#31 Be Quadrilingual

Your mom can speak English and Spanish.  Your dad can speak English, Indonesian / Malay, Manadonese dialect, Papuan dialect, and some Portuguese.  So you should learn a forth language since you can already speak English, Indonesian, and some Spanish.  Perhaps learn Chinese or French or German.  Soak yourself in the new language.  Watch their kids channels on TV, the news segment, and hang out with those people as much as possible.  Reading a book alone or listening to a CD won't be sufficient.  You've gotta immerse yourself in it.  You will notice that it gets easier to learn a new language once you are already bilingual and trilingual.  Good luck!

#19 Learn to Speak Other Languages

You are an American by citizenship and by birth. You are also part British, part Indonesian, part Chinese, part German, part Ireland, part Scotland.  Learn to appreciate other cultures by traveling to visit their countries as well as learning their languages.  You don't have to be super fluent in other languages, but at least try to be fluent in several common sentences in their native pronunciation.  This will be of great use as icebreakers, as well as opening up opportunities for you in the future, meeting new friends or business colleagues.

Your mom and dad knows how to greet and say thank you in Russian (Kak dyela?), Korean (Annyong haseyo?), Brazilian Portuguese (Como vai?), French (Bon jour), Japanese (Kon-nichiwa), Mandarin (Ni-hao), Spanish (Hola!), Manadonese, and Papuanese (Amole!) dialects.

It's fun!