Thousand Words of Life

Hi guys! So after such a long hiatus from this blog (I actually targeted this blog to have a new content at least once per month, but something came up and that resulted in around 2 months of being away from this), I am finally back :D Finding some spare time to even take a look at this blog seems quite too much for me these days, now with the current pandemic that led me (and also most of people in this country) to serve Work From Home (WFH), meaning that I need to do my usual work from home instead of going to office every weekdays. This really made me struggling quite hard in keeping up with things, especially adaptation. Yes, I am not really the type of person who likes to mix my professional life with my personal life (one of which is manifested through only do what matters about work in my office and leave it immediately out of my mind when I arrive at home), but the current circumstances force me to, somehow, get rid of those separation and be well with it. So that's why, ...

"So, Bivan, now that you have moved out all the way from Korea to Singapore, how do you compare both countries? Which one is more preferable to live on, and why?" To be honest, I encountered this kind of question a lot when I firstly came to Singapore, not only from my fellow friends from Korea but also from Singapore itself, and obviously Indonesia (yes, that's the country of origin I am from). However, in this post, I am not that interested in answering that question in direct style. Instead, I am about to describe what I felt and what I have encountered that have me realised how grateful I am that God has lined up and planned on my line of life so far. First time coming to Korea, of course it's a real challenge for me. Not knowing that many people in the country of destination, plus that there are lots of rumour about suicide here and there, and for me especially the food, all of those makes my life in Korea in the beginning the hardest so far in my life. But doe...

If you asked me on why did I write this post, it’s just because... well, I actually really want to. Shortly speaking, I’m kinda desiring to start on a new blog and I’m confused on how to start it, so yeah maybe this post may serve as a kick-start for this so-called blog project hahaha. In this chance, I would like to share about my journey that leads me to where I am right now; in Shopee Singapore as a Software Engineer . As previously known, I was doing Bachelor and Master both in KAIST, after which I decided to pursue industry track first instead of going straight away for Doctorate Degree. Reason? I just felt like having not that much exposure towards industry track as opposed with the academic track, which led me clueless as to what I actually desired to do in life. Then I decided to search for work and that’s how all the stories that will follow begin. Getting to Work in one StartUp Company Just right after I graduated, I got job offer in one of the Korean Startup Company...