About Me

It’s never easy to write one of these pages, but I enjoy reading others’, so I guess I’ll try my hand at my own.

Me In a Nutshell

I am the first daughter of a Korean-Canadian family living in the GTA. I came to Canada when I was 5 years old, so my values are an indistinguishable mix of far-east-Asian conservatism and North-American liberalism. I was born into a Christian family, so the source of my values are even further mixed.

Using Pulleys

I’m pretty stubborn and like things done a certain way. I would listen to me though, because I’ve usually thought it through and have decided on an optimal solution. Conversely, I’ll hear you out if you have a reasonable alternative.

School

I am a Masters of Applied Science student in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department at the University of Toronto. I work for Prof. A.K.S. Jardine in the CMore department.  We work on condition based maintenance and asset reliability.

I finished my BBA/BMath double degree program hosted by University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in October 2008. I did an Operations Research major at Waterloo and dragged myself through the WLU degree.

I’ve enjoyed my BMath degree immensely, and have enjoyed the majority of my courses. I became increasingly more involved in the UW community, extending to FOCing Math Orientation and MathSoc executive.

I’ve been sorely disappointed by the BBA degree. I felt like a guest for the 5 years and 26 courses that I took there. I’ve taken at least two mandatory courses in which the content consisted of class discussions on things we had learned in other courses. I’m just glad it’s over.

I miss being an undergraduate student, and I miss UW.  Every once in awhile, I walk through the halls of UT and I see some students madly scrambling for their next exam, and I sigh a little, thinking how much I enjoyed the madness.

Christianity

I’ve been a Christian for as long as I can remember. I struggled with my faith a little bit when I went to university, because I was suddenly surrounded by people who openly shot down religion. I’ve come to terms with faith and believe that even faith is a gift from God. It’s called faith because I believe without proof; it’s larger than human.

Lover

Mmm Coffee

I’ve been dating Andrew for over 5 years. We met in residence at UW (maybe another reason I like it better than WLU?) and it wasn’t love at first sight. He’s a Computer Engineer, finishing up his BEng at UW. We’re really different, and being with him makes me a better person. He’s awesome!