australian living in singapore

[owlishhh.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[jaslynying.livejournal.com]

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..

[owlishhh.livejournal.com]

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?