My name's Yasmin Patera. I usually go by the name yas. I'm South-East Asian and was raised in a country called Brunei Darussalam. I'm the eldest of two siblings, so it's just my sister and I rocking our parents' world :) I'm turning twenty this year, and I have a boyfriend who won't let me forget it because he wants me to grow up, whatever that means.

I'm currently living in Loughborough, UK and studying my second year of my madness of a degree; BSc. Maths, Accounting & Financial Management at Loughborough University. I'd love it if more Bruneians came here and help me liven up the place more :-) We've reached a total of 30 people now, and I hope there are more to come. I am (since December) the unofficial president of Loughborough Brunei Society.. I hope for it to become official in a week and a half's time when elections come around.

I'm friendly and sociable in my own kind of way. I love sports; netball and basketball in particular.. but I'm flexible and I'm always up for new things as long as it doesn't involve too much pain. Sometimes I'm afraid of the dark and my imagination streches to places where it shouldn't go so I freak myself out very easily. There's always a demon lurkying around somewhere eh. I like staying indoors during Winter, taking long walks during Summer, and I don't like the rain very much. It looks depressing.

Unfortunately for me, I can only speak two languages: Malay (or Bahasa Melayu) and English with the first being my mother tongue. However, I do know a few words here and there of different languages (of which are too embarassing for me to admit so I'll keep quiet about them. lol). Physically, I'm normal built, 5"4 with a lot of spunk. I think glasses are too heavy to be worn all day so I usually stick with coloured contact lenses. Seriously, glasses do hurt if you wear them through out the day. Anyway, I'm left handed and I have relatively large hands.... and they scare me sometimes. I don't wear much make up, and when I do, they're normally from Benefit.

I have a favourite author; Jodi Picoult. I've got ten of her books so far and I'm hoping to build my collection. I don't have a favourite movie or anything like that.. but my all-time favourite actress would be Nicole Kidman, just because.

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