{"id":24,"date":"2025-08-12T01:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:52:21","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right\"><em>Are you mixed Spanish? Your name sounds Spanish.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My mother told me that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telenovela\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telenovela\">telenovelas<\/a> were a big hit in Indonesia when she was pregnant with me, so my parents chose a name with that vibe. No deeper reason (<strong>they just thought it sounded cool<\/strong> <strong>lol<\/strong>). If you are curious about more common Indonesian names, see <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesian_names\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesian_names\">Indonesian name<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand,&nbsp;some <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Indonesians\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Indonesians\">Chinese Indonesians<\/a>&nbsp;(myself included) have, at times, felt pressure to&nbsp;downplay&nbsp;aspects of our Chinese identity due to&nbsp;historical and political factors. See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Indonesian_surname\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Indonesian_surname\">Chinese Indonesian surname<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Why did you decided to move from Indonesia to Japan?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>TLDR;\u00a0I wanted to push myself into a more demanding environment. <strong>Leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bandung_Institute_of_Technology\">ITB<\/a> was probably the better option for me<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>How to study Japanese?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick up <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.ankiweb.net\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.ankiweb.net\">Anki<\/a>. <em>Anki, Anki, Anki<\/em>.<br>Write sentences&nbsp;with&nbsp;the <strong>words you just learned<\/strong>.<br>Consume Japanese media. And most importantly,&nbsp;<br><strong>speak the language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53515A25-3D73-438A-A77C-C468EF97F463.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lebesgue measure next to chocolatey chip cr\u00e8me Frappuccino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you mixed Spanish? Your name sounds Spanish. My mother told me that telenovelas were a big hit in Indonesia when she was pregnant with me, so my parents chose a name with that vibe. No deeper reason (they just thought it sounded cool lol). If you are curious about more common Indonesian names, see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmanuelle.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}