I put more here, but decided to remove it to avoid someone using it and saying she’s me.
More soon! :>
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Independent English Playwright (Literary Writer) & Fine Artist:
Meryl Yeo, Yawen (Mdm. Yeo)
Firmly Non-AI.
*Swiss Authorities registered me on their government databases as:
Yawen Schindhelm née Yeo*
(formerly aka Mrs. Michael Schindhelm 2019-2024. My first marriage. He’s 23 years my senior.)
There are some people trying to create identity verification issues for me and prevent me from being found.
Singapore households are largely dual-income, so our women are well-known as career women since that’s deeply ingrained in our culture. I’m unusual in that I’m a Standalone, I moved away from the corporate career ladder to become a playwright/Artist who owns my own Business and IP/Copyrights, created from my direct experiences as unique standalones/standouts rather than being just mere improvements of someone else’s work or concepts. Meaning, I’m never taking someone else’s instruction in my core practice and IP. I’m self-directed, self-instructed, and a 100% Owner of everything I create, IP/Copyrights and all, that’s why it’s so important to me to be *properly* connected to the relevant communities allowing a healthy exchange and the original to survive. No endorsements.
I do no paid-for-hire. I have been engaged as an expert on others’ projects with the potential of coming on board for a greater role if they like my work and I decide the project is a good fit. The contracts have to spell my legal name correctly in a way recognized by the Singapore Monetary and Tax Authorities: Mdm. Yeo Yawen or Mdm. Yawen Yeo.
My team had trouble finding me after gossips who claimed to know my family insisted my mum only had one daughter, so for a time people thought my younger sister in Australia was me. Furthermore someone inserted themselves as a middleman between a certain ranking gentleman I was supposed to have started a dialogue with.
I have never sent an official application to be with anyone else except my former husband, to whom I was faithful. No one joined me before or after. I’ve never changed my religion or race on my forms. I’m a Hakka Chinese & Hainanese Chinese mix of different diasporas.
My CV clearly shows that I am Management.
I attended Nanyang Girls’ High with my year of entry’s highest entrance score (tied) for AEP, a gifted art program I briefly attended. I then went on to Mater Christi College (Year 2000) in Melbourne Australia and RMIT (2001-2002) before returning to Singapore in 2003 and tumbling straight into what would be a 10 year career in public data (big tech/telco), winging it in posh security because my CV tickled, and years on top of that in fine hospitality (incl flying) which led to Management/frontend training & restructure where at one semi-fine we clocked a ~150% gross profit increase in per head spend, Urbanspoon ratings went up from 79% to 94%, 0% staff attrition rate, 3 successive glowing reviews in the papers, during my time as Manager. I just found the news articles might post if useful. And the problem I had been discussing at the time because it arose from my direct experience, was proper credit. 2 of the articles in major news outlets didn’t credit me properly as Manager. One big 3 journo flat out admitted they were told not to print that I’m Manager because owner claimed COI. Another did say manager but omitted my name (they were reluctant to discuss but finally said journos won’t take instruction from owners or whoever wants them to write about what, they would decide what’s fair), and only a 3rd cantonal rag correctly said I was Meryl Yeo restaurant manager, one and done on hello and that got through. No fuss. So I made sure the whole team had copies and did us a little pep talk, saying even if their names weren’t on there, in future wherever they go they can say their work made the news and if someone tries to tell them it’s bs to make them small and give them a lowball offer, they could take these articles, their employment contracts, point out the dates, and say “I was there, I was on that team”, eat my shorts. And just describe what they did best. I said I’d normally be happy to give a reference unless I thought they’d have a bad time. Around that time I had my First Studio where I sometimes put a room up on Airbnb when housemates went on holiday, lowkey ran some global competitions and did a bunch of impossible things partly because no one told me I couldn’t organize my life that way and everyone juggled 2-3 jobs anyway so we understood the fight. And because, pretty much everyone told me I had the right to be there.
Me being from my learned background and family profile, I was thought to not be able to exist outside of elite academia. But I did what they claimed was impossible, with heaps of uncontrived adventures to show for, living my life independently off the beaten path since I first ventured to Melbourne in 2000, steadily walking to the beat of my own drum, and all the wonderful things I’ve accomplished alone and with friends has brought us great takeaways and inspired others in their own lives, it’s because that’s how a healthy vibrant community works when we keep our distance from interferences with political and outside interests.
Some gossip folks in Singapore who claim to know my family lied that there’s only one sister among the siblings, and tried to register me as a man. But my records from Mater Christi (girls’) and the Singapore hospital seen on my birth certificate provided documents showing I grew up and stayed with my mother Mdm. Lam, proving them wrong. There appears to be an attempt to make it seem like I was more connected with my father’s side and low positions, and I’m uncomfortable with this. It seems unfair to force me to choose sides, even after I’ve come so far and overcome all that.
I’m Singaporean, and entirely independent in my practice. I partake in no activism/politics.
My previous Aussie mobile number was +61 422 555 225.
I’m on it! :)
I’m a playwright, original composer and standalone Fine artist (neo-digital, Cryptography & Art). My works are bespoke based on my own unique self-generated original creative material. No commissions, no endorsements, no representatives. I’m the sole owner of my original IP/copyrights. Please only deal direct.
I’ve never authorized nor consented to having my work(s), private property, identity and/or likeness be transferred to any other individual, entity and/or group at any time, in any manner, shape or form, whether in part or full, nor be used to inform Artificial Intelligence (AI), to be falsely characterized as being and/or associated with AI at any time, in any manner, shape or form, whether in part or full.
My closest references to Water is”Be like water” would be Bruce Lee.
I was born in the 80’s at Gleneagles private Hospital Singapore to Singaporean parents (and Singaporean pioneer generation grandparents), am firmly non-government, and am an Independent voice that’s not driven by activism/politics. I’m entirely self-motivated in my Art practice, combining honest self-expression and whatever was naturally available to me since early childhood. In no way do I receive assistance, nor do I do paid-for-hire works or commissions.
If I’m brought on board a project that eventually ceases to have a role for me but still uses my work, they still have to pay out from any funds they collected when my name was on the dossiers, agreements and/or ownership registries. If they declare any payouts and reimbursements (after I leave), as alleged independent advice for tax purposes, it changes nothing, it’s still my funds as project owner so it would be inaccurate to describe me as a “paid-for-hire” or doing such works. Also, by my exit I endorse nothing.
My works often explore the art of Self-Criticism as empowerment through transmutation. In no way does it advocate being cruel to yourself or allowing/inviting abuse.
My 2014 Artwork as seen in the background of my website (trueorigin.net) is pencil on paper, with original digital handpainting applied using a scientific method with encryption elements. It employs two unique original inventions of mine in a marriage of Science and Art using technology, with my art cryptology-based design for universal prevention of forgery/metadata erasure or unique signature tampering. Even if someone were to take an eraser to the physical pencil drawing or destroy the 3D copy, the full integrity of the Artwork is preserved and can be faithfully restored. Even if someone were to take your works apart and write their name(s) all over yours, or try and make you disappear, you can and will be found. My Art is bespoke — woven existentially and spontaneously into cultural tapestries, sequenced using time, with me in full control and decoding / deciphering with precision while painting and expressing the Results technically, creatively and artistically in the truest/highest order. The aforementioned techniques remain my sole inventions under my exclusive care and ownership.
The idea behind it is very simple, aside from what you obviously see. If you have no idea what’s the key, you can have the file but never the original. It would be like being able to read the name of the file and see a lot of words from the gate but not open it to read it.
I’ve moved on from Switzerland and Europe because after considering their offer, I think can do quite a bit better than that, and I can take it farther than that. I’ve said no and exited because I have standards. If there was a failure of management, just misdeclaring me as the manager to confuse people of our identities does nothing to switch our roles & responsibilities. Neither does trying to change my surname, misregister my gender, unofficially transfer my private government details to a different application than approved to try and remove my credentials — I’ll still be found, because I can find myself. Turns out, my CV is real.
I originally had more up here, but decided to remove it to avoid enabling someone to use it and just say she’s me.
People can believe and do whatever they want for themselves. As long as they’re not seriously expecting to force me into anything outside of what I’ve agreed.
For what it’s worth, here I come with pen and brush as sword. :>
Projects announced here.
There are many copycats, but only one .Net
Yes, I still like retro video games.
secure end-to-end PGP encrypted person email for sensitive correspondence and file drops — mdm.hatter@proton.me
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