By Aishah Hamza

You said you don't get recognised when you're out in public, but what about online?

YEONG-NATHAN: Strangers leave messages on my Facebook account all the time. Obviously I won't respond to creepy messages like 'Hi, I will like to know you'.

But there was one time someone left a message saying the day I won was the day she obtained her citizenship and how proud she was.

Those are the kind of messages I will reply to.

Are more people trying to add you as a friend on Facebook now?

There definitely are a lot more people trying to add me.

But most of the recent requests I received are from those I met while in Mexico or even friends of friends.

There hasn't been any online stalker, thankfully.

How about the reactions you get from school mates at the Singapore Polytechnic?

People just know me as the bowling girl in school.

You know how Singaporeans are; they don't really approach you, they stand aside and whisper to each other.

Sometimes I overhear schoolmates I don't know saying, 'eh it's the bowling girl' and I quickly walk away.

It's just so weird and awkward and I'm still trying to get used to it.

What is the biggest adjustment you have had to make after winning?

Before all this, I was just in my own little world. But with all the exposure I'm getting now, I realise that I have to smile a lot more.

It actually helps because if I don't, people will think I'm stuck-up. The last thing I want to do is to put the local bowling community in a bad light.

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