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I was born in CDH hospital on August 25th 1998 just a few months after my parents left Indonesia to give birth to me.

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I began to speak in both Indonesian and English.

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Just a few months ago my Dad got a new job; a job in Florida. This being my senior year, I decided and my parents agreed that it would be best if I could finish High School at Wheaton North. This means that I would have to live away from them for the next year. I now live with family that is still in Wheaton. In all honesty, I think the transition has been positive. For me it is a good transition from High School to college with the extra freedom I am given. It is also been positive because I've always been an independent person so it has been nice to experience what it is like to provide for myself while still having a home base to return to at night.

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I got my first job at the Wheaton College Bookstore

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High School begins I start my transition into being more adult.

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At this point I had played football for four years and I had really stopped enjoying it. The year previous I had gotten a concussion when I was playing running back and it had made me feel sick and have headaches for a long time; obviously I hated feeling like this. So for probably the first time in my life I made a decision that had repercussions and would improve my quality of life. It was the most difficult decision I had made to that point because I had invested a lot of time and had a lot of friendships with guys I played football with. It taught me that I have the power and ability to do the things that are best for me without the guidance of just my parents to choose what I do. After I quit I decided to play soccer once again. This lead me to play soccer in High School as well.

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Life at Monroe Middle School begins. It is an awkward transition from Elementary to Middle School.

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I begin to play sports; at the time I played lacrosse and soccer.

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I begin kindergarten at Pleasant Hill Elementary school and start to meet my first friends.

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Our family moved back to the United States after my parents had worked as missionaries in Indonesia for twelve years and I had lived there for four years.