I am creatively inclined. Which is something I didn’t realise until I moved to Cambodia when I was 10 and took up art, drama and music (and thoroughly enjoyed them out of all my other subjects).  Okay, I won an art competition when I was six but I thought it was purely out of luck and because only a few people actually competed.  Once I embraced this fact, I too realised that from a young age I have always loved to design interiors of spaces so with encouragement from my parents I applied to study architecture.  Hey, why stop at interior design if you can go for the big daddy, eh?

I love discovering something new every day.  I can’t stand long periods of time where I haven’t learned something new or found something beautiful to share.  Probably why this blog is a good idea.

I love anything handmade.  I love craft of all kinds.  My favourite store in the city sells ethnic clothing and accessories.  I love making things for my friends.  Etsy = love.

I’m a big klutz.  I trip, knock my head on a door frame, stub my toe, elbow a wall, jab my leg on a table, drop something on a daily basis.  First day of work I broke a tea cup.  It’s not like I don’t watch where I’m going, I just misjudge my distance from objects. Surprisingly, I drive all right.

I love food and eat just about anything but avocado (unless it’s mixed in with something else).  Bad childhood experience.  I love the smell of freshly baked bread and flour, wine, cucumber, mango, corn, garlic, soy sauce, ginger and seaweed.  I also have a sweet tooth.  And yes, I cannot live without chocolate.  I love tea.  I can’t have coffee with milk because I get sick from it, but I can have coffee flavored ice cream.  Go figure.

I want to own a dog.  One day.  Like a Spitz, Husky, German Shepherd or Lab.  I don’t have anything against cat people but I just don’t trust cats.

I love my family to death and beyond.  We’re not perfect but we’re perfect for each other—there’s a reason why God chose to give us each other.

I know someone born on exactly the same day as me.  Except I think she was born several hours before.  Not only that, I found out recently that she plays guitar too xD I also have two birthdays at polar opposite ends of the year.

Despite having some experience with romantic love, I have neither been in a real relationship or experienced my first kiss.  It took time, much talking through with various people to get advice and just plain spiritual growth to get to a point where I no longer envy people in relationships because I’m lonely or worried that I will never find someone who will love me.  I had to plough through some pretty serious insecurities and fears to get here.  From time to time I still feel the pang of loneliness and deep desire to be in a relationship whenever I see people close to me who have a significant other.  However, having left my heart in God’s hands, I am loving the fact that I am single :)  He’s got a spiritual someone out there for me.  And if it isn’t part of His plan for me, then that is more than all right too.  Because I constantly have to remind myself that God is infinitely more than enough to fulfill the desires of my heart.

I have a bucket list.  At the moment there are 110+ items on it and I’ve crossed off 18 of them.  Maybe one day I’ll show you a small portion of it on here.  One of my dreams is to volunteer in a less fortunate country—teach, build houses, etc.

I love movies.  I love sitting through a good film that makes me think but I can also have fun watching a good comedy or action film.  The right romantic or drama can bring me to tears.  I love analyzing them and talking to people about them.  Most of the knowledge stored in my brain is embarrassingly enough, movie trivia.  I love musical scores and soundtracks to bits and Hans Zimmer is one of my favourite film composers along with John Williams.

I cannot live without music.  I’m generally very open to different genres and styles but you’ll find a lot of jazz, classical, world music, scores, acoustic, DnB and RnB in my iPod.  I play classical guitar and sing (alto :] go the harmonies!).

More than music, I cannot live without God.  God’s love and sacrifice gave me purpose in life.  I know that even if I mess up, no matter how erratic my behaviour is (one minute over the moon, the next crushed and depressed), He doesn’t stop loving me and listening to me.  He is the perfect Father, providing for my every need, disciplining me when I put a toe out of line, and continuously showing me grace and kindness when I need it.  I am confident because I know that even if the people I count on turn their back on me, God is doing the complete opposite and opening His arms to receive me.  I chose to become a Christian because I want to seek and understand him, as well as live my life for him.  Any future or life I imagine for myself, can never measure up to the one He has already mapped out, not just for myself but anyone who chooses to give up their lives for Him.

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Dear Father