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Please make sure anything you send me is in a plastic bag or water-proof. It's been very wet in Australia for once, and my letterbox is not waterproof!

Please do not send me copied music, games or DVDs.

As I hail from Melbourne, Australia, packages sent to and from Australia by air may take up to 3 weeks. Packages sent by sea mail can take up to 3 months - rest assured, if I am sending to you, I will post your package by air mail!

I am learning Japanese (and trying to up the intensity of my studying using JapanesePod101.com), starting German shortly, have two adorable large kitties. I regularly cross stitch, have collected loads of bits and pieces of craft, bath and herbal things, and have a huge store of fabric that I need to use up.

I would love to garden more and spend more time learning, rather than working. A variety of chronic illnesses mean I do not go out much. I love eating and cooking Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Mexican foods. I would love to exercise more - specifically hiking, swimming, bellydancing and various martial arts, but I am unable to at the moment.

I am hoping this site will spur my creativity and help me make new worldwide friends.

I like anything Japanese (candy, foods, music, kawai accessories and stationery, bento boxes, culture, language). German Christmas markets are very special to me.

I love black tea, green tea, macha, herbal teas and flavoured coffees, BUT Australian customs usually removes tea and coffee from packages that are from outside Australia grumble. Chocolate is another favourite - customs let this through if it is described as candy ;>

I love Totoro and the tachikomas from Ghost in the Shell. I'm growing my anime and manga collection slowly...

I love browsing decor and design magazines. I am interested in Feng Shui, dragons, german board games, Final Fantasy et. al., PS2 and Nintendo DSLite games, strategy and anime PC games.

I would like to read more Japanese manga, watch more JDrama and anime, to help me learn Japanese more easily.

ambient, J-pop, alternative, celtic, world

Hamasaki Ayumi, Dead can Dance, Loreena McKennit, Tarkan, Sunyata, soundtracks to the moviews I like, Portishead, Bjork, Cure, Secret Garden, Bel Canto, Enya, Tea Party, Thievery Corporation, Transglobal Underground, Nakashima Mika, Tool, Limp Bizkit, Evanescense,

science fiction, fantasy, action, martial arts.

Lord of the Rings, Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, Legend, Last Samurai, Aeon Flux, Final Fantasy, Ghibli, Interview with the Vampire, Harry Potter, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero

Stargate, Atlantis, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Angel, Babylon 5, anime, Iron Chef (original Japanese version)

Am trying to find subtitled JDrama.

cross stitch, knitting, beading, patchwork, decorations, origami, sketching, photography.