MerriMay

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Gender	Female
Location	London, United Kingdom
Introduction	I'm a multilingual South African born 25 yr old in London.Spent the first 5 yrs in SA, my civil rights lawyer parents fled during the apartheid era, relocated to Canada for 10 yrs, then settled in London, UK for the past 9. I moved to Germany for 2 yrs after graduation. Uhh Deutshland..Ich vermisse das beer und das essen...mmm. I'm back in good ol blighty! lol Home is a very conservative leafy South West Suburb. It's diaper valley meets trendy Islington! Equal parts Tory and Lib Dem. In my dad's mother tongue setswana 'modimo o re bontshe tsela' ;)
Interests	Travel, biking, hiking, Research, De Beers Mining Industry, Sotho/Tswana Dialects, German/Afrikaans/Dutch dialects, Writing, Bookclubs, Kite Surfing, Wind Surfing on the south Coast, Arts particularly Tracy Emin, Damien Hurst, South Bank festivals, Anything at the Tate Modern.
Favorite Movies	Sixteen Candles, Dead Poets Society, Steel Magnolias, Hunt for red October, Liberty Heights, The Human Stain, to name a few.
Favorite Music	Alternative Rock, Jazzn'nBlues, Classical, Motown, RnB
Favorite Books	Poisonwood Bible, by Barbaba Kingsolver, Cane River by Lalita Tademy, A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, This book will save your life, The secret, anything by John Lescroart, Black White and Jewish.