# The non-work parts are not side quests.

Family first, then basketball, photography, travel, and food. Present enough to make the picture whole, not expanded into separate fan sites.

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## Family

Family is the anchor. A mixed-heritage, multicultural household shapes how I think about belonging, language, food, responsibility, and the assumptions people carry into a room.

That matters more than any neat professional positioning statement.

## Basketball

Basketball has been a long-running thread: playing, watching, arguing about rotations, and appreciating how much structure sits under what looks like improvisation.

## Photography and travel

Photography is mostly a way of paying better attention. Travel helps for the obvious reasons, but the camera is useful even close to home: it forces a slower look at light, proportion, texture, and small human details.

## Food

Food is culture, memory, and logistics disguised as dinner. Malaysian-Chinese cooking, family recipes, and a healthy respect for agak-agak all sit somewhere in the mix.