We owe our start as a tandem act to Mrs Nathan, the First Lady, who was invited to be GOH at an event organised by the Asian Storytelling Congress in 2001. As a former teacher at the School for the Deaf, Mrs Nathan knew  how  effective deaf tellers are through sign and gesture. She suggested that a deaf teller be included in the line-up. I was asked to find one - and that’s how  Dennis and I began.  

I’ve known Dennis Tan  for more than 20 years since I first became involved with the hearing-impaired community in 1984.

He taught me sign language - he still teaches me sign! - and we worked on his book, Singapore’s first sign dictionary, together.

Apart from conducting programmes and performances at the School for the Deaf, we’ve performed at community events.

In 2005 we presented Lifting The Sky, tales of friendship and harmony, with the talented Jeeva Raghunath from Chennai, at Geylang and Woodlands libraries with Mrs Nathan as our Guest.