blackquill

Hi! My name is Vanessa and I've been introduced to this site via the League of Extraordinary Penpals. I am 25 and live in Singapore. I currently work in television and volunteer weekly at a vet clinic. As such, it's no surprise that I love animals! In my free time, I enjoy reading, writing, discovering new books, stationery, charming places and things.

I also spend too much time making lists, reading bizzare news and playing Simpsons Tapped Out on my iPad Mini.

I'm always itching to travel and learn about where and how people live. Can't wait to start swapping :)

Apologies for filling up this profile late. I just realised that I needed to do it!

Wolf Totem (Jiang Rong), A Natural History of the Senses (Diane Ackerman), The Harry Potter Series (J Effing K Rowling), The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Bill Bryson), 20th Century Boys (Manga by Naoki Urasawa), Pluto (Manga by Naoki Urasawa), Strangers in Paradise (Graphic Novel by Terry Moore), Echo (Graphic Novel by Terry Moore) and many more.

Currently reading World War Z (Max Brooks). Consider my mind blown.

I love most genres of music, including and not exclusively: indie folk, contemporary folk, motown, jazz blues, soul, blues, big band music, doo wop, classic rock, indie rock, country (blues or rock), acoustic, bluegrass, enka, Japanese folk, Okinawa pop rock, piano rock.

I also love old time radio :)

Does letter writing count?

I also enjoy watercolour, leatherworking, getting soil under my nails and working with my hands in general.

I unwind with crime.

Currently airing: Castle, CSI, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, Bones, Mad Men, The Dog Whisperer, The Office, The Big Bang Theory.

Sadly, no longer: Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Angel, Dead Like Me

Waiting impatiently for: Arrested Development