February marks the beginning of my second year at my job, and like most millennials, this is a time when I start getting questions on my next steps. There are two typical answers for people who work in consulting: Pursue the path to partnership or use it as a stepping…

I used to measure my life in 30s. I don’t know when I started doing this, but it certainly became more apparent as I crawl through my early 20s. Every time I thought about my future, it would always go like this: Before 30, I want to work at X…

My grade school memoir in 3 parts. Part 1 I still remember when my homeroom teacher humiliated me in front of the entire 5th-grade class. My teacher had asked the class what they wanted to be when they grow up. I raised my hand and said that I wanted to do business…

I had always thought that loving is synonymous with fixing. I thought that the best way to show love was by helping them become their best selves. I mean, how could you not want someone you love to be better? I have always been a fixer. I can’t stand seeing…

After a term characterized by the massive construction of infrastructure across the country, Jokowi is now shifting to the other equally crucial precondition for national development — Human Capital. Jokowi just announced in his national address that “human capital development is the key to our future and, thus, our priority…

“Wow, never thought you were the type of person to go back so soon.” — Literally everyone Since deciding to go back to Indonesia for good, everyone I met had the same question mark on their face. They would say how surprised they were to see me leave so soon…

Saya mengambil kelas Ilmu Politik pertama saya di Amerika Serikat di tahun 2016, tepat pada waktunya untuk pemilihan presiden negeri Paman Sam. Suatu hari, muncul pertanyaan dari Pak Dosen: “What threatens democracy?” Hening. Tiba-tiba, terdengar cuitan teman sekelas saya dari belakang; “Nationalism,” ujarnya. Nasionalisme? Nggak salah? Saya kira saya salah…

Sitting inside a Budapest diner, I asked my best friend; “Is it just me, or do you think boys talk about themselves a lot?” We had been traveling in Budapest. She was studying in London and I was on a study abroad trip in Copenhagen. Her eyes lit up as…

As published on Sine Theta Magazine #8 Edited by Sine Theta Kilometers and kilometers of ‘shops’ — the somewhat loose translation of what Indonesians call ruko — line up interminably in this North Jakarta neighborhood. Sports cars park in front of the Mediterranean-style designed ruko, built not more than a…