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Thanks for stopping by! I'm a Canadian recent grad who loves to travel. I caught the bug after my Sweden trip in 1999 when I was 12 years old. I take almost EVERY opportunity I can to visit new places, but I am most keen on chances to immerse myself in other cultures, learn new languages, and experience the day-to-day life of different places. I love exchange programs, volunteer, work or study abroad opportunities, or chances to visit friends and family in other places. |
| Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2008 |
|  | Living and breathing Mexico Mexico is amazing, if you ever have the chance to travel through the country and see more than just the touristy beaches, I'd highly recommend it. I lived in Mexico City as an exchange student, it was some of the best 6 months of my life!
The country is beautiful, and very rich in culture, architecture, gastronomy and art. I am nothing less than in love with it :) |
Some Quick Facts about Me:
~I have two younger brothers
~I've been a vegetarian for about a decade
~I have Swedish background
~I grew up in a small town
~I graduated from university with a major in international relations, and a minor in Spanish.
~I'm very much a leftist in politics
~I've always been very keen on learning languages. So far I speak English, French, Spanish, some German, and a little bit of Polish.
~I love ethnic food, especially Japanese, Vietnemese, Thai, Indian, Mexican and Middle Eastern.
~I'm involved with social activism; mainly ethical treatment to animals
~Some of my hobbies include snowboarding, dancing, martial arts, doing artwork and scrapbooking, videogames, traveling, swimming and other fun stuff
~I absolutely love walking and jogging at night. I know its not very wise for a woman to walk alone at night, especially in some places, but I do so quite often where I live and in different cities I've visited - Athens, NYC, Mexico City, etc..
~Favourite TV shows are: Dexter, Six Feet Under, Friends, Veronica Mars and Buffy.
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| | "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius |
A Brief Outline of my Travels so far Countries I've visited:
-Canada: lived there my whole life
-Dominican Republic: 2005
-England: 2007
-France: 2003, 2004
-Germany: 2004
-Guatemala: 2008
-Greece: 2004
-Mexico: 2008
-Poland: 2007
-Sweden: 1999, 2000, 2003
-Switzerland: 2003
-Turkey: 2004
-United States: 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008
Countries I've lived in:
-Canada
-France
-Mexico
Famous cities I've visited:
-Athens
-Los Angeles
-Manchester
-Mexico City
-Montreal
-Munich
-New York City
-Paris
-Stockholm
Famous Cities I've lived in:
-Toronto
-Mexico City
Airlines I've flown with:
-Aeromexico
-Air Canada
-Air France
-Air Transat
-American Airlines
-Delta
-Icelandic Air
-KLM (Dutch airlines)
-Lufthansa
-Mexicana
-Scandinavian Airlines
-Taca
-U.S. Airways
Upcoming Trips:
-Sweden: June 2009 for 3 weeks to visit family, its gonna be fun :)
-South Korea! Leaving in August 2009 to spend a year there teaching English
Other countries I hope to visit:
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, India, Thailand, South Africa, Egypt, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba and many more. | | | School trip to Greece, 2004 |
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| | Some random funny/ inspiring movie quotes: -"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The "hard" is what makes it great.."-A League of Their Own
-"Ever since I started working here, every day has been worse than the one before. That means each time you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Office Space
--"I suppose I could be pissed about what happened to me. But its hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much...And then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life." -American Beauty
-"So now I know what I have to do. I have to keep breathing. And tomorrow the sun will rise, and who knows what the tide may bring."Cast Away.
-"You think that's bad? I owe 100 grand to a fat-ass loan shark which I spent on a stripper named Molly Mounds." -Armageddon
-"God is just an evil kid with a magnifying class on an ant hill and right now he has it pointed on me!" -Bruce Almighty
-"You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener! ." -Planes, Trains and Automobiles
-"If I've learned anything, it's that you should have the people who love you around for as long as you can." -Sweet November
-"Don't die Shrek! And if you see any long tunnels - stay away from the light!" -Shrek |
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Swades Tue Jun 30, 2009 03:42 UTC
sorry for late wish. Many-2 returns of happy days. wish your dreamcoem true...love and smile..vivek | pchamlis Sat Jun 27, 2009 17:18 UTC
Arial my dear... a very happy and special birthday hello and hug from Florida. :) You're Canadian, right? We're heading to the Maritimes in September. | dalestar Sat Jun 27, 2009 15:34 UTC
Happy Birthday from Las Vegas!! | THLIN Sat Jun 27, 2009 14:53 UTC
Happy Happy Brthday~~ |
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