Since I've been around from 2005 onwards (most users will recognise me), I just figured I'd post some of my background here. I guess people that I've spoken to on msn/irc will know some if not most of this (meaning Doomsday/Mekkah/kholdstaire mainly).
I'm an 18 year old student from the Netherlands. I come from a middle-class background, I was born in the village where I also live now, but I've also resided in Canada from age 2 to 5. I learned to speak/read English as well as my native Dutch there, so I've been able to read two languages from a young age onwards (when we moved back, reading English is how I retained a knowledge of how to speak the language.) I am of 100% Dutch descent though; all my family is from the Netherlands. I've also studied French, German and Latin in school (I took finals in Latin.)
I have completed bilingual education, and I have an IB degree in English (not any other subjects, as I did not attend an international school, but was merely involved in the English aspect.) I continue to enjoy speaking English very much and I've always for some reason considered works in that language to be more pleasurable to read than works in my native Dutch.
I currently study Molecular Science and Technology, and am in my second year, majoring in chemical engineering. I don't know if I want to continue doing this for much longer, but it's my day-to-day occupation and I've always been a more scientifically/mathematically oriented type from basically the day I was born. I always showed a strong affinity for mathematics, numbers and arithmetic and differing scientific subjects (astronomy, natural history, chemistry mainly but also some other things.)
I used to play the guitar when I was young, and I did take music lessons, first general ones, and then guitar ones. I quit when I was 12, but music has always been a part of my life in some form or another; sometimes I regret quitting taking classes but I realise it's because I put too little effort in overall. I am a fanatic music listener and try to enjoy it as much as I can; I'm particularly a fan of progressive rock and various substyles of metal, although I also enjoy a lot of other bands. I guess at one point I went by this forum as the resident Nightwish addict, and Nightwish to this day continues to be one of my favourite bands.
Apart from my scientific and musical interests I'm also, surprisingly, a big fan of poetry and lately I've been enjoying writing poetry. During the later years of high school I started to really enjoy English literature classes, and I've become interested in poetry as a method of expressing emotions and also writing stories. I've always been more of a classically oriented-poet, using rhyme schemes and alliteration because I feel it adds depth and emphasis to my poetry. I don't actually read poetry much, but I really enjoy writing it and fucking around with it. I've also tried fiction but I find that unless it's a short story the strain of characterisation and subplots becomes far too complex for me to handle; I'm more interested in highlighting one or two personality aspects and poetry allows me to narrate in a short, limited setting.
Appearance-wise I am rather tall and lanky. I measure 1 metres and 93 centimetres (around 6'3"-6'4"), and weigh about 78 kg. My hair is naturally dark brown (and I don't dye it so it pretty much remains that.) It's darkened over the years actually, and it has ranged from milk white at a toddler's age and subsequently darkened since then. I have a slender build, and am extremely clumsy; I lack fine motor skills and am not able to perceive depth properly. This ensures my skills at day-to-day practical activities are less than most people's, and I tend to require more time and intense training to be able to perform them as well as most people (screwing in a lightbulb would take me three times the time normal people would, and I don't have the strength or ability to carry really heavy loads such as sofas/wardrobes.)
I have blue eyes and great eyesight, but one of the only times I ever was in hospital was actually to undergo eye surgery when I was one and a half years old. I suffered from seeing cross-eyed and I had a lazy eye; this was corrected but since then I lack depth perception. However, my actual eyesight has not suffered. Apart from that I have only ever sustained one single flesh wound when breaking a glass window at six. I am almost never ill or injured despite my clumsiness, which is miraculous considering I could have really done far more damage than I actually have.
I've met one person from Smogon (Mekkah).
I'm an 18 year old student from the Netherlands. I come from a middle-class background, I was born in the village where I also live now, but I've also resided in Canada from age 2 to 5. I learned to speak/read English as well as my native Dutch there, so I've been able to read two languages from a young age onwards (when we moved back, reading English is how I retained a knowledge of how to speak the language.) I am of 100% Dutch descent though; all my family is from the Netherlands. I've also studied French, German and Latin in school (I took finals in Latin.)
I have completed bilingual education, and I have an IB degree in English (not any other subjects, as I did not attend an international school, but was merely involved in the English aspect.) I continue to enjoy speaking English very much and I've always for some reason considered works in that language to be more pleasurable to read than works in my native Dutch.
I currently study Molecular Science and Technology, and am in my second year, majoring in chemical engineering. I don't know if I want to continue doing this for much longer, but it's my day-to-day occupation and I've always been a more scientifically/mathematically oriented type from basically the day I was born. I always showed a strong affinity for mathematics, numbers and arithmetic and differing scientific subjects (astronomy, natural history, chemistry mainly but also some other things.)
I used to play the guitar when I was young, and I did take music lessons, first general ones, and then guitar ones. I quit when I was 12, but music has always been a part of my life in some form or another; sometimes I regret quitting taking classes but I realise it's because I put too little effort in overall. I am a fanatic music listener and try to enjoy it as much as I can; I'm particularly a fan of progressive rock and various substyles of metal, although I also enjoy a lot of other bands. I guess at one point I went by this forum as the resident Nightwish addict, and Nightwish to this day continues to be one of my favourite bands.
Apart from my scientific and musical interests I'm also, surprisingly, a big fan of poetry and lately I've been enjoying writing poetry. During the later years of high school I started to really enjoy English literature classes, and I've become interested in poetry as a method of expressing emotions and also writing stories. I've always been more of a classically oriented-poet, using rhyme schemes and alliteration because I feel it adds depth and emphasis to my poetry. I don't actually read poetry much, but I really enjoy writing it and fucking around with it. I've also tried fiction but I find that unless it's a short story the strain of characterisation and subplots becomes far too complex for me to handle; I'm more interested in highlighting one or two personality aspects and poetry allows me to narrate in a short, limited setting.
Appearance-wise I am rather tall and lanky. I measure 1 metres and 93 centimetres (around 6'3"-6'4"), and weigh about 78 kg. My hair is naturally dark brown (and I don't dye it so it pretty much remains that.) It's darkened over the years actually, and it has ranged from milk white at a toddler's age and subsequently darkened since then. I have a slender build, and am extremely clumsy; I lack fine motor skills and am not able to perceive depth properly. This ensures my skills at day-to-day practical activities are less than most people's, and I tend to require more time and intense training to be able to perform them as well as most people (screwing in a lightbulb would take me three times the time normal people would, and I don't have the strength or ability to carry really heavy loads such as sofas/wardrobes.)
I have blue eyes and great eyesight, but one of the only times I ever was in hospital was actually to undergo eye surgery when I was one and a half years old. I suffered from seeing cross-eyed and I had a lazy eye; this was corrected but since then I lack depth perception. However, my actual eyesight has not suffered. Apart from that I have only ever sustained one single flesh wound when breaking a glass window at six. I am almost never ill or injured despite my clumsiness, which is miraculous considering I could have really done far more damage than I actually have.
I've met one person from Smogon (Mekkah).
