Natalie

I was born in Singapore, an island country just below Malaysia. Besides mum and dad , I have 2 sisters. I moved to the states when I was 16 to attend college and have been here since. I have many passions and pursuits. I love to travel and I think that so far Europe is my favorite place,followed by LA and then Singapore, which I still think about fondly.I would love to live in Paris for a while,cause thats where one of my sister lives. My other passion is music. I love to sing. When I was little dad would come back from his trips from London with CDS of the latest musicals, and we would listen to them and I would saturate my mind with the melodies and lyrics till I had them all memorized. I wished I could have applied this mental skill to my studies. So when I was studying at Santa Monica College I decided to take a voice class and my teacher suggested I sing for the opera theater and that began my appreciation and love for opera. I didn't pursue voice at UCLA but business.I suppose that was the practical side of me making that decision. I left college with a BA in econs but felt awkward in the business world. I decided to pursue teaching and have been an elementary school teacher the last 7 years. But I have always sensed a resltess desire tugging at me and more so in the last few years. I have wanted so much to sing again. So I decided to take this year off to do just that. And God has indeed blessed me so much with His peace about making this decision. Which comes to my other passion, my walk with Jesus. I find myself utterly helpless if not for the promise that Jesus is with me every moment to guide me through life's uncertainties. And friends, I am most passionate in my friends.Oh and missions as well and in learning the piano and French so that I can speak and what else......a plethora of things but I feel I'm getting too long winded.