Daniel Sitter from Idea Seller tagged me to provide eight random facts about myself. Since there are quite a lot of new readers in the last few months, I think it’s a good idea to reveal more about myself. I believe that knowing each other is a good way to build relationships, so I hope that this post will somehow help me build better relationship with you (I also love to know more about you!).

So here are eight facts about me:

1. I used to be a pretty hardcore programmer. Within a few months after I got my first computer (which was an 80386 with 4 MB RAM), I already wrote some arcade and board games. Whenever I learned a new programming language, I tried to first implement it to write games. That being said, it’s been more than two years since I wrote any serious computer program.
2. Though I love computer, I read personal growth and business books more than computer books. That has been the case for years and that eventually led me to blog in the niche of personal growth.
3. I love to play guitar, though not very good at it. Whenever I see a guitar around, I would have played it within a few minutes.
4. I was involved in journalism during my high school and undergraduate years. It was from this experience that I discovered my love of writing.
5. When I was in junior high school, I joined the Scout movement. Since then, outdoor leadership training has become a favorite activity of mine. Before I took my graduate study in Singapore, I was involved in a youth leadership organization which organizes such training.
6. One of my most difficult moments in life happened in 2005. At that time, I did my graduate study at a local institute. Despite working very hard on the thesis, it ended up in failure for (what I think are) improper reasons. It gave me a lot of life lessons, and looking back at it, I now feel very grateful for it. If not because of it, it’s highly unlikely that I ever study abroad.
7. In 2003 I wrote a computer book in Indonesian titled “Practical Guide to Using Linux for Windows Users”. I hope someday I can write an English book, though I don’t think it will be a computer book.
8. When I was a kid, I loved reading Enid Blyton’s books. One day when I was in the primary school, I tried to write my own Enid- Blyton-like story which consisted of several pages. It’s been gone for years, but it must be very funny.

There they are, eight random things about me. In the future, I hope to also know more about you :)