My Resources

My Readings

I do believe that readings reflect one's character and knowledge. See if we share the same interests:

  1. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action—Simon Sinek
  2. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't—Simon Sinek
  3. Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life—Morgan Housel
  4. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness—Morgan Housel
  5. Outliers: The Story of Success—Malcolm Gladwell
  6. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference—Malcolm Gladwell
  7. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are—Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
  8. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life—Steven Bartlett
  9. The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future—Chris Guillebeau
  10. How to Win Friends and Influence People—Dale Carnegie
  11. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future—Peter Thiel
  12. This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See—Seth Godin
  13. The Book of Shaders—Patricio Gonzalez Vivo & Jen Lowe
  14. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics—Richard H. Thaler [On reading]
  15. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World—David Epstein [On reading]
  16. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software—Charles Petzold [On reading]
  17. TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking—Chris Anderson [On reading]
  18. The Design of Everyday Things—Don Norman [On reading]
  19. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable—Nassim Nicholas Taleb [To be read]
  20. Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries—Safi Bahcall [To be read]
  21. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones—James Clear [To be read]
  22. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things—Adam Grant [To be read]
  23. Think and Grow Rich—Napoleon Hill [To be read]
  24. OSDev.org: The Place to Start for Operating System Developers—Contributors [To be read]
  25. Deceptive Patterns: Exposing the Tricks Tech Companies Use to Control You—Harry Brignull [To be read]
  26. Sketching with Math and Quasi Physics—@kynd [To be read]
  27. GTA V - Graphics Study—Adrian Courrèges [To be read]
  28. OWASP Cheat Sheet Series—Contributors [To be read]
  29. Life of a Pixel—Steve Kobes [To be read]
  30. GPU Gems—Contributors [To be read]

Apart from the above, I also read Agatha Christie's books, Keigo Higashino's, Enid Blyton's, Alfred Hitchcock's, and many more.

My Hobbies

It's relatively recent that I fell in love with photography using:

  1. my Zenfone 9—previously the Zenfone 2 Laser—and;
  2. my Nikon Z30 with two kit lenses:
    1. NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR; and
    2. NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR.

I also enjoy solo riding my Honda CB150R Streetfire SE;

  1. from BSD City to Serang in Banten back to BSD City (around 91.4 miles);
  2. from BSD City to Cimahi in West Java or vice versa (around 97.5 miles);
  3. from Special Region of Yogyakarta to Cimahi in West Java (around 244.8 miles);
  4. from BSD City to Special Region of Yogyakarta (around 357.3 miles, in two runs); and
  5. from Cimahi in West Java to Pekalongan back to Cimahi (around 338 miles, in one go).

Playing games is also part of my hobby, below are some of the titles:

  1. Assassin's Creed Syndicate;
  2. Assassin's Creed Unity [On playing];
  3. Assassin's Creed Origins [On playing];
  4. Assassin's Creed Odyssey;
  5. Assassin's Creed Valhalla;
  6. Sniper Elite 4;
  7. Sniper Ghost Warrior;
  8. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts;
  9. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2;
  10. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (2002);
  11. Need for Speed Underground 2 (2004);
  12. Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005);
  13. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (2010);
  14. Need for Speed Heat (2019) [Not finished];
  15. Forza Horizon 4;
  16. Far Cry 4;
  17. Far Cry 5 [Not finished];
  18. Tomb Raider;
  19. Rise of the Tomb Raider [Not finished];
  20. Shadow of the Tomb Raider [Not finished];
  21. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt;
  22. Just Caused 4;
  23. Control;
  24. Watch Dog;
  25. I am Setsuna;
  26. Inotia 4; and
  27. Epic Battle Fantasy 5.

I've watched several movies in the past and these are my favorites:

  1. Dragon Sakura S1-2;
  2. Ip Man 1-4;
  3. Kung Fu Hustle;
  4. The Karate Kid (2010);
  5. Abstract: The Art of Design;
  6. Our Planet;
  7. Silver Spoon;
  8. The Great Passage;
  9. Assassination Classroom;
  10. and several more.

I'm not athletic at all, but I quite enjoy badminton and archery.