My name is Zachary Tan, but please feel free to call me “Zach”. I am a Singaporean-born Australian currently residing and working in Nagasaki City, Japan, as an Assistant Language Teacher.
My passions include music, working out, travelling, photography, language education, language learning, coffee, and trying out new things from time to time. In fact, this website is one of two that I’ve created in order to indulge in some basic coding, the other being for my band.
The main premise of my website is to share snapshots of my life. This does not necessarily mean just literal snapshots. If the general purpose of a snapshot is to capture the moment, the purpose of my writing is to capture my thoughts and ideas for any given time.
The bit about coffee? I usually tend to be hopped up on either the titular drink or my usual pre-workout whenever I decide to hit the keyboard. I’m also focusing on tidying up my writing so that each post can be read in the same time it takes to enjoy a (double-) shot of espresso.
What I use:
As the section title suggests, these are the tools and items that I rely on for professional and personal purposes.
IT-related hardware, software and services:
2021 M1 iPad Pro, 2019 iPad Mini, 2020 Lenovo Chromebook Duet, mid-2013 MacBook Air, Intel NUC (6th-generation Core i3) powered by Linux Lite, iPod Touch 7th generation
Github, Grid Diary, Kahoot, ColorNote, Working Copy, Darkroom, WeVideo, monday(dot)com, Grammarly, Lumafusion, Shellfish, DigitalOcean, UserLAnd
Music-related tools and items:
Rockbass (by Warwick) Corvette $$, Hofner Ignition Series violin bass, REAPER, BandLab, Toon Track EZDrummer, Toon Track EZKeys, Tula noise-cancelling microphone, Flare Audio E-Prototype earphones
Additional brands currently either stored in Australia or are not in use: Schecter, Washburn, Godin, Squire, Lollar Pickups, Seymour Duncan pickups, EMG pickups, Yamaha, Hartke, Hotone Audio, Mooer
Fitness supplements:
Fitness tools:
My wardrobe:
About this website:
This website was created using the Jekyll-based Beautiful Jekyll theme as created by Daattali. If you want to learn how to make a simple website, please visit his GitHub repository.
It’ll also help to learn how to write in the Markdown format.