The Basics

Hi, my name is Nicole Teh! :) Yes, the girl who often laments the frequent auto-correction of her last name!

I'm 23 this year, but a number of people have commented that I don't look it. Thanks! 8D

I'm a June baby, born on the 2nd!! (Hint, hint~) I'm a Gemini, which I think explains a lot of my personality traits. XD

I'm Singaporean, but often get mistaken for another nationality. I've lived here for most of my life, although I did study in Melbourne for a year. :D It was fun~

Favourites

Hobbies: Reading, engaging in writing projects with my friends, drawing stuff, amateur photography, collecting dolls, artbooks, and graphic novels, being a TV-internet couch potato, and going to the arcade. Hanging out with friends is a given. XD

Animal: Cats!!! 8D I also like snakes and lizards.

Colour: It used to be blue, once upon a time, and then changed to orange, and seems to be shifting towards pinks and burgandy. Maybe it will complete the spectrum by going back to blue again. X

Author: Neil Gaiman!

Actor: Johnny Depp and Anthony Hopkins, mostly. :)

Movie: The Lord of the Rings trilogy! As well as 300 and Red Cliff. I like...epic movies. XD

Music Genre: I like most genres of music, though I listen to rock, dance, classical opera and orchestral music most often.

Vocal Artist/Group: It's a toss-up between Queen, Savage Garden, and Mario Frangoulis. :3 I love them all. XD

Food: I love Japanes, French, Italian and Chinese food. XD I just really like food. I also love local food, and I really missed it while I studied overseas. That's my best friend's pau plushie in the picture.

Dessert: Almost anything chocolatey! 8D And/or meringue~ I love those two types of desserts. Chocolate macarons and berry-covered pavlova slay me with each bite. ;D Oh, and ice cream. Lots of it.

Drink: I'm a margarita girl all the way! 83

TV Show: I love House, CSI, Numb3rs, Supernatural, Leverage, and Sanctuary! :3 I also love watching documentaries. I think I'm a real nerd sometimes. XD

Games: Dynasty Warriors (and other games in the Musou franchise), DDR, ParaPara, Drum Mania, Guitar Freaks, Heroes of Might and Magic, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Crash Bandicoot Team Racing, and Minesweeper.

Do Not Want

Creepy crawlies: I'm terrified of flying insects. This includes butterflies. =_= I don't like cockroaches and other bugs capable of flying at/dive-bombing me either.

Edible substances: Mayonaisse, especially the western kind. I can tolerate a bit of Japanese mayo. I can't drink plain milk either (flavoured doesn't seem to be a problem).

Reading material: I...really dislike Twilight. A lot. Sorry for the fans out there, but to me, it just kinda reads like every other vampire Mary-Sue fanfiction out there, like on FFN or something, but published. ._.

Audio aids: I don't really like Rap and R&B. I don't hate it, since there are a few songs from those genres that I quite like, but generally, I'm not too partial to that kind of stuff.

Story of my Life

Currently, I live in Bukit Timah, but I used to live in the Katong area. Oh, the food was so good... *___*

I've lived in Singapore for most of my life. I finished my Primary and Secondary school here, before flying off to Melbourne to do my Foundation year in Trinity College. I was originally going to study in Melbourne Uni after graduation, but my mother wanted me back, so I came home and studied Physiotherapy in Nanyang Polytechnic. I realised, in my 3rd year, that I didn't like what I was studying, though, and didn't want to work as a Physio, so I decided to take up a different course. After a lot of searching (and temp-working), I settled on Mass Comm. :3

Oh, and that's me and my best friend fooling around with her new camera while she was back in Singapore for her holidays. We had just returned from a family dinner to celebrate her graduation. 8D

Sports

I like sports, even if I often seem like no more than a couch/internet potato. XD

I love netball (and captain's ball), and was disappointed at PSB's lack of netball club! So sad...

I also play badminton, which is kinda how I killed my right shoulder. x_x That really hurt. I also play tennis, but suck worse at it. =_=

Another sport that I used to engage in is kendo. :3 It's a Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords. The photo of me and some of the people in the NYP kendo club was taken at the 4th National Kendo Championships, I think. I was only in Year 1 or 2 then. XD