Interview with Adrian Khoo FMC about working remotely
Adrian is a Multidisciplinary creative designer, Project manager and Enterpreneur 🚀 living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read his interview to learn how he works.
Adrian, can you tell us a bit about yourself?
I am a hardworking husband and father to two wonderful kids. Usually, if I am not working hard, I love watching shows on Netflix with my wife, or adventures looking for good food (especially in Malaysia!). I am a guinea pig to my wife’s baking and cooking (which lucky me, it turns out really good!).
I try to be a good example to my 17-year-old daughter by telling her if she does not understand anything, find Mr Google! 😀 I do my best for my 14-year-old son by supporting him with his intention of being king of Fortnite and Minecraft!
Can you tell us more about your job?
Currently, my work is divided into 3 areas. Part-time Stock Manager for the Australian company. Part-time Events Creative Director for events. The other hours are for a 3D architectural company as their Project Manager.
After working hours, my entrepreneur spirit kicks in and I represent a beauty factory in Italy as their Asian representative.
Do you have a dedicated space to work?
I have two locations for my work. One, is at my home-based location and the other one, in an office where I am currently their Project Manager. So I work Saturday to Monday at home and the other four days will be located in the office.
What does your typical workday look like?
I wake up pretty early (about 6am), and if time allows, I will have a 5km run before I start work.
Because of the different businesses I support, I rely on a few apps to keep me abreast with all projects. I usually will get tons of calls or Whatsapp from clients during half the day and while multi-tasking these, I keep tabs with all my team members to make sure our projects are progressing as scheduled.
During the evenings, if I did not run in the morning, I will do HIIT exercises and run (to keep me sane!) and unload all my stress by working out!
What tools do you use to stay productive?
The tools I used are pretty cool:
- Publer for social media management
- monday.com for project management
- Google Keep and Onenote for daily notes
- Microsoft software for presentation to clients
- Design software
- 3dmax9 for everything 3D
- Whatsapp — keeping updates to all my clients
- Dropbox — all files saved the right way
- practically every software for teleconferencing
- And not forgetting, actual physical notebooks!
- Divi for Website Development
What is your current workspace setup?
Personal Desktop computer with a 27in monitor for my home base.
Dual 24in monitor in the office.
Favourite unplugged activity
Watching wwe.com and listening to songs via Youtube. Usually, it’s the Korean and Thai songs. Watching Netflix for sure too!
What do you like most about working remotely?
I control my own working time. I get to plan out all my task based on my own judgement. If I feel I need a break, I will just take it. I work where there are no interruptions and definitely get more things done.
If I need to travel, I will just do so and work from anywhere.
Most of the time, I have my phone with me and pretty much could do quite a few things with just a handphone nowadays. If not, my trusty laptop will do the trick during travelling.
Thank you Adrian!
Learn more about him here:
Adrian’s website: https://adriankhoo.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankhoofmc/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriankhoofmc/
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