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charl

what good is it if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?

About Me

I have just finished a three year course at Lincoln university studying International Relations, which opened my eyes too so many issues in international politics and has given me a passion for social action, development (both local and national), general injustice like modern day slavery and also living an ethical lifestyle. Another passion of mine is music, i love it and don't think life would be as good without it! Also love my friends, they are incredibly important and I have some amazing special people in my life and excited about who I will meet in life. I want to travel more...worked in Vietnam for a short while and would love to go back and work in the orphanages again and travel round East Asia - maybe go to Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and China. Another huge part of my life is my faith in God with which life makes much more sense !
I am (apparantly, according to a personality test)...self revealing, neat, craves attention, prefers organized to unpredictable, needs things to be extremely clean, worrying, perfectionist, emotionally sensitive, respects authority, social, vain, does not like to be alone, likes large parties, controlling, social chameleon, not a thrill seeker, enjoys leadership, takes precautions, puts the needs of others ahead of their own, assertive, rule conscious, makes friends easily, always busy, heart over mind, phobic, aggressive, clingy, compassionate, dominant, outgoing, suspicious, hard working, strong

My Interests

Things that I love
Music
Spending time with true friends
Meeting new people
Travelling
International politics
Reading, it's a way to escape!
Photography

I'd like to meet:

God, Damien rice..so he can sing to me, ewan mcgregor, heath ledger...the list is endless!

Music:


love anything chilled out and a bit different, love swing/jazz, soul, acoustic/folk, indie currently listening to these lots...
damien rice - 9
Ray Lamontagne
ryan adams
sufjan stevens
the shins
paolo nutini
imogen heap/frou frou
the kooks
john mayer
joshua radin
biffy clyro - blackened sky
mae
jeff buckley
aimie mitchell
the fray
stevie wonder
the postal service
dave matthews band
sufjan stevens
pull tiger tail
amos lee
ben harper
the fratellis
rachael yamagata
cary brothers
norah jones
aimee mann
death cab for cutie
third eye blind

Movies:

A bit of everything really (except horror!)favourite are films that make u have an effect on you....
The Holiday! loved this film!
Garden State
Crazy/Beautiful
When Harry Met Sally
The Shawshank Redemption
Crash
The Killing Fields
Shooting Dogs
American History X
Blood Diamond
Usual Suspects
The Life of David Gale
Closer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Requiem for a Dream
The Motercycle Diaries
Amelie
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
21 grams
Memoirs of a geisha
The Notebook
Training Day
City of God
Million Dollar Baby
Sound of Music
Se7en
Saving Private Ryan
Moulin Rouge
Romeo and Juliet
The constant gardener
Wicker Park

Television:

home and away! sad but true! i am hooked! also hooked on Shipwrecked! One Tree Hill, The O.C, Scrubs, the News

Books:

Anything that opens your mind or helps you escape! Searching for God knows what - Don Miller
This is paradise - Hyok Kang
1984 - George Orwell
A bed for the night + At the point of a gun - David Reiff
Hope in Hell: inside the world of medicines sans frontieres
Velvet Elvis - Rob Bell
Sex God - Rob Bell

Heroes:

My family and friends!!! Love u all

My Blog

Poem by Gerard Kelly about slavery...

I am a personnot a potatoto be picked and packagedand sent to marketto be sliced and dicedchopped up and ketchuppedon the other side of the world.I am humanand I am not for sale.I am a living conscien...
Posted by charl on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:52:00 PST

Stop the traffik...

STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global coalition fighting against people trafficking which is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery and it is the second largest source of income for ...
Posted by charl on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:57:00 PST