January 08, 2023Throughout my life, there haven’t been many identities I’ve embraced as much as I’ve embraced being a reader. It’s also one of the things which, amidst all the new experiences I went through in 202…
Read more · 6 min readDecember 04, 20222022 has been an unusual year for me. I resigned from my last job in the spring, and during the past eight months, I’ve been lucky to spend more time with family, spend time on things I always wanted…
Read more · 8 min readJanuary 17, 2022Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved reading. One of my fondest memories growing up is the trips my family would take to Gramedia, an Indonesian bookstore chain, on the weekends. When I lived in…
Read more · 6 min readNovember 01, 2017I’m always looking for ways to constantly challenge myself and keep learning, so I thought I’d set up some goals for the month of November, and hopefully every month onwards. Personally, I’ve found…
Read more · 2 min readMay 07, 2016I’ve been living the 9 to 5 grind for nine months now. A lot has changed since I entered the workforce, and I’m proud of how I’ve developed: I’m more comfortable picking up challenging work and I feel…
Read more · 2 min readFebruary 18, 2016Time is a precious resource. It’s one of the only things in life which you can’t gain. In other words, the amount of time you have on earth will always decrease at any point in time. If you want to…
Read more · 3 min readJanuary 12, 2016In the past six months, I have: Graduated from Brown University. Moved to Cambridge, MA. Started working as a software engineer at Cimpress. As a kid, I would always look forward to the day where I…
Read more · 2 min readJune 08, 2015Upon graduating, I decided I would try to spend as much time as possible back home before I start working full-time. Indonesia is practically on the other side of the globe from Boston, and with only…
Read more · 3 min readMay 28, 2015This past Sunday I walked through the Van Wickle gates for the second and possibly last time of my life. The first time I walked through the gates was in September 2013, when I first enrolled at Brown…
Read more · 3 min readDecember 19, 2014Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. -Mahatma Gandhi First of all, I CAN’T BELIEVE THE SECOND TO LAST SEMESTER OF MY UNDERGRADUATE CAREER HAS ENDED…
Read more · 5 min readOctober 05, 2014This week has been so hectic that my Saturday felt like a Sunday. Why? Well, I studied pretty much the whole day, and Saturdays aren’t meant for studying...Sundays are. I got a lot of stuff done…
Read more · 5 min readSeptember 25, 2014I keep telling myself to write more but I never have time, and when I do, I’m so exhausted that all I want to do is sleep. That’s what college does to you, kids. When I was younger, I always wondered…
Read more · 5 min readAugust 21, 2014Because why not, right? I just love to live life dangerously . Go skydiving. Go bungee jumping. Witness the Northern Lights in all its glory. Learn archery. Learn to play the harmonica. Get a scuba…
Read more · 1 min readJuly 12, 2014The past five weeks have gone by incredibly fast. I. Am. Halfway. Through. My. Internship. Much fast. Very work. Such internship. For the past five weeks, I’ve been interning as a software developer…
Read more · 3 min readMay 03, 2014This is super cliché, but it’s amazing how fast time passes by. I still remember being all excited for this semester, and now, as I write this blogpost, my semester ends in eleven days. I have to say…
Read more · 4 min readApril 09, 2014It’s April here at university and you know what that means…. April Mayhem! sing it in Daily Grace’s Sexy Friday tune In a way, I’m really happy that Brown has Spring break , because it allowed for…
Read more · 4 min readFebruary 07, 2014Dear Reader, I have completed my first assignment for my Software Engineering class and Spring semester is in full swing (incidentally, I used Swing for my assignment!). I am taking a wide variety…
Read more · 4 min readOctober 05, 2013Anyway, back to the point. I've officially been a Brunonian for a month now! Hip hip hooray! I guess the best way to describe my first month would be: fascinating.
Read more · 4 min readSeptember 22, 2013Soooo…. I don’t really know where to start. Probably the fact that I am now attending an institution 3,000 miles away from my previous one?
Read more · 1 min readApril 02, 2013Spring break has ended and now it’s time for Spring quarter. Which can only mean one thing: two and a half more months as a Green River student. Truth be told, I wasn’t exactly a happy camper when I…
Read more · 1 min readFebruary 15, 2013Long story short, last night I decided to make a new blog so that I could talk about my journey. Maybe, ten years down the road, I can look at my blog's archive and laugh at all the weird stuff I…
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