hi, I am Shannon Lin. I write articles for Asiance and it is simply best specific interest magazine for young women out there! It is the first of its kind, for Asian American women! It is becoming huge and you are lucky to read it every month as a new viewer! About me, I live in New York City, I have been here 2.5 years and I am now in Grad School at the New School for Media Studies. I am interested in everything connected with digital media and events and glamour, the industry, beauty, and being an Asian American woman, hence, that is why I love Asiance Magazine so much! I am originally from Seattle where the air is very fresh (maybe because of all the rain) and the trees are very green! It is a smaller, laid back place compared to New York but very special in its own way. I feel lucky to have been able to travel very much and have been to Alaska, Mexico, South America, all over Europe and of course Taiwan and japan! I simply love exploring other cultures and feel it is a big part of me.

My hobbies are reading, writing, and drawing. I love to draw animals and people in a very detailed scene. I try to paint but am not so good at it, drawing is much easier for me! I also have begun to cook more and I like to experiment with that! Of course, another hobby of mine is learning how to be more technical on the computer and ways of downloading new interesting movies, games, etc.! I enjoy decorating and rearranging rooms as well.

I love to just relax and be surrounded by candles or candy, and watch movies! I love film and especially gangster/drugdeali ng movies, haha! I now am very intrigued by casinos for some reason though this is a recent phenomenon! I really am interested in the way this world is changing so rapidly and globalization is interesting to me. I have always been interested in entertainment as well as business. I love travel and am interested in nature and the economy! I would love to drive across the country before the next few years are over and really explore all the little towns and local food and friendly people. Because I have been able to travel and feel lucky but this country is so huge and I simply think it is the most peaceful yet intimidating realization that this country has so much open space and interesting heritage that we are all a part of even in the big cities. Since I am from the West Coast this feels very far away and different too. But there is so much space between the west and the East that is all so diverse and beautiful! Speaking of the East, there is so much interesting beauty when East meets West. That's why its great to have a magazine like Asiance that captures this essence in its themes!

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Purple, cheese (though I am trying to eat less cheese, really) my bf, best friends, things to do and people to see, interesting activities like reading, writing, and rollercoasters...lotion because my skin gets so dry in the winter!!!