Aiden Lim

All my life, I always have been passionate in teaching, no matter what skill. When I was young, i had swimming lessons on my own and learned well. I was recognised as a CAT A swimmer in the army, and thus able to swim well. Also, I worked as a tour guide in the Singapore Science Center before for several months, thus am exposed to children and how to interact and teach them. Different classes of school children have come to the Science Center for the exhibition I oversaw with a few others, and I helped to handle multiple classes of children at a time, and am thus experienced with handling young children. Several activities which i oversaw with them turned out successful, and they had a positive experience. I also taught adults on the job. I see teaching as a strict job requiring the successful impartation of skills, and am passionate in making sure those under me learn, no matter how long they may take. Patience is key, and I believe that slow and steady beats hotheadedness and forceful training. It does me great joy to watch people learn and attain to newer heights in life!

My greatest non academic acheivement would be conquering Moung Biang in Brunei during NS. The trecherous mountain was littered with tree branches, sticks and fallen logs coupled with huge boulders. As the teams medic, my job was to tend to the men, and had an extremely heavy bagpack piled with medical equipment. Being a smaller size guy, it wad exceedingly tough to scale the mountain, much less tend to any injuries the men had. With little resources for myself, as i didnt want to carry more, I braved the 5 day 4 night climb with maggi mee and several litres of water. The rain, flesh eating bugs and humidity added to the difficulty, making it the toughest thing I have done in my entire 25 years on earth yet. Finishing the climb and returning back to base is one of the greatest victories I have ever had in my entire life, with my men and myself included safe and sound.

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

SERI (Singapore EyeResearch Institute)                                                                                 Feb 2016 – Feb 2017

Eye Research Department, Intern

• Worked closely with 1 supervisor and 1 lab assistant from SERI to detect Pterygia cell markers.
• Facilitated in the maintenance and operation of laboratory freezers, cold room and dark roomutilization.
• Assisted the development of Pterygia cancercell markers by numerous WesternBlotting attempts on Pterygia cells

WORK EXPERIENCE

  Subway (One- North)                                                                                                                  Jan 2014 – March 2014

 Sandwich Artist

• Diligently made sandwiches everyday according to customer’s preference.
• Meticulously tidied and cleaned the store ensuring good hygienic conditions in the food outlet.

Uni- Qlo (Chinatown Point)                                                                                                       May 2017 – May 2017

Retail assistant

• Consistently vacuumed store, dusted clothes and wiped down mirrors ensuring a neat and welcoming environment.
• Repeatedly folded and hung clothes in the storeroom and refilling empty store shelves. 

The Singapore Science Centre (Dino Robo Exhibition)                                                         May 2017 – Aug 2017

Tour Guide

• Collaborated with five othertour guides to increase efficiency of tour process,educating numerous people and two sets of primary school children from different schools.

TXA Gastrobar (Telok Blangah Green)                                                                                    May 2021  – May 2021

Waiter                                                                           

• Meticulously served customers with their food and taking orders for both restaurant and outdoor grill to increase efficiently of the outlet’s services.
• Going above and beyond to solve several customer complaints of the outlet manager’s indifference to bill errors and long waiting time, preventing the escalation of conflicts in the restaurant.

The Singapore Science Centre (Galaxy Rewards and Galaxy Annual Pass)                       May 2023 – Jun 2023

• Participated in program activation held at Science Centre and off-site.
• Attracted guests to the activation booth and shared about Galaxy Rewards and Annual Pass.
• Assisted guests in filling out forms and answered queries from guests.
  
   

CO- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Ngee Ann Class Chair and Open House                                                                    Apr 2015 – Feb 2017

Class Representative

• Managed the open house in 2015 for the school and answered queries from potential students and parents about the course which may have led to increased registrations for the course.
• Oversaw the class WhatsApp chat for details to be communicated efficiently by professors to students which led to lessons and supplementary lessons conducted on time.

NTUSU Ministerial Open Discussions and Events Club                                               Aug 2019 – May 2020

Events Officer

• Managed 2 major ministerial talks involving Dr Amy Khor and Dr Ong Ye Kung, regarding environment and climate, and education respectively, with a turnout of more than 200 people for each talk.
• Oversaw questions and discussion during ministerial forums which led to interesting discussions between normal civilians and government heads.

SKILLS

Languages: Proficient in English, reading, writing, speaking

Digital Skills: Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Fitness: Lifesaving 1,2,3 / AED-CPR certified / Foundational Sport Science 2021 (Republic Polytechnic)

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Travelling, Swimming, Gymming, Playing musical instruments (Guitar), Sports (Bowling)

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore                                                                                           Apr 2014 – Feb 2017

• Scored AD (Distinction) in World Issues ‘A Global Perspective’, Sem 6 Academic Year 2017
• Graduated with diploma with merit, Academic Year 2017 with cGPA 3.4.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore                                                                      Aug 2019 –Current

Degree with Honors cum distinction in Sociology (School of Humanities) with cGPA 4.05

ACADEMIC PROJECT

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore                                                                                            Feb 2016 – Feb 2017

Final Year Project – Identifying Pterygia cancer cell markers.

• Developed an experimental process utilizing Western Blotting to detect cancer cell markers.
• Optimized the data collected with different variables over numerous multiple attempts.
• Validated results with control set of normal cells with little to minimal detection.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore                                                                      Aug 2022 – Mar 2023

Final Year Project – Identifying educational structural forces that shape undergraduates’ notion of success

• Developed a qualitative process utilizing interviews to identify educational structural forces.
• Optimized the process with different variables such as SES and gender over numerous interviews.
• Validated results with previous studies from relevant fields and papers regarding Singapore’s education system