queermail | australian living in singapore

Name: Ginny

Age: 19

Location: Singapore, but I move back Down Under in a couple of months

How do you identify?: Lesbian

Interests/hobbies: I've been horseriding competitively since I was a kid in Singapore, and then on and off in Australia. I play polo now, and spend my time people-watching in cafés, writing little scraps of prose or scribbling on napkins, and I'm picking up a photography course. I have a few more months before I commence university, so I've been spending it getting to know my family and experiencing new things. I like to read, I've tried my hand at flower arrangement, but I really like getting to know more about people and their lives; I like to think that it's a way of living life out of your hometown, or taking things out of perspective. I've learnt a lot by just listening to other people's stories.

Favourite books: Most of Margaret Atwood's work, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, and The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (which remains to this date one of the hardest-hitting books, emotionally, that I've ever read).

Favourite films: Rear Window, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, The Lovely Bones, Serenity

Favourite music: Sparklehorse, Metric, The Glitch Mob, Rachmaninoff, The xx, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Manchester Orchestra, Neon Trees, Beethoven, Ella Fitzgerald

What would you like to send/receive?: Emails at first, I think. Anything, really. Though I collect postcards, so eventually they'll factor in?

Who would you like to send and receive mail from?: Anyone. Goes without saying that I wouldn't want anything creepy, though.

What countries would you like to receive mail from and send to?: Any country is fine, though I'm proficient only in English. My partner and I have plans to move to either America or the United Kingdom, so penpals from those would be great.

Anything that you would particularly NOT like to receive?: Porn, for one? Food, too. Other than that, it's all cool.

What would be in your dream letter/package?: Something that makes me go "I get that/ I know what that's like/ God, this person is brilliant."

Picture (optional): Once we've made first contact, I'll gladly send you one :)

I'm attached, partner-wise, but I would like to get to know other people in the large internet/worldspace known as the LGBT community. Singapore, well, isn't exactly the best environment to come out or to live as an 'out' lesbian, and my partner and I have plans to live elsewhere rather soon (as I said, either the US, the UK, or Australia) and it would be good to get to know people from those parts of the world and what their lives are like too.

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which university you going to? haha, i am from Hong Kong

Either the University of Melbourne or Bond University, haha. I've only ever been to Hong Kong once, lovely shopping and food, though (Western cuisine is way too bland).

serious? you studied in Australia all your life? or? I am heading to Australia to study too(: going to UWA. what you going to study?

for most of my life, really. I was from Perth! although I hopped back to Singapore for two years of schooling. I'm going to study economics (horribly dry, I know). you?

whao, so are you asian? i am going to take on environmental studies/management. HAHA. thats my area of interest! economics is fun! i love economics! hope to take a elective on tht or smth, not sure yet. when is school starting for you? Your two years in Singapore, you attended Junior College. I studied in Singapore for a few years before too..

Oh, environmental studies? That sounds fascinating, and yes, it's lovely to find another person that likes Economics! It wasn't terribly popular at my school. The term starts in February, so I'm quite excited about that. I didn't go to Junior College in Singapore, though, I went to an international high school for my final two years. Where did you study?

Hello there! I'm from Singapore too.
There are actually many girl-on-girl relationships in my secondary school, though, most of them are purely for status (if you get what I mean) and they tend to grow out of after graduating.

hi there to you too! yes, I'd heard of that. I didn't study here in a local institution, so I haven't experienced it personally, but I do have friends that had such relationships. although for status? that didn't particularly strike me as something to do to rise in the social hierachy. I was referencing more long-term relationships, not experimentation, but thanks for the interesting insight.

heyyyy! i'm from Singapore too! err, yeahh:D:D:D

that's cool, haha :) I haven't been here long enough to really acclimatise to the food/weather/insane floods that have happened lately. Nice to meet you!

You sound incredibly interesting and I'd LOVE to get to know you more! :)
I live in the USA and would be happy to share with you what my life is like here.
We have a lot of similar interests/hobbies although I'm not really familiar with some of the books/music you're into, but will be sure to look some of them up :)

If you'd like to become friends, I can definitely send you my email address!

You live in the States? That's great, I was hoping that someone from there would pop up :) Yes, I'd love to get to know more about you too, though I wasn't expecting many people to have the same strange hobbies that I seem to preoccupy myself with! I do hope it wasn't flower arrangement, haha. But no, being friends sounds lovely. I've never visited the USA, much less known anyone living there, and I would very much like to hear about what it's like. Do you have a write-up on this community as well? I feel like I should look into the music that you like as well, I like falling in love with new songs entirely too much.

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