IISMA Journal

Stories worth telling and reading about (debatable) from my IISMA 2024 journey to University of Toronto.

On the Freedom of Course Selection

Aftermath

28 January 2025

A first draft of the paper for IISMA AC's Bunga Rampai.

Course Review

Aftermath

14 January 2025

About the 5 courses that I took.

Mississauga, Not Toronto

Abroad

24 December 2024

Tangsel, not Jakarta

University of (Not Just) Toronto

Abroad

23 December 2024

The entire world is in here.

Cold In Canada

Abroad

22 December 2024

And my lack of effort to cope with it.

Finals

Abroad

19 December 2024

In both sense of the word.

Lucky In London

Abroad

2 December 2024

Not that London.

Routinizing Burdens Out of Existence

Abroad

2 December 2024

And other takeaways from Atomic Habits.

Strategy

Abroad

11 October 2024

And how I resonate with it.

Death and Taxes

Abroad

1 October 2024

It's Inevitable.

Departure and Arrival

Abroad

30 August 2024

From point J to point T

The Week Before

Pre-Departure

23 August 2024

Last push before I'm off.

Pre-Departure Obligations and Bureaucracy

Pre-Departure

20 August 2024

Everything other than uploading a bunch of documents to the IISMA portal.

Planning and Preparation of What I'm Actually Gonna Be Doing

Pre-Departure

16 August 2024

Preventing one of my biggest regrets of my college years.

Becoming an Awardee

Pre-Departure

5 April 2024

The awardee announcement and the tasks I had to do shortly after.

Into the Interview

Registration

13 March 2024

Lowkey got roasted and needing more documents.

Writing (and Rewriting) My Essay

Registration

20 February 2024

Fourth time's the charm!

Going Abroad, But Where?

Registration

4 February 2024

How did I chose 3 universities out of more than a hundred?

Speedrunning IELTS in Two Weeks

Registration

2 January 2024

Thank you to the IRO ITB's requirement of having a valid IELTS by the 10th of January.

The Rationale

Registration

15 December 2023

Why did I choose to join this program?