About Me
This is just one big page where I can write all about myself, without feeling the need for it to be useful.
And some day this site will be all that’s left of me, so I might as well write my own mini autobiography.
Last updated: 2026-11-05
Timeline for context:
- 1985: born in Jakarta, Indonesia
- 1998: moved to Sydney, Australia to escape a racial riot and returned to Jakarta, Indonesia when things calmed down
- 2002: moved to Singapore, studied Material Engineering at Nanyang Technological University
- 2005: moved to Bochum, Germany to complete a 6-month industrial (work) assignment at Nokia
- 2006: graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, got a scholarship for a double Master degrees from Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)
- 2007: moved to Cambridge, US, graduated with a Master of Engineering degree from MIT, took a semester off to return to Jakarta, lost mom to lymphoma cancer
- 2008: moved back to Singapore, graduated with another Master of Science degree from National University of Singapore, started working in Accenture
- 2012: moved to Perth, Australia for work
- 2014: eloped (got married in a civil registry), quit Accenture, joined another company Vesta Partners, then moved to Adelaide, South Australia for a job posting
- 2015: moved back to Singapore, gave up my Indonesian citizenship to become a Singapore citizen, travelled back and forth to Macau for a job posting
- 2017: quit Vesta Partners, joined BHP in Singapore
- 2022: burned out and took a year off work, traveled in Spain, Indonesia, and Vietnam
- 2023: returned to work in Singapore
- 2024: moved to Saskatoon, Canada for a job posting
- 2026: moved back to Singapore, took 3 months off work to travel in Japan and spend time with family in Indonesia
For most of my life, I have followed the path most travelled. A good eldest daughter and sister, a straight-A student, a scholar, then a high-earning corporate employee. As I get older, increasingly I question this way of life, so expected and respected by today's society. I want to live a more intentional life, true to myself and what brings me joy and meaning.
I love to travel. In my ideal life, my husband and I are travelling the world, staying in 1 town/country one or a few months at a time. I also want to learn lots of stuff, especially different approaches to thinking and living.