Bao Lin: I probably look a little different from the t...

I probably look a little different from the typical girl you meet in Kyiv, and people often get curious about my background before they even ask my name. I speak Ukrainian, English and Vietnamese, so depending on the situation, I can confuse you in three languages. 😄
I work in marketing for an engineering company, but the creative part of me is much louder than the corporate one. I design clothes, work with textiles, draw, sew and love photographing people. I’m the kind of person who can notice an interesting fabric, an unusual face or a beautiful light and immediately start imagining what I could create with it.
My life path hasn’t been perfectly straight either. I tried law, then English teaching, and eventually realized I’m much happier when I listen to myself instead of following a plan just because it looks “correct” on paper.

I like a man who can take the lead sometimes, make decisions, keep his word and make a woman feel that she can relax next to him. In my family, respect for a man has always mattered, and I understand that naturally- but for me respect works both ways. I want to admire the man beside me, not obey him blindly.