My Profile

My name is Celina Erni Sukarminingsih, called selly. I was born thirty-four years ago in wagethe a remote Nabire regent in Papua Province. My parents were from java but they worked in wagethe. My father was a government employee as a teacher and my mother was a temporary teacher. When I was three months my parents moved in Nabire

At the age of five year, I had a little sister. I felt very happy because the first time I had sister. I started to school when I was six years old. I loved a mathematic.

Next year my brother was born. After two years my father continued his school at UNCEN Jayapura. So my family moved to Jayapura but I didn’t. I went to Yogyakarta and stayed with my grandfather for three years. In 1983, I had brother again but I couldn't see him because I was In Yogyakarta. After I finished my elementary school I continued my School In Jayapura. My last sister was born in 1986. Now I have two sisters and two brothers. My parents didn’t rich but we had a comfortable life. I promise to make them happy. My Childhood was very happy.

My father graduated in 1990 then my family came back to Nabire but I didn’t. I finished my senior high School and started to study at University in 1991. I studied Social Economic agriculture at UNCEN Manokwari. But at the first year I got scholarship from CIDA Canada to study mathematic at IPB (Bogor Agriculture Institute). So I continued to study math at IPB. I worked part time as a private course teacher and help students from SMK Baranangsiang dormitory to learn mathematics. I became a member of choir church in Cathedral Bogor. Sometimes, we sang on a wedding day to accompany a couple of bride and bride broom in the church. We followed a competition choir church and we got second order.

I graduated in 1999 and then came back to Nabire. At the same year I got married to a Javanese man, his name is Theodorus H.Soekotjo and I worked as a math temporary teacher at SMA Adhiluhur. Besides I opened math courses in my house.

In 2000, I was pregnant but miscarriage. I felt very sad. But thanks God after five month I was pregnant again. Now my daughter is six years old. Her name is Maria Hani Murtiningtyas. I love her very much.

In 2001, my husband got a new task from his office in Timika. So we moved to Timika. I tried to get a job in Timika. I worked as a temporary teacher at SMP Bernadus and SMA Catholic. But in last 2002, I accepted to government employee as a math teacher at SMA N 1 Nabire. So I and my daugther moved back in Nabire. Then my husband got a new task again from his office in Nabire. Now we stay in Nabire.

On September 2007, I followed a test recruitment teacher for standard international school. And on October, I had a big prize on my birthday. I had a ticket to go to Bali. It was amazing. I can’t believe it because I visited a Bali Island. I went to Bali because I selected the test. We must be following an English language course for six months. Now I am here at IALF Bali.