About Me

Welcome to my website !

You can visit Work or Projects to know more about my professional experience, this page is for casual stuffs 🍂 about me image

Away from home

I was born and raised in Selangor, Malaysia. After high school, I left home to study Computing at the National University of Singapore. It has been close to 4 years since I live independently overseas and I embrace the growth and freedom that comes with it. In Jan 2024, I embarked on a semester-long student exchange program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill which was a transformative experience. There were so many first times in the past six months - my first time in the States, my first hiking trip and my first horseback riding class!

Current pursue

Even though I am working as a data science intern, I want to learn more about cloud computing and data engineering over the summer. I believe a data scientist with decent data engineering skills are able to lead an end-to-end data pipeline, making me a more competitive candidate in the current job market.

Some learning goals :

  • Study and take the AWS Solution Architect Associate exam.
  • Be familiar with data engineering tools - Spark and Databricks.

Interesting Facts

  • I use @lihuicham for almost everything public and it has slowly became my trademark.
  • I LOVVEEE to share, especially my learnings, experience, UX designs and some tech stuffs I use - these are usually some great conversation starters with me. But, philosophical discussions don’t really go well with me.
  • gonna add more if I can think of any LOL

Essentials

These tools make my life and work easier, I hope you know about them too.

  • M2 MacBook Air - Everything comes from here. Pro is too heavy for me, I go for Air for my personal laptop. Love the portability and I carry it everywhere I go.
  • AirPods Pro Gen 2 - Honestly, all earphones have the same basic functionality, you don’t necessarily have to spend big bucks on it. However, if you want noise cancelling and low-profile, go for this.
  • Raycast - A way better Spotlight search on Mac. It allows me to search for my clipboard history, files and emojis quickly.
  • Spotify - I don’t have the habit of playing music while studying but the Spotify Family package is worth it.
  • Telegram - Text me here please, not WhatsApp or iMessage.
  • Rolltop Backpack - I use the Decathlon one - affordable and the laptop pocket at the side makes putting in and taking out my laptop very easy.
  • ChatGPT 4 - Yeap, I use it for my assignments and projects. It serves as a quick wikisearch, code explainer and idea generation engine for me.

Thanks for visiting 👋