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My name is Nicolette and I'm 19 years old & here is what makes me who i am. I've been home schooled through-out my secondary education & took private O Levels at BMC Academy (Dhoby Ghaut) in 2009. In some sense, you can say that I've never really been in public school much (except for part of my primary school education) so I never got a decent chance to get socially influenced/affected by certain vices during my era.

I was born, bred and raised in the same estate, in the same country ever since I could recollect anything. Nothing much has changed in my estate, except for the usual maintenance that goes on yearly and the arrival & departure of new/old shops. The only thing that stands out the most is that everyone grew older. The young kids 10 years ago are now poly graduates or are working to earn their living and the parents that housed them have more time to socialise around and participate in community activities. I no longer hear the sounds of bus horns and the sirens of kids voices echo in the morning, nor do I hear the reprimanding voices of parents or maids rushing the children up to the school bus. It is a bittersweet memory.

Currently I'm doing my Diploma for Tourism Management at Shatec Institutes, it's been a smashing time so far! My first week of school has officially ended & I'm now turning into the 2nd week. It has been a smooth, fast-paced journey thus far. I cannot say that I look forward to the journey to school everyday, since my location reigns in the north east & school is over in the west but what I do honestly enjoy is being able to watch the rising of the sun each morning when I take the MRT, and meeting my classmates at BB MRT to eat breakfast and walk to school.

Lectures are always rather interesting because I'm learning something new each and everyday I step into class. I don't regret taking tourism management over my other ambitions/aspirations. As the days goes on, I'm even more intrigued and motivated to study and learn more so that I can be fully equipped and prepared to slug it out in the working world when the time calls for it.

I considered other professions like taking up a diploma in arts at La Salle or NAFA since I enjoy photography and art so much, or learning psychology because I have this utter fascination in analyzing people's moves and studying how they came to that state, business because there's a widespread market for it or even majoring in the English language because it seems to be the only subject that makes the most sense to me (out of all the others I studied during my education). However in the end, I chose tourism management because I realised that it combines every interest that I have (I have ALOT of interests!) and enables me to learn as well as use it to educate/teach others when I start working.

I don't just want to learn something and not be able to put it into application, I really want to be able to share the glory and the wonderful handiwork of man and their knowledge because I feel like knowledge is something to be shared, not to be kept to oneself.

When it comes to other interests such as movies, music and books I have a deliriously long list to state. For movies, I thoroughly enjoy period films! Meaning films like Pride & Prejudice, The Duchess, Bridge to Terabithia (Okay I don't think that's a period film hmm) but basically films that touch into the golden age era where aristocracy & etiquette ruled. My dad has a big part to play in this, He's a movie/music junkie so he would introduce me to all the songs of his times, the movies and narrate to me what each of them was like, his analyzation on it. That's where I really picked up the love to enjoy good films, not necessarily top blockbuster movies but movies that had significance to them because of the era in which it was filmed in, or the relationships between the actors that were so inspirational and thought-provoking.

The same goes for books too, I particularly enjoy reading British author novels, especially Jane Austen. Her books are so cleverly written that I can never fathom how anyone could not adore her text, I don't really have specific adorations for authors but I usually read whatever catches my attention (or whenever friends bless me with a book). However, for both movies and books, I never touch sci-fiction or horror because I never understood why anyone could find pleasure in freaking themselves out watching horror films/books or reading mysteries/case-solving movies books.

Lastly, the most important/vital interest that almost every tween/teen/adult is indulged in: Music. I listen to almost every genre, ranging from Children of Bodom (Metal) to classical music, jazz (Norah Jones), or even Cantonese music (Sam Hui). I'm a Christian, so I really do love listening to worship music too (Hillsong, Delirious, MercyMe). I jump around, I don't listen much to rap because I feel like I'm listening to a fast-forwarded version of some one's conversation, nor do I listen to techno because it makes my head feel like it's in a blender (and it's swirling around constantly, even after the music stops). Yes, so technically I'm not really an all-rounder for music but I do know how to appreciate good music when it's played.

That's pretty much it! I hope after reading this, you'll have a better understanding of who I am :)

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