About me

There is a lot to find out about me. Like lists of what I like, what I do, what I read or watch. So I made a list of the different aspects, and gave them all their own page. If you feel like finding out only one thing about me, this way I made it easy for you! And you can skip everything that you don’t find interesting ;]

Vief in a nutshell

Vief and many many cameras

Myself and some of my favourites cameras, 2010

My full name is Viviane Aliénor Kim. Let’s stick to Vief, which is a lot easier. Pronounced as “vi:f” or, in common English, “Veef”. I’m 23 years old, my birthday is November 29th.

I currently live in Gent, Belgium. I was born in the Netherlands though, and spent 20 years of my life there. I had a bilingual education [English and Dutch] and passed my IB exam, A1 Standard. I really like languages, I’m fluent in English, though I was raised half in Dutch and half in French. My mother was born in France [but her parents were Vietnamese!] and so I have three languages I can "think" in. That’s the most important part, I guess. My French isn’t fluent but I like working on that!

Apart from English, Dutch and French, I also like Gaeilge a lot. Gaeilge is the Irish word for the Irish language. I don’t know how I became so fascinated with Eire [Ireland!] but I am. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I play harp? I have been playing for over ten years and I love it!

So we’ve already tackled two of my passions: music and languages.

My other big passion is photography. I have a lot of cameras, analog and digital, instant and lomo… I love them all! I take pictures everyday and everywhere, I never leave the house without a camera anymore. If I go out, I often have at least two cameras with me! Haha. I might be a little obsessed. You can find out more about my photography under "photos".

When it comes to romance, my love life has been pretty stable for a while already! I have a boyfriend [whom I call Muffin] called Rob, we’ve been together for over 5 years, and we’ve been living together for four years as well. We have a small and messy apartment [but I love it!] in the city centre of Gent. It’s pretty close to everything: I’m really happy to be living with the two of us. The only pets we have now are two tiny hamsters. My cat Spetter died in January 2009. I miss her a lot.

I have a sister, she’s about 5 years older than I am. My mother passed away when I was ten, I still miss her deeply. I don’t think you can ever get ‘over’ missing someone that you really love. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I’ve been without a mother for more than half of my life. What I’d like to do is help other young people who have lost a parent. I know it’s not easy and I am always willing to listen. [If you feel like you'd like to talk to me, my contact info is right below.]

I’ve always been very creative and opinionated [maybe a little stubborn], there are a lot of things I feel strongly about. I’m a vegetarian and I live a straight edge lifestyle. This means I live "poison free" – which originated with no drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes and no casual sex, but I’ve included no meat, no caffeine, [almost] no medicine and just the best stuff for my body as possible. I believe that when you have a clean[er] body, you have a cleaner life. Clean in the sense of taking care of yourself and not adding substances to it that make you instable. Though straight edge isn’t the same for everyone! For me it works out pretty well and I feel really happy about my decision.

Me in Sweet Lolita

Me wearing Sweet Lolita

On the outside, I’m also pretty outspoken. I like showing my personality through the way I look and I’m not afraid to stand out. I love dying my hair in crazy colours and making a statement through my clothing. I have visual piercings, stretched my ears [fun fact: I pierced myself a couple of times, most notably my nose] and I have tattoos.

Part of me really refuses to grow up! :D A big part of the mess in my house is because of all the stuff I own, and like to keep on display. Stuff like My Little Ponies and Pez dispensers and Hello Kitty stuff. I love stuffed dolls, especially Ugly Dolls and Disney characters.

The way I show my "inner little girl" the most is through fashion: Lolita fashion. If I could, I would really like to dress up every day and do fun things with my friends that I have met through this wonderful fashion. There are so many sides to the fashion, what I love so much about it is that it’s very versatile. Yes, there are rules, but there are many styles and possibilities for people to be completely different and unique. Another thing about Lolita that I really like, is the social aspect. I have made friends all over the world just because of clothes, and we like to meet up and have fun! I hope that I can share some of this fun through my website.

Ways to contact me

That’s it! I hope you’ll enjoy my blog and all the rest that is on this site! :D