Electronic Keyboard
Years of formal music theory plus the kind of late-night practice that teaches you that getting good at anything is just showing up. Currently obsessed with reharmonisation and modal interchange.
Music · Theory · Improvisation
Badminton
Gold medalist at an international tournament in Sri Lanka. Competitive play is still the best teacher of composure under pressure I have found.
Gold Medal · Sri Lanka
Model UN
Harvard MUN, Ivy League MUN, and most of the competitive circuit in between. Drafting resolutions taught me more about consensus-building than any classroom did.
Harvard MUN · Ivy League MUN
Public Speaking
Toastmasters from member, to Head of PR, to Vice President. There is no faster way to learn an audience than to bomb in front of one, twice, and come back the third time.
Toastmasters · Stage