laufiend

I am a 20 year old student at UBC. Was going to major in film studies, but then I took an astronomy course and realized that this might be my calling. I now dream of becoming an astronomer, and I'm working on re-learning the high school math that I've forgotten after all these years.

Asides being obsessed with space, I also studied piano for many many years.. I actually once wanted to pursue a career in music. I also like photography and drawing, though I haven't done much of either in a while.

I occasionally dress in Classic Lolita fashion - always working on my wardrobe! <3

I'm also the owner of The Ham-Ham Paradise. :3 Though I rarely show up there anymore, it's THE place if you want to watch Hamtaro! and are my current staff members, and they work very hard to keep the site alive. I'm so grateful for them.

Apsara is my real name. I used to go by Mimitchi when I was active in the Hamtaro fandom. I still use that alias when in the context of Ham-Ham Paradise. Though now I'm laufiend. Uncapitalized "L" is intended. because I like it that way.

I'm a Canadian of mixed heritage, French and Cambodian. As a result, I attended a Francophone school system in Vancouver, and was once fluent in Khmer.. I still understand the latter, just have a hard time speaking it. I consider myself bilingual in English and French, though English does comes slightly more naturally to me because of my surroundings. I also took a beginners' course in Japanese, but because of my sudden change of heart (switching from arts to science), I elected not to continue, at least for now. I had a lot of fun though!