PERSONAL ARCHIVE & EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
I'm Alvin, an economics student at Universiti Malaya.
I spend much of my time exploring financial markets, technology, and the questions that connect them.
This is a small collection of things I've worked on, places I've been, and interests I've followed along the way.
PILLAR 01
Research
What I'm trying to understand.
PILLAR 02
Archive
How I got here.
PILLAR 03
Elsewhere
The things in between.
“A curiosity about how things work — and how they could work better.”
PORTRAIT AREA NOTE: Authentic personal portrait slot reserved. Displayed as an archival identity card without stock imagery.
Secondary environmental plate mapping the intersection of academic economics at Universiti Malaya, independent market tooling, and personal field notes.
EXHIBITION STRUCTURE
Seven horizontal rooms on desktop · Full collection essays below.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SHIFT
I originally studied law at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, driven by an interest in public policy, economic development, and how resources could be better allocated.
But studying law turned out to be quite different from what I had imagined.
I eventually transferred to Universiti Malaya to study economics. Later, participating in a campus election also changed how I thought about political involvement.
Today, my focus is on research, markets, and technology.
Entered Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia hoping to work on public policy, economic development, and resource allocation—before finding legal study differed from that systems-design ambition.
Transferred to Universiti Malaya (Faculty of Business and Economics) to study incentives, markets, institutions, and how resources are allocated.
Stood as an FBE student representative candidate in the 2024 campus election. Not elected; the firsthand experience clarified why political participation was not the path I wanted to pursue.
Concentrating on evidence-driven inquiry across financial markets, valuation, monetary frameworks, and semiconductor technology.
RESEARCH EXHIBITION WALL
Some questions begin with a technology. Others begin with a market price that doesn't quite make sense.
I explore them through research, data, and small systems built to test ideas.
Exploring market conditions, valuation, and the signals that shape risk and expectations.
Investigating liquidity, capital flows, and market structure through on-chain data.
COHORT P/L
SOPR · RHODL
VENUE FLOW
EXCHANGE NET
ROTATION
LTH / STH SUPPLY
ONTOLOGY
7-STATE REGIME
An independent attempt to understand Singapore's exchange-rate-based monetary framework.
INDEPENDENT TRADE-WEIGHTED PROXY CORRIDOR (NON-MAS)
From mobile SoC evolution to chip architecture and semiconductor industry economics.
CHAPTER 04 // WORKING RESEARCH SPACE
An independent space for exploring markets through research, data, and code.
A place where research questions become working experiments, analytical models, and tools.
FIG. 04.A — ACTIVE RESEARCH SYSTEMS & REPOSITORIES
Verified tools and analytical engines indexed in Chainstox Lab
PRINCIPLE 01
Regimes over isolated predictions
PRINCIPLE 02
Transparent proxy boundaries
PRINCIPLE 03
Explicit source & signal coverage
BEHIND THE SCENES
Different venues. Same last-minute chaos.
A collection of moments from event work, productions, and the less visible parts of making things happen.
CALL SHEET // PRE-DOORS
Live Event & Stage Coordination
Audio-visual checks, floor markings, cable runs, and timing adjustments in the hours before an audience enters the room.
STATUS: ARCHIVAL CONTACT SHEET RECORD
PRODUCTION LOG // SET
Music-Video & Visual Production
Lighting resets, camera blocking, and long takes where three minutes of finished footage require a full day of coordination on set.
ROLE: ON-SET PRODUCTION SUPPORT
OPERATIONS // CUES
Cue Sheets & Real-Time Problem Solving
Observing how live environments depend on quiet preparation, clear communication under pressure, and unglamorous logistics.
COLLECTION: /ARCHIVE/BEHIND-THE-SCENES
PERSONAL FIELD JOURNAL
Working in unfamiliar places, getting lost in new cities, and collecting small observations along the way.
Some experiences become projects. Others are simply worth remembering.
A summer working abroad in the United States—boardwalk shifts, unfamiliar schedules, and the quiet independence that comes from navigating daily work far from home.
Walking through New York, Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul—paying attention to transit grids, building density, and how cities organize everyday life.
The slow, unhurried discipline of classical guitar practice—repeating phrasing and fingerings away from screens and market tickers.
CLOSING SPREAD
Still learning, still building, and still figuring things out.
Thanks for looking around.
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