About TOMMY

Tommy Kwan was born in Hong Kong in 1992. He had stayed in Taiwan for four years to earn his degree in Molecular Science and Engineering.

At his young age, he was curious about the world and different cultures. In 2012, he visited three beautiful European cities – Vienna, Bucharest and Chisinau. After that, he had more and more opportunities to get involved in various transportation industries. Now, he is a full-time safety personnel in a franchised bus company. In his leisure time, he operates bus routes as a part-time Bus Captain sometimes.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

Perhaps it’s his fate – he got a flight simulator software in his third year at university. Since then, he has been interested in aviation. After graduating from the university in 2015, he returned to his home city for a PPL ground school certificate programme. Through the course, he met lots of inspiring mentors and even had a 10-hour flight experience in a well-known flight school in Adelaide.

Since 2016 after the flying lessons, he has been determined to become an airline pilot. However, he took a slightly different path in lieu of applying for a flying school/cadet programme at first. Interestingly, life is full of uncertainty. He could not achieve his goal for the sake of COVID-19.

The real challenge of growth mentally, emotionally, and spiritually comes when you get knocked down! It takes courage to act – part of being hungry when you’ve been defeated. It takes courage to start over again!

In 2020, he deviated from his “original flight plan route” –  he believes that “Every road leads to Rome”. Perhaps he might need to divert to “alternative aerodrome”. However, he understands the meaning of “flying” – a good pilot should “play it safe”. To him, what aviation industry have taught him is the philosophy of airmanship.

To persevere I think it’s important for everybody
Don’t give up, Don’t give in

I believe that there’s always an answer to everything.

Tommy’s Diaries had been established since 2011 and renamed as tommykwan.com in 2015. Time is running very fast, always! I’ve always wanted to share you what is impressive in my life! Perhaps some posts might not the taste you like. I, however, wish you can feel more about me from the photos and words.

Lastly! Thank you for visiting my Blog!

Tommy.K
2024-09-01