[hider=Amberle de Jong][center][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/01/d9/7101d952a90e069a0e2bba049d752b28.png[/IMG][/center] [center][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/72/a8/9f/72a89fcd841b40ea5d0043f17774fcb0.jpg[/IMG][/center] [center][h2]❝[color=#8fbc8f]Someone once said, [i]'you can never understand one language until you understand two'[/i], and that's how I feel about sign language.[/color]❞[/h2][/center] [color=#8fbc8f][hr][/color] ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Name:[/color] Amberle de Jong [color=#8fbc8f]//[/color] Pronounced Amber Leigh duh Yong [color=#8fbc8f]//[/color] Nicknamed Steamed Bun ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Age:[/color] 24 [color=#8fbc8f]//[/color] 8th of April ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Gender:[/color] Female ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Birthcountry:[/color] Dutch ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Occupation:[/color] Getting a Master in Business IT & Management at SVU [color=#8fbc8f]//[/color] Works at “Fruity Muti!’ at the Marketplace, a shop owned by her aunt, Marie de Jong ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Sexual/Romantic Orientation:[/color] Bisexual ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Time of occupancy in Redwoods:[/color] 1 week ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Pets:[/color] 1 Maine Coon cat, called Sarang (love). [hr] [center][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fb/cb/13/fbcb13d2472cc0381c23395abd5f73f3.jpg[/IMG][/center] ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Appearance:[/color] Amberle is often told by female peers that she is wasting her beauty. Amberle doesn’t really know what they’re on about though, because she believes wearing heavy makeup and dressing in clothing with less fabric than her pillowcase is not equal to beauty. She is, however, passionate about skincare and does wear light makeup. Her skin is often complimented as flawless. She stands around 5,4ft, 165cm. She has long, wavy dark brown hair, blue/green eyes and often sports a loose bun for wearing comfort. She likes to wear fitting jeans with blouses that have the craziest print. She may or may not have a blouse for every single day of the month. Amberle also has a hearing aid, a small silver one behind her right ear. Her ear piercings mostly conceal her aid. She's a bit pale but has quite a bit of freckle on her face. SHe often has a broad smile on her face. ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Piercings // Tattoos:[/color] Two small anti-helix piercings and one helix in her left ear, an inner conch piercing in her right and three earrings in both her earlobes. She has a simple Cassiopeia line tattoo on the inside of her wrist. ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Personality // Traits // Habits:[/color] As Amberle is a Master’s student, she is very driven and knows how to make priorities. She’s not one to slack and gets things done. But she’s not just a quick study, this girl knows how to party too. Since planning is her strong suit, she makes time for leisure and knows how to fully enjoy it. Amberle is witty, caring and enthusiastic. If you know her well, she’s loud, happy and laughs almost always. However, because Amberle is hard of hearing if people don’t know or don’t know how to deal with it, she tends to get quieter. People can see her zone out because she’s not hearing what is being said in conversations. Has a tendency to put the TV or her music too loud. Sometimes just guesses what she thinks people said, and totally gives the wrong answer of the wrong impression. Since she grew up hard of hearing, she has received a lot of help in her life and likes to give it back. She knows how it is for people to be embarrassed or shy to ask for help, so you can count on Amberle to sweep in and just do it for you. Power to willpower! [hr] [center][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/95/43/b495431678f28bd0042935c2d03894dc.jpg[/IMG][/center] ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Background:[/color] Amberle grew up in the Netherlands, in typical house on the Amsterdam canals. Here she enjoyed a [i]very[/i] painfully average youth. Her parents were together, happy and hardworking. As an only child, but still in need of social contact, she was always around friends. Her life became less average once she was diagnosed with Otosclerosis, which made it so she gradually loses her hearing in both ears. Because of this, she already wears a hearing aid for her right ear. The condition doesn’t just make it harder to hear, but because one ear is already fully gone, she has trouble finding out where sounds come from. Amberle doesn’t hear in stereo, which can make life a little bit complicated. Once diagnosed, however, she had a good support system and was able to remain at her own school. As the hearing loss got worse, she trained in Dutch Sign Language, which she is now fluent in. With all the modern technologies that can help her, she finished middle school, high school, and college among regular hearing students. But having to make use of these technologies made her goal clear too: get into IT, be the switch between companies, technology, and the people. At a typical Dutch family birthday (people sitting in a circle and talking), she overheard her aunt talking about Silvervale University, the uni near the fruit shop she owns in America. After extensive googling, many pro and con lists and several convincing texts from her aunt, Amberle decided to take her Masters at this university and work at her aunt’s shop. Armed with just her leather backpack, her savings account, her cat Sarang (meaning love) and a lot of excitement, Amberle stepped on the plane in Amsterdam on her way to Silvervale. ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Relevant family:[/color] Marie de Jong // Sister of Amberle’s father // 55 // Owner of [i]Fruity Muti![/i] in the Marketplace. ➵ [color=#8fbc8f]Extra info:[/color] [hider=Tattoo][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f9/af/06/f9af06b6fb48979b2dcc44fdc8f57f02.jpg[/IMG][/hider] [hider=Sarang the Cat][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/aa/78/65/aa7865074dd845cf2dda185b8a48d126.jpg[/IMG][/hider] [/hider] [hider= Amberle's Relations] [b]2A[/b] ➵ Pepper Thompson ➵ Charlotte Anne Thome [b]2B[/b] ➵ Xavius Woodson ➵ Bailey Grace Pruett ➵ Margaret Anne McBrady [b]3A[/b] ➵ Moritz Gang ➵ Felix Alexander Brooks [indent]❝[color=#8fbc8f][i]I saw him once, he was wearing a big cello case. He was very hot. I quivered. Case closed. [/i][/color]❞[/indent] [b]3B[/b] ➵ Park Jun Hoe ➵ Makyla Jones ➵ Nadia Ocampo [b]3D[/b] ➵ Rowan Alcaeus ➵ Claire Elaine Dupont [b]4A[/b] ➵ Chris Bennet ➵ Roxy Stark [b]4B[/b] ➵ Nikola Blackwell ➵ Penelope Balvorn [b]4C[/b] ➵ Amberle de Jong ➵ Renate Gabriela de Leon [indent]❝[color=#8fbc8f][i]When Bert first told me about what kind of woman my roommate would be, I wasn't sure whether I'd like her or not. Bert explicitly mentioned that "Rena has a lot off..bags, and she makes videos for that website that has videos." So I must admit I was weary on if we'd be compatible. However, now that I've met her, I feel like she is someone that I get along with, despite our eh.. interests being so far apart. [/i][/color]❞[/indent] [b]4D[/b] ➵ ➵ [/hider]