About
Hi there! Its nice to meet you.
The name’s Marina. First daughter of wonderful parents Sariah and Noordin. I am a Singaporean.
I enjoy various activities like the arts, photography, technology, and riding my beloved scooter, exploring and finding new food haunts, just to name a few. Oh! And not forgetting, blogging!
Character wise, I’d describe myself as a pretty ordinary albeit eccentric person. I’ve people describe me as loyal, sarcastic and a good listener.
I feel blessed for the people that I meet and the friends that I made. I think they are the best experience that develops a person. In this blog, I’d like to try to share some of these wonderful experiences that I encounter.
I had my first computer in 1996 and subscribed to the internet soonafter and learnt and enjoyed a whole diverse of activities. Its amazing the amount of information is out there. With the net alone, I’ve self taught myself Photoshop, Flash, and even 3D projects.
But the biggest influence on the internet that I had was the social communities. I feel comfortable behind my screen, talking to other people. I started off with Mirc, and then being facinated by 3D worlds and then currently settling down to secondlife.
Online, I use the persona ‘rinaz’ and has been sticking to it for a while. It doesnt really have a symbolism. Its just a short form for “marina’s”. Thats pretty uneventful, huh?
I met my dearest Cartcart through Secondlife, met him in real life, and we haven’t looked back since! We’ve been married on the 18th December 2008, exactly 4 years when we tied the knot in Secondlife!
Currently I am now living in Rome, Italy right after the wedding. Since then we have been traversing new adventures together. One step at a time.
I do wonder to what the future will bring!
- Contact me, using the contact form :)
- My photography and digital art gallery
- My videoblog via youtube / vimeo
- What I am currently up to via twitter / Plurk / posterous
Hi Rina,
I was looking for a website which contained ayam penyet recipe and somehow it brought me to your blog. I read all about the time your boyfriend went to Sentosa with you and your mom eating ayam penyet in Geylang (thats how i found ur site) i think. :)
Anyways after reading what you wrote, i am truly insipired by what you wrote there… Somehow a lot of muslims in singapore arent really acceptable for us malay girls being in a relationship or friendship with a foreign guy. I just wish i know the reason. They would look and stare at us when we walkdown the streets and I seriously think it takes lots of guts to evengo to geylang. I know i shouldnt be paying attention or even care about what ppl say when they see but it just stressed me out. Id like to here from you if possible. The least i can do is speak to someone who understand how i felt and make me feel better especially when im so far away from home. Thanks for reading by the way… Take care
Hi Suhana :)
Thanks for dropping in my blog! Mum and me loves to eat ayam penyet. I think the best one that I’ve eaten so far was the one in Bugis Junction but I’m not sure how to cook it though. But I think it looks pretty much the same like how the chicken in Nasi Ayam is cooked and then smashed afterwards :)
I think the malay muslim community is gaining acceptance of inter-race relationships. Personally for me, I’ve seen a growing number of malay muslims with a different race partner, so I think that the community is growing to be more open minded about the fact that the world is full of diverse people and that inter-racial relationships is inevitable.
To me, I think the crucial issue is the suitability, love, care, patience and understanding between two partners. It might not completely solve any issues, but at least it makes it all the easier :)
Believe me, I was very concerned that friends and family would not accept cartcart for who he is. And I have fears about being labelled when walking in public places sometimes.
But I have to remind myself that its all in the mind. My intentions are genuine so why should I feel guilty about it? Dont you agree?
But yes, I do worry sometimes, but like what Clare and Cuclainne says, (Both singaporeans married to foreigners by the way!) baby steps … baby steps .. :)
Would love to hear from you again :) Take care!
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