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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese (Simplified), English; learning Dutch, Japanese
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Trying to become a linguist.. well.. who knows what will ...
  • BS in psychology (Peking University); GDip in linguistics...
  • From Beijing, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Entertaining myself with thought experiments~

ABOUT ME

(2002) psychologist(2003) game designer (2006) translator (2008-now) field linguist.., amateur photographer Photos I took: http://www.fotoblur.com/portfolio/spades

PHILOSOPHY

To expand my knowledge of the world in any aspect, is the reason why I stick to this life. I'm a total masochist in front of knowledge: the more that I realize I'm ignorant, the merrier I become....

Though not a believer, buddhism provides me a way of viewing the world, myself, and others. In a sense it is very postmodern that makes me too relativistic. During a constant process of introspection, I try to understand everything and everyone, rather than exposing emotional judgment towards other minds or other cultures.

Politically, stand point of Green Left suits me well for now.

Interests

philosophy, literature, music, films, photography, aboriginal culture..

  • culture
  • literature
  • design
  • photography
  • movies
  • music
  • buddhist
  • languages
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I mostly enjoy cult films :)
Filmmakers I love the most: Jan Svankmajer, Emir Kusturica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dusan Makavejev, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Peter Greenaway
Movies I love (except those by the above directors): Taxidermia, Anatomy of Hell, Blechtrommel Die, Donnie Darko, War Photographer

Music: Jazz, indie, post-rock, neo-folk, aboriginal music. (Radiohead, Blonde Redhead, VU, The Doors, Mazzy Star, Dirty Three, Espers, etc etc)

Books: favorite writers Susan Sontag, Salman Rushdie, Albert Camus, Ezra Pound, Jorge Luis Borges, William Faulkner, Mikhail Bulgakov, Roberto Bolaño, Gabriel García Márquez, Natsume Sōseki

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea

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