he started dancing as a student, in 1981-1984 he participated in the choreographic ensemble "kesuma" of the university of malaya and at the frances ballet academy, and in 1984-1986 at the federal academy of ballet. in 1992-1994 he was a full-time ballet, modern dance, tap and jazz dance teacher at the federal academy of ballet. in this times, he served as assistant artistic director to lee lee lan for the kuala lumpur dance theatre. from 1994 - he worked as a lecturer at the national academy of arts, culture and heritage (aswara formerly known as national arts academy), and became dean of the faculty of dance in 1998. he remained in this position until 2015. he served as president of mydance alliance (1999-2001), co-chairman of the asian dance committee, seoul, south korea (2011-2017), adjudicator for the singapore youth festival since 2008, and sprouts, a young choreographers’ platform in singapore as well as vice-president south east asia world dance alliance (2011-2016).