Who is Kym? Why this website?
Sometimes I think I'm just a twisted figment of someone's imagination, a fairly quirky quiet person with too many hobbies, some of which are expensive and time consuming.
This website came into existence to share my knowledge of various things (teaching, health, hobbies, research) and for somewhere to store my thoughts, reviews and travel notes.
. Nifwl Seirff is Welsh, meaning 'misty serpents' if I translated correctly. I love dragons, serpents, and ethereal things.
. HTML and CSS are done by hand in a text editor, Gimp and iPhoto are used for image manipulation, site is checked on Firefox in MacOSX. I do not guarantee that the site looks as planned with any other browser.
Also see my LinkedIn profile
. full name: Kymberly Eirlys Fergusson
. born: Melbourne, some time ago now
. lived in: Melbourne, Brisbane
Education and achievements
. Fairhills Primary, Wantirna Secondary,
Monash University (Computer Science),
Japanese Melbourne, ATA (TESOL), Asahi Nihongo
. Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) level 4
. Music (piano, woodwind, strings),
Grainger Wind Symphony (percussion), Melbourne Girls Choir, Mountain District Choral Society
. Boronia Tennis Club, Knox Little Aths, Eastern Kung Fu Academy (Tai Chi)
Employment
. trainer/writer/software tester: Victorian State Library/Vicnet
. technical writer, project manager: Moldflow
. lecturer/examiner/tutor: Monash Uni (programming, soft eng, communications, project management technical writing), Melbourne Uni (metrics),
private tutor (piano, music theory, programming, writing, ESL)
. web dev: Monash Uni (MDMC,
RUUG, BusEco)
. library assistant: Boronia library
. admin, retail, warehouse, seamstress, accountant, stocktake, and more: Tans Martial Arts,
Tesselaar, Bookworld, Salmat, Lincraft, Nancraft
Volunteer
. library assistant: Fairhills Primary, Wantirna Secondary
. choir teacher, accompanist: Wantirna Secondary, Mountain District Choral Society
. web dev: umilator.net, amithlon.net, CSSE
tutors, ASTC (Vic)
Random facts
. normally found in low light and stuck to a computer, crowd-a-phobic, an Australian and British citizen, and usually very cold
. now studying TESOL, Japanese and tai chi, always learning
. have light evasive blue/grey eyes, two crazy cats, several nicknames
. wishing for a stable healthy environment, peace, a normal childhood, free education, a garden to keep.
Likes and dislikes
. dark colours, ocean, fire, incense, hugs, massages, cats, dragons, cold and dark weather
. costuming, gardening, cooking, photography, cross-stitch, tapestry, quilting, travelling
. books/art (Tokien, Feist, Kerr, Kenneally, Herbert, Hobb, Gaiman, Eddings, Alan Lee, John Howe)
. movies (Lord of the Rings, Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, Legend, Dune, Princess Bride, Star Wars, Stargate, Crow, Last Samurai, Shinobi, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill 1)
. sci-fi/fantasy tv shows (Farscape, Bab5, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Xena, Star Trek, Buffy, Angel)
. anime/manga (Final Fantasy, Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Vexille, Appleseed, Ghibli, Death Note, Lain, Witchunter Robin, Heroic Age)
. music (Mendelssohn, Yoko Kanno, Origa, Kodo, TaikOz, Limp Bizkit, Tool, Dead Can Dance, Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Origa, Tea Party, Stoa, Tarkan, McKennit, soundtracks)
. games (Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Skat, Starcraft, Myst, Final Fantasy)
. I hate unreliability, lies, cheating, smoking, drugs, broken promises, cruelty, child abuse, paedophiles
