- 2019: moved to the UK to practise writing, published a memoir called Those Stories I Never Told Before -- A Chiwi's Self-exploration Journey in New Zealand 《你们不知道的新西兰》
- 2020: published my first English novel The Invisible Third Culture Adult