About Me — Alvin Ang

Author. Former reality TV show star. Currently on the quest to become the greatest writer Singapore has ever seen.

Alvin Ang Instagram. Picture by the author.

I only started writing when my shoulder decided to spontaneously implode.

I was an MMA fighter in my previous life, and that night I was fighting my fourth and (what would turn out to be) final fight. I was matched up against a brilliant local southpaw by the name of ZT, and when he and I clashed my arm somehow ended up draped across his, and when we disengaged I felt a terrible pain in my shoulder, followed up by an even more terrible feeling of weakness.

I clutched my arm and tried to fight back — but alas, it was not meant to be. ZT hit me hard to the body. I dropped, and that night was a night of tears. I had lost for the first time, and my dislocated shoulder all but ensured that I would never fight again.

Thus cast adrift, I spiraled into a depression that lasted years. But to my surprise, my depression turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

I couldn’t fight, so I dabbled in other endeavors instead. I became a stuntman for Universal Studios Singapore. I drank a lot. I met one beautiful girl after another. I dated them. I even started my own little event business, and that business landed me a coveted spot on a…