Growing up/family
What city and state is Tinesh from?
Taiping, Perak
Where did Tinesh go for his semester abroad?
Pomona College
What associate positions did Tinesh hold while he was a Dean's Fellow?
President's Office with his best friend TTY and Rector's Associate with all three Rectors
What is Tinesh's MBTI?
ENTP
Who is Jane's favorite singer?
Taylor Swift
What is Tinesh's ethnic makeup (in percentages)?
Ceylonese Tamil (50%), Indian Tamil (25%), and Chinese (25%)
What were the two majors Tinesh was considering when he came into college?
Psychology or Life Sciences
What company did Tinesh work as a cashier at for 2 months before starting college?
Popular
Who is Jane's celebrity crush?
Dave Franco.
What is Jane's favorite TV show?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
What year and at what age did Tinesh come to Singapore?
2008 at age 15
Name 5 sports that Tinesh didn't play in college.
Road relay, tchoukball, basketball, swimming, tennis, reversi, DOTA.
What did Jane tell Pritam Singh when she was at a press conference with him in December?
That she was from the U.S. (when he didn't ask) and that she didn't want to be deported.
What musical instrument does Tinesh know how to play?
Trombone (in the Bukit Panjang military band) (he then went on to be part of the Colour Guard and twirled flags around)
What is Tinesh's favourite song of all time and who sang it?
Perfect Symphony by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli
When Tinesh was 11, he represented his district at the state level tournament in which activity?
Chess
What topic was Tinesh's capstone on, and what larger project did it get adapted into?
The Ceylonese Tamil diaspora in Singapore. More specifically, "Forging a Singaporean Ceylonese Tamil Identity: A Study on Kinship Networks and Societal Respectability.
Tinesh and Jane later built off of it to turn it into Rojak Romance as part of The Future Of Our Pasts festival.
Name all of the places that Jane has worked since graduating from college.
Yale-NUS, Mothership, and Kohl's
What are three interests that Jane hopes to pursue more of this year?
Skating, watching TV, reading (lol), playing piano, artsy things (embroidery, painting)
What is Jane's most used app on her phone, and how many hours did she spend on it this week, according to Screentime?
TikTok, 11 hours (as of 12:13am on Feb. 6)
What are Tinesh's siblings names and ages?
Danish (25) and Lashini (27)
Name five countries that Tinesh was able to travel to during college, through (and mostly-funded by) Yale-NUS or NUS
United States (Yale for orientation, Yale Summer Session, semester abroad, and Athletics exchange)
Hong Kong (Learning Across Boundaries)
Cuba (Learning across Boundaries)
United Arab Emirates (Athletics exchange)
Taiwan (Athletics exchange)
Malaysia (Learning Across Boundaries and Athletics exchange)
United Kingdom (Oxford for academic conference)
Vietnam and Cambodia (internship at SARUS)
Indonesia (Surabaya for bringing first years on RCX trip as an RCA)
What are three most difficult work situations that Jane has dealt with? (2 at Yale-NUS and 1 at Mothership)
Duty situation, Cendana RCAs, and supervisor relationship
What was the first movie Tinesh watched in theaters? (P.S. it involves a popular Turkish snack)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
What are Jane's go-to food and drinks orders in a hawker centre?
Steamed chicken rice (plus roasted pork and liver, as per availability) and sugarcane juice (no lemon)