I am a senior English major, Spanish minor, and am applying to grad school for the Fall '10 semester. I enjoy anything by Kafka, Anne Rice, and most women's literature from the late eighteenth-early twentieth-centuries. Edgar Allan Poe must be one of the sexiest writers I've encountered. I love to cook, so if anyone is ever in the mood for some home-made food, let me know.
My name is Ashley Tambunga, and I am a coffee connoisseur.
I am the benjamina in my family, which means I am the youngest of all my sisters. In addition, my six nieces and nephews are my loves, on whom I shower much love and attention. The oldest niece is 10 and the youngest nephew is a little less than a year old.
Culture and tradition are very prominent in my Hispanic family. I still live at home with my parents (which, until I am married, is the Mexican tradition), but we have a bond that is incredibly strong. I am very proud of my heritage and look forward to incorporating it in my future writings and career. Here is an interesting fact: as of two years ago, the total count for the Tambunga family is a little over 500. Yes, we are all related.
Music is an intricate part of my being. I don't know who I would be without my music.
Laughing is the best medicine. I love to laugh, although I am told that the sound of my laugh is quite obnoxious.
Although I am a people-pleaser, I don't consider myself subject to peer-pressure. My opinions surface slowly at first, and once you get to know me a little better you know exactly what my buttons are and how to push them. Being pensive is how I get by. Thinking is a pastime in which I indulge myself frequently; sometimes, if a thought is especially provoking, I will write it down and it will reoccur in my novel (I have been working on this one for the past 3-4 years).
'Twill be a pleasure, I'm sure. Dios te bendiga y nos vemos.
Ashley, your opening post reveals how well you realize that image and word can be both symbiotic and synergistic. My husband Pat McDonough is a Hispanophile, having taken just about every Spanish class at TCU. He never studied abroad in college because he competed in rowing at university, so now our family travels to Spanish-speaking countries as much as possible to practice. He comes from a huge Irish Catholic family (he's the 7th of 11), so big families and Spanish-speaking culture is about as good as it gets for him. I'm sure I'll be asking many cultural questions from him over the course of the semester.
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