Arnold Arboretum, Boston [There is more to life than just malls….is there?]

About the Author

Khartini is the C, M and I in CMIO. She is 1/4 Chinese, 1/2 Malay and 1/4 Indian. She is bad at Math but managed to figure these portions out with a family genealogy and calculator. Some people call her multiracial, but she prefers to be known as rojak. She was a print journalist and an educator, and has dabbled in broadcast journalism, mountain climbing and wakeboarding (albeit in a sitting position). She has also been a clown for a day, no kidding. She is in her 30’s and volunteers actively, including at weekly Meet-the-People Sessions. She speaks and writes fluent English and Malay, knows pasar Mandarin and can speak some French to save her life. She recently completed her Masters in International Relations degree in the United States under a Fulbright Scholarship & a Tan Kah Kee Postgraduate Scholarship. She loves books, and books love her.