WaWa

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Gender Female
Occupation Freelance Social Scientist
Location Berlin, Germany
Introduction Taiwan is my bones; New Zealand is my flesh. The World is - ahem - my oyster served in lemon juice, shredded red onions, and a dash of kaitaia fire and vodka, or what ever else that suites my budget at the time.
Interests Socio-political life, history, Food, Art, cats, going to art galleries, relaxing in cafes watching the world go by, bush walking, floating on the sea, zoology, sexology, theatre, dance, art nuveau, art deco, squeezing pimples, reading till 2am, coffee, wine, G&T, experimental cooking, street food, slow food, fusion food, interior deco, street art, sudoku, learning new languages, swimming, stone skipping, whistling, unusual plants, Birkinstocks shoes, big loud jewellery, big pants, big loud glasses, time travel, pretty scarves, collecting tea, having tea parties, having dinner parties, egyptian cotton, birds, to eventually own a Karmann Ghia, flying.
Favorite Movies Waltz with Bashir, Amelie, City of Lost Children, 2046, In The Mood For Love, Fight Club, Run Lola Run, A Room With A View, Diving Bell & The Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet (Bazz Lurhmann), Farewell My Concubine, The Price of Milk, Lantana, Bright Young Things, What Dreams May Come, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Big, Princess Bride, Gone With The Wind, The Longest Day, Indiana Jones movies, Wong Kar-Wei, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, The Dogma films, Quentin Tarantino, Merchant & Ivory, short films.
Favorite Music Sarah Blasko, Bic Runga, The Waifs, Katie Noonan, Beck, Cake, Catatonia, Beth Orton, Billie Holiday, Belle & Sebastian, Midlake, Fleet Foxes, Bjork, Crowded House, Bertie Blackman, Katie Malua, Ani DiFranco, Babybird, Fiona Apple, Feist, The Sundays, Pink Floyd, Manu Chao, Kid Loco, Dimmer, Tori Amos, Jonathan Crawford Trio, Regina Spektor, 秀蘭瑪雅, Joss Stone, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pizzicato Five, Thievery Corporation, Chefu, Massive Attack, Portis Head, Billy Joel, Saint Germain, Ben Lee, Jack Johnson, High Lamas, Golden Horse, Phoenix Foundation, The Editors, Florence & The Machine, Camille, Elvis Costello, Elvis Prestley, Gershwin, Henri Salvador, Radio Head, Mihirangi, Tex Perkins, First Aid Kit, Damien Rice, CocoRosie, Dimmer, Kareoke
Favorite Books Jin Yong, David Mitchell, Kate Grenville, Peter Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anais Nin, Zadie Smith, Gunter Grass, Elizabeth Knox, James K Baxter, Sam Hunt, Brian Thacker, Michael Palin, Germain Greer, Alain de Botton, Peter Singer, Clive Hamilton, Sherlock Holmes type thingies, Manga, poetry, recipe books, photography books, art history, natural history, the newspaper, Vogue, Gourmet Travel