{"id":2,"date":"2010-08-21T04:31:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T04:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-09-17T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T02:52:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/files\/2011\/09\/aboutmeh.png\">(1) The stuff of UBC brochures aka during Imagine Day as MUG Leader (2) In a full hipster outfit, indulging in the best sushi in downtown Van<\/p>\n<p><strong>The basics, let-me-introduce-myself part:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> My name&#8217;s Jennine aka Jenny with the afterthought of an n.<\/li>\n<li> My co-workers over at the Global Lounge will call me Francheska. Please don&#8217;t let this confuse you, it is only my middle name. <\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;m in Arts (the Faculty that needs more pride, which I am more than happy to provide), hoping to major in one of the following: Political Science, International Relations, French, European Studies. I AM STILL UNABLE TO CHOOSE. <\/li>\n<li> I am obsessed with French language and culture. You should see my room- it&#8217;s an Eiffel Tower exhibit. <\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;m ~in a relationship~ with a SFU Student (GASP). It&#8217;s a &#8220;serious&#8221; one, too. Yeah, I know- I&#8217;m missing out on the fun of meeting new people, but he bakes, so that&#8217;s good enough for me!<\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;m from Surrey, and yes, I commute for 4 hours a day (to and back), 6 days a week (yes, I often have to come out Saturdays, and maybe Sunday too).<\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;ve been in Canada for 6 years, and before that I grew up in the Philippines. <\/li>\n<li> In UBC, I like to hang out at the Global Lounge and the CSI in Brock Hall.<\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;m a geek of many, many things (BBC shows, Off-Broadway musicals, History documentaries, and MUN conferences to name a few).<\/li>\n<li> I am a keener, by the very definition and sense of the word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The randomosity, TLDR; part:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>My nickname:<\/b> Cheska, derived from my middle name<\/li>\n<li> <b>What I do before bedtime:<\/b> I&#8230; check my email. And I read.<\/li>\n<li><b> Hogwarts House:<\/b> RAVENCLAW (this is verified, I have a Pottermore account, Rowling said so)!\n<li>  <b>What I would do with a million dollars:<\/b> INVEST, buy things my family wants, send money to relatives, Eurotrip, book collection. <\/li>\n<li>  <b>The city of my dreams:<\/b> PARIS PARIS PARIS- for all the cheesy, overused reasons you&#8217;d expect. <\/li>\n<li>  <b>Weird talents:<\/b> Highly retentive memory (I learn lines and choreography in a snap), voice imitation, my dancing isn&#8217;t awful either&#8230; can you believe I used to be a theatre kid?<\/li>\n<li> <b>IF ZOMBIES ATTACK ME IN THE MALL, I WOULD CHOOSE:<\/b> A wand for a weapon, &#8220;Back In Black&#8221; by AC\/DC as the background song, and Katniss Everdeen from <i>The Hunger Games<\/i> as my ally.<\/li>\n<li> <b>Favourite Olympic Mascot:<\/b> Mukmuk. I know he wasn&#8217;t technically one, but he is the best! I dressed up as Mukmuk Halloween of 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(1) The stuff of UBC brochures aka during Imagine Day as MUG Leader (2) In a full hipster outfit, indulging in the best sushi in downtown Van The basics, let-me-introduce-myself part: My name&#8217;s Jennine aka Jenny with the afterthought of an n. My co-workers over at the Global Lounge will call me Francheska. Please don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2448,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/patchworked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}