 Beginning in 1982, she worked as an arts reporter for "The Straits Times", interviewing figures like Neil Sedaka, Cliff Richards and Sophia Loren.In 1982, she acted as Pala in "Samseng and the Chettiar's Daughter", a Singapore Arts Festival production directed by John Tasker.She also acted in the Experimental Theatre Club's "Terry Rex" for the 1982 Singapore Drama Festival.