(2/3) I came to Australia on an Indonesian / Australian youth exchange program in 2010, as the representative of West Java, chosen from 500 participants. For the cultural performance audition, I created a flash mob version of a traditional dance. I already knew I was...
(3/3) My Dad always wanted me to be a doctor, regardless of the fact that I couldn’t stand the sight of blood! But I’m afraid that I didn’t meet his expectations because I did Arts instead! Later, I transferred to Law, followed by a Masters in Conflict Resolution. Now...
(2/3) Australia took some getting used to. There were many foods that I’d never seen before – avocados, mangos, zucchinis… and it was strange to come from a small, mountainous village to a flat city like Melbourne. There were also cultural differences. For example, in...
(1/3) Both my parents worked in the same textile factory from the age of 13. Mum was a weaver, Dad worked with yarn. Our town in the North of Portugal survived entirely on the textile industry, but once companies started moving offshore for cheaper labour, everything...
(3/3) My ex-wife and I got married in Melbourne. We had a child together, but separated soon after his birth. Then, when he was 3, she abducted him and went back to Singapore. She said she did it because she felt homesick. Luckily, Australia and Singapore are...