Hi~ My (chinese) name is Yuen. :] I'm 18 and I live in Philly but was born in Hong Kong. I'm new to swap-bot but I thought the idea seemed really fun so I wanted to join in. :3 Plus I love getting mail.

Just to honestly put it out there, I don't think I'm much good at anything that requires sewing, sculpting, or essentially anything 3-D or crafting so I won't be joining those types of swaps. But 2-D things like drawings, collages, postcards or "flat art" are what I'm good at so let me know if you have a swap like that! :D (But I also love trading random cute/pretty things; 可愛いを好きですよー^^)

I usually listen to Asian music... (ie. popular Chinese, Korean, Japanese music, etc.) Mainly I like listening to pop songs, ballads, and piano pieces but I'm open to all genres of music as long as it's good or catchy. Some of my favourite artists are~

Cheon Sang Ji Hee, Zhang Li Yin, Big Bang, BoA, Ayaka, Yuna Ito, Utada Hikaru, Orange Range, MAY'S, Epik High, Koda Kumi, Vanessa Carlton, Yiruma, Do As Infinity, Otsuka Ai

Current songs on Replay~

(aka songs I'm addicted to at the moment XD)

~ CSJH - Here feat. CLIFF EDGE

~ BoA - Eat You Up

~ Big Bang - Haru Haru

~ Ana Belen y David San Jose - Cuentame

~ SNSD - Gee

Sadly I don't read very much... and whenever I pick out books, I read them and they usually tend to end up being bad and a waste of time&money. Someone please PLEASE feel free to recommend me some good books to read. m(_ _)m;; But a couple that I like are...

Harry Potter (hahaha), Kite Runner, The Crucible, To Kill A Mocking Bird, and Ella Enchanted. I sound like some 4th grader don't I?

Oh, and I like reading lots and lots of manga. And sometimes fanfics or original fictions online.

(^ and television shows.)

I'm not a fan of this question because I tend to not watch movies a lot and not that many are memorable to me (even if they're good). Although I must say Les Choristes is one of the most amazing films I've ever seen.

But usually I like watching a lot of Hong Kong and Japanese movies and dramas. Not the cheesy ones with a typical teenage romance plot of ditzy girl meets badass boy; shows with REAL plots (whatever that may mean :P)

As for American television I don't really like much... but these are the shows that I'll watch if I happen to flip the TV on and they're playing: any News broadcast, House, Bones, Nanny911, Hell's Kitchen, King of Queens, MadTV, and Simpsons. (weird combo?)

Primarily drawing. Does that count as a craft?

I like photoshopping and graphic editing as well.

And scrapbooking-like layouts or designs. (Even though I don't scrapbook much.)

• colorful, happy, bright-ness

• anything aesthetically pleasing

• "kawaii" things :D

• the color pink

• anime/manga

• lolita/Victorian style

• steampunk

• cute or interesting jars/containers/boxes

• cute cute stickers

• cute hair accessories

• cutesy and prettiness (seeing a pattern here?)

• beautiful drawings

• drawing tools (ie. nice pencils, color pencils, markers, high quality ink pens)

• Asian things

• ribbon/lace/bows

• bunnies

• food&snacks

• fairytale-themes

• deco tape

• anything amusing

• vintagey things

• unique postage stamps

• bugs or insects; even the pictures scare me

• overwhelmingly tacky/clashing things

• cosmetics... I'm allergic :(

• tree nuts... because I'm also allergic to it. XD

• scented things (I usually don't like the smells)

• creepy/disturbing/horrific things

• monsters, gnomes and trolls

• candles

• preferably nothing religious (unless it's a beautiful drawing hehe)

• things made of yarn make me itchy

• cherry flavored things

• anything sewing related because I can't utilize them :(

To be added soon.... after homework. u_u