Engineering Mind. Design Eye. Trilingual Communicator
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Hi! I’m a mechanical-electrical engineering student based in Japan, building systems that connect people and technology. Currently exploring opportunities in consulting, tech, and design strategy
僕は機械電気工学の学生で、日本を拠点に人とテクノロジーをつなぐシステムを構築しています。現在、コンサルティング、技術、デザイン戦略の分野でチャンスを探っている。
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I’m Faris — or Ari, depending on who’s asking.
Malaysian by origin, Japanese-based by decision, and currently knee-deep in mechanical-electrical-electronic engineering at Shimane University. I build things that work, things that move, and sometimes… things that just look cool —
because obviously, I’m Batman.
I’ve always had one foot in the technical and the other in the creative — wiring up sensors one day, editing wedding videos the next. I care about execution, yes. But more than that, I care about intention — the why behind the design, the feeling behind the form.
I used to think communication was about sounding smart.
Now I think it’s about making people feel understood.
Whether it was standing up in a suit for debate finals, helping run the student council back home, or fumbling through part-time English lessons with curious kids in Shimane — I’ve always found myself in the middle of translation zones. Between languages. Between cultures. Between ideas and reality.
And weirdly, that’s where I feel most like myself.
(Cue the photos: student council chaos, debate face-offs, teaching moments where I pretend not to panic.)
Words carry power — not just in meaning, but in how they’re delivered. Through tone, timing, choice. And I am a lifelong student of that delicate craft: the art of saying something that lands.