My life has changed a lot in the past few years, as I spend most days now studying Islam and memorizing Qur'an full time! In my spare time I try to be a fun cat mom, make crafts, write and wish for more walks. 

I value privacy and am an introvert - prefer not to give a resume version of myself or biographical details when I first get to know someone....I would love to share the universe of possibilities that exist outside of me as well as more important things such as ideas, feelings and most importantly you!

I've actually never asked another person their age, ethnicity, or even what they do for a living but find myself objectified in this way. I tend to accept others for who they are. 

I value kindness, compassion and being happy for others. I love to learn -anything that makes me think. The last two books I bought were about cryptocurrency, and Japanese home cooking. The last piece of music I listened to was Galuppi (classical) The last poem I read was Yeats. I used to love to watch basketball but have lost interest. I could talk about prehistoric animals forever,(not in a cool technical way, more about how they would take me on a tour and which one would be my pet etc.)  but most of my goals center around learning Qur'an, studying Arabic and working on myself. 

I can appreciate a bit of kind sarcasm and though serious at times,  am not and have never been a bitter or sarcastic person.  I'm definitely not a "devil's advocate" and prefer to support someone  in how they want to grow, rather than teach them a lesson or contradict them or debate their choices (unless asked) under the pretext of “I’m just trying to understand”.  It is easy for me to see beauty. 

I have never seen a reality show or most romantic comedies but have a long history of foreign films (Japanese and french) and documentaries. I don't have a netflix account and am disinterested in celebrity culture but again out of lockdown I revisited one series and that was Babar - a program for kids.

I try to engage in meaningful activity and strive to be creatively alive for those moments I have left. There are too many beautiful things to experience to ever use that phrase "kill time" ah!@$ I don't use curse words or watch anything I would not engage in - I'm boring like that! 

I'm goal oriented and believe in personal excellence and in how I treat those closest to me they can and should expect the best.  As I don't have a typical job discipline is a must, what my schedule says I do.  It makes me happy so I stick to it. 

My friends over the years have described me as: polite, calm, intelligent, joyful, alive (?), kind, sensitive and giving. Some also say "special"... one can never be too sure what is meant by that.

Because of the overwhelming obsession with appearance I have found others to have projected upon me, I would be best with someone who is understanding of this but isn’t obsessed by beauty themselves i.e. they don’t “act out” when a beautiful woman is around by changing their behavior. If you have questions or a great need to understand why I look the way I do packaged in a question of “culture” we are not a good match. I don’t know or have any attachment to another culture, I value what a person’s ideas more than what land they are attached to.