User:Jarvin Leow

Jarvin Leow Shue Min (traditional Chinese: 廖學名; simplified Chinese: 廖学名; pinyin: Lìao Xué Mīng; born 12 July 1991) is a Malaysian,residing in Sydney, Australia currently since 2008. Jarvin Leow studied in Marsiling Primary School, Singapore; Marsiling Secondary School, Singapore and UNSW Foundation, Sydney, Australia. As a current international student in Australian School of Business located within The University of New South Wales (main campus: Kensington,Sydney,NSW), he majored in Marketing and Accounting. His personality and characteristics are commonly expressed as being strongly influenced by his unique Chinese-origin background in Malaysia, as well as his 13 years of educational life aboard, in Singapore and Australia.

Life and Wellbeing

Childhood and Educations

Born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Jarvin Leow is the eldest son of a Chinese-Malaysian family. His father, a TCM Doctor/Executive Director in YS Master Group, and his mum, a Managing Director in the family business. He spent 10 years of his life pursuing primary and secondary education in Marsiling Primary School and Marsiling Secondary School, and 3.5 years in Sydney, Australia for higher education in UNSW Foundation and Australian School of Business, The University of New South Wales.

Influenced by childhood in a business environment, Jarvin Leow Shue Min had been interested and engaged in business-associated courses since 15, initially within the field of accounting and economics, and gradually further explored the field of business marketing in university. His interest towards the business-field earned him several educational awards with modest grade, such as Singapore GCE-O-Level in 2007, LCCI Accounting (Level 1 & 2) in late 2007 and Australian/New South Wales HSC equivalent granted by UNSW Foundation in 2008. Driven by inherited business interest, Jarvin Leow Shue Min further his education in Australian School of Business located within The University of New South Wales in 2009, specializing in the field of marketing and accounting. These two majors/fields are personally-determined through previous relative unsatisfactory attempts within other popular business specializations such as economics, finance and management.

Languages

Brought up in a Mandarin-speaking family, Mandarin is Jarvin Leow's first language. However, during his secondary school, he changed his first language to English within the school system, in preparation for his English GCE O-Level, although Mandarin is always his preferred language mostly, in Malaysia and Singapore. As a Malaysian, he speaks three of the four main languages in his home country, Mandarin, English, Bahasa Melayu, as well as other Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese. He learnt Cantonese like most dialects in an informal way through his local communities in Sydney, mainly his friends from Hong Kong and China. During his university life, he attempted introductory Japanese.

Music Influence

As an angry kid, Jarvin Leow Shue Min had been introduced to piano through introductory piano classes, primarily aimed at improving his temper. He soon developed his interest towards music and gradually and make his first attempt for ABRSM in 2000. His interest towards piano eventually reduced due to his focus on final college examination (Singapore GCE-O-level) in 2007, which he successfully acquired the 6th Grade with ABRSM by 2007. During his secondary school days, Jarvin Leow Shue Min also actively participated in the Chinese Orchestra in his secondary school abbrivated as MCO since 2004. Originally motivated and initiated towards percussion musics, he was a member of the string-instrument music class where he developed his skills towards cello and double bass. However poor integrations between school, travels and other co-curriculums resulted him to end his participation in the orchestra, due to travel inconvinience. Today, Jarvin Leow Shue Min still enjoy playing piano and cello, composing songs occationally as mainly inspired by Jay Chou and Namewee. His music preferences include new and old jazz, Mandopop/Cantopopas well as English R&B.

Art Influence

Jarvin Leow developed his talent in contemporary art and design during his secondary school alongside with the music-influenced in him. His decision of choosing Arts and Design as a specialized assessment for GCE O-Level led to his creation of 'The Flora/Fauna' as an assessment final piece, inspired by Dutch post-Impressionist painter-Vincent van Gogh and Spanish expatriate painter-Pablo Picasso. Contemporary art influence within him had nearly shift his pursue of business specialization in university, where Jarvin Leow chose business over the second alternate option, Art and Design in 2008. Despite his preference towards business over arts, Jarvin Leow had positively influenced his sister, Jane Leow to specialised in art and design in high school, accompanied by her common interest in art. Today, Jarvin Leow still appreciates artistic productions all over the world and Art institutions within Australia such as NIDA.

History and Political Influence

As a history student in secondary school, Jarvin Leow had been interested in world history, alongside with Singapore social studies. Upon graduation from secondary school, Jarvin Leow's strong participation in Australian legal studies earned him modest grade while he graduated from UNSW Foundation in 2008. His interest in legal studies lead him to once again enrolled in law courses in summer 2011. With deep interest and preference towards humanities, shown through his involvements in art and music, he is enrolled in classes, aimed at providing a deeper insight into Contemporary Human Rights, Terrorism as well as Religions by UNSW Law School.

Other Name(s)

Jarvin Leow Shue Min is sometimes known as Javin, which is the other name known among Jarvin Leow's co-students in UNSW Foundation. He changed Javin to Jarvin Leow in 2009 for personal reason, and was the only name he commonly used and still using, throughout the years he lived in Sydney. However, back home in Malaysia as well as in Singapore, he is commonly refered to Shue Min, his first name, by his secondary co-students, friends and family members.