Have you ever wondered why you are who you are? Wondered if it was the working of a “maturing soul”, or some ultimate science gave birth to it all. Viola Ho did, and this curiosity led her through colourful days of vibrant places, intriguing people, Oxford University, and ultimately back home to Universiti Malaya. In HOW I BECAME A PHYSICIST, Ho describes bits of her journey, on the road towards becoming an experimental physicist.