Nik travelled to Madison, Wisconsin through Irvine, California from Kota Bharu, Malaysia.

I met Nik my sophomore year in Mechanical Engineering at UW-Madison. We married June 1st 2002. She went back to school for Com Arts. We spent about 10 years in Madison and then moved to LaGrange illinois, right outside of Chicago, on Route 66.

We traveled to Malaysia after her father passed away in late 2006/2007 and then again in 2009/2010.

In 2011, we moved to Forest Park to open Tutaj BJJ. Nik was instrumental in running Tutaj BJJ and also the videographer. She was the owner of Pulse Kimonos.

Nik left the United States returning to Malaysia in July of 2015. We traveled together 4 times after that.

February 2017
- Malaysia
- Krabi, Thailand

Feb - April 2019
- Thailand - Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Phuket, Phi Phi Island and Krabi
- Malaysia - Kota Baru, Johore Baru, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur
- Bali, Indonesia

January - June 2020
- Malaysia
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Malaysia over the pandemic

February 2022
- Lebanon
- Jordan
- Egypt

We kept in touch after that as much as possible.

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