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Greetings everyone. I am Leong Xin Yu, a Diploma in Interior Design student, graduated from Sunway University and is currently studying Bachelor in Communication Design at Swinburne University. This site contains most of my artwork and what I had accomplished so far. Feel free to have a look at my designs and if there are any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

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BARISTA IN MELBOURNE

March 2018 - Present

I’ve got my first barista job in a cafe named Twosome Story at the Clayton suburb a month later I arrived at Melbourne. I am to fund for my own studies therefore I work and study at the same time. I’ve learned how to make legit cold drip and cold brew white while I work. At November 2018, since it was a summer break, I took up a new casual barista job as well at a place named the Honey Thief Bakery at the Blackburn suburb. At that place I was to serve different kinds of homemade pastries, sourdoughs, sandwiches and desserts so I had a gained a few knowledge from there.

BARISTA IN MALAYSIA

May 2016 - February 2018

Worked at Espression8 cafe as a junior barista. Help to design the menu and poster for the cafe. Left the place at August 2016 as the working schedule later was not consistent and most of them clashed with my classes.

Later on I applied for the barista position at Whupwhup cafe at October 2016 until July 2017. That was the place where I gained all the actual coffee knowledge. I was in a ' Hell's Training ' ( that's what they called) and now have a good ability in coffee tasting, calibrating and making a good cup of espresso. During that working period, I contributed my ideas for the space design when they had events going on. I designed spaces for events such as wedding proposal's party, birthday party and also decorations for Christmas and a small wedding. I left the place due to my finals.

Later on I came back to Penang, my hometown and worked at Soul cafe as a barista and at the same time, seeked for vacancies related to my design so that I can gain more knowledge and continue with what I love. I left Soul cafe a month later after being offered a job to work as a graphic and multimedia designer at Apollo Vista.

While working as a designer, I do not want to give up on my dreams. So I applied at another cafe named Sugar On Top which is a stone's thrown away from my office and was offered the barista position.

On the December of 2017, a friend of mine started a cafe named HOLD UP COFFEE and she offered me the head barista position to help her set up the new cafe. After it had settled down two months later, I left the place to continue my degree in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

WAITRESS

January 2016 - April 2016

Applied at a cafe named After Black right beside my university. I was half studying at that period of time. ( Had to cover my living expenses ) The reason I left is because during March I had a month+ semester break.

A new semester began ( April ), applied at 128 cafe but only managed to work there for a month, left the place due to working hours restriction.

CASHIER

November 2014 - Feb 2015

While waiting for my SPM result, I applied a job at POPULAR bookstore Gurney Plaza as a cashier. I left to continue my studies afterwards.

WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, GRAPHIC & MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER

A passionate writer, freelancer for photography and a full timer as a designer

I love writing essays and always got an A+ when I was in school. When I was 10, I wrote a draft and sent it to the ' Mr. Midnight ' ( a singapore published series of ghost stories). I got chosen and my story was published :) I am a passionate writer when it comes to descriptive writing, I published a few stories and also a poem on Wattpad ( an online story-writing site for writers to express themselves)

I love photography and am a proud owner of my Nikon D5300 and my film camera PENTAX MeSuper. I played with both digital and film but film is my all time favorite :)

I am currently a graphic and multimedia designer in a small company called Apollo Vista. My job is to help film videos, editing it on premiere pro or after effect, brochures and packaging design and also a little of interior space planning :)

B O U T I Q U E H O T E L

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY THEMED

This was my Final year project and it is my proudest work of all! I put my dreams on to a piece of paper and am now working hard to make it happen :)

Of course the space for my hotel would not be this big at first but a small cafe with a simonelli coffee machine ( for me to improve my skill and explore more about coffee haha! ), a meeting area for all photographers to meet and discuss about their work and a small garden for freelance wedding photoshoot is a must!

I will design my own logo and the hotel's website, and also my special packaging for all the toiletries and welcome gifts :)

After all, its the small details that make the guests feel special!

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I N T E R N S H I P

@ Sarang Interiors

These are the projects that I had done during internship :)

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P H O T O G R A P H Y

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M I D A U T U M N F E S T I V A L

I am working as a graphic and multimedia designer in a company called Apollo Vista. I was to create my very first video drawn by AI and animated by AE on the 20th of Sept. I managed to finish drawing and editing in one day. I got approved on the first try and it was published on the LED of Apollo Vista all around Malaysia :)

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M Y D E S I G N

As I mentioned in my resume, I had contributed my effort in helping out the cafes I worked in to design posters and also plan and decorate the space for events.

Other than that, while I was studying in Sunway University, me and my friends participated in a fundraising campaign. We held a small workshop, teaching people how to do shiburi dye bandanna. I designed the poster for it and I love it :)

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