H-K206
I have been tagged by Galia and asked to upload a self-portrait and reveal ten facts about myself.
1. i am always punctual. i carry an alarm clock everywhere i go and set an alarm for every half an hour. i am always careful to make my alarm very loud so others may benefit from my punctuality. i consider this a community service.
2. i always sleep with a sheet over my head to prevent me from accidentally inhaling spiders. i have cut eyeholes in my sheets so, whilst keeping my spider brothers safe, i can also watch out for ambushes.
3. i take train travel very seriously. i always bring a small rail timetable and a large magnifying glass. whenever meeting people on trains i like to offer them a memento – one of my socks, an umbrella, whatever i have on my person at the time.
4. i have perfected a very grave sounding voice and foreboding facial expression in case of emergency. i keep a megaphone in my apartment and one strapped to my bicycle to amplify my catastrophe warnings should they become necessary.
5. i have a deep fear of drowning. for this reason i always wear a snorkle in the bath. i keep the water level very low and fill the remaining space with bubbles – to avoid looking silly.
6. i like to recite epic poetry to pedestrians. for construction workers: sylvia plath, for businessmen: john keats. so that people don’t have to stop, i usually run alongside them and shout the poems very loudly.
7. my apartment is decorated entirely with matchbox cars. not many people know that.
8. when invited to parties i like to disguise myself as one of the other guests. then, when that person arrives, i always tackle them to the ground, announce loudly that they are an impostor and try to take their shoes. this method has allowed me to build an impressive collection of shoes.
9. i often engage in whistling competitions with the birds that visit my balcony. i keep a small catapult nearby to fling rocks at the birds that beat me. i don’t like to lose whistling competitions.
10. i have seven pairs of plastic groucho marx glasses so that i won’t be caught out on washing day without a clean pair. i place great importance on domestic organisation.

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shanhair
great list! you sound 100% awesome, lets be best friends :)
hsien-ku replied
thanks shanhair :)
i had a momentary complete lapse of honesty when fulfilling this task – but no one wants to read the ‘i like books’, ‘i have a cat’ answers.
danielklaas
This is why I like you so much. Best read in a long time, and most beautiful portrait on RedBubble to match.
hsien-ku replied
daniel – you are a wonderful man and if you weren’t married and living in austria or somewhere i’d definitely try to steal you :)
x
shanhair
i love it! don’t ever change… great pic too by the way
danielklaas
LOL. So if I weren’t living ‘somewhere’ you would try to steal me? Is there anywhere there isn’t ‘somewhere’? This cuts down the chances of this happening, which is a shame. Sounds like fun :-P
Rosemary Scott
ROFL!! I knew there was a reason I like you! The best laugh I’ve had all day, & a beautiful SP to go with it, Thanks so much :D
hsien-ku replied
thanks rosemary! i have a morbid fear of taking myself too seriously :)
Christine Wilson
lovely shot of self love the blurb as well :))
hsien-ku replied
thanks Christine – it’s all true
DragonFlyer
Well – at least now I know a few more things that I don’t know about you J! But I’m most curious about where you keep the piano….. (lol)
And lovely portrait, btw… :)))
K xx
hsien-ku replied
thankyou my friend – i bought a fold-up piano from IKEA. one of those ones that slides under the bed when not in use :)
Trish Woodford
Beautiful portrait and an absolutely priceless list, hilarious, love the way you think :)))))
hsien-ku replied
thanks trish – 4 am humour!
Shoaib .
awesome shot
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much Shoaib – really appreciate your comments :)
Anne McGinn
Marvelous – we’d get along great!!
hsien-ku replied
thank you anne! i already knew that :)
Rajdev D
You are honest, and this is a great portrait, fantastic lighting too.
hsien-ku replied
thanks Rajdev.
yes, i am always absolutely honest in everything. in the formula one driving profession, honesty is the only skill you need.
:)
FailingMemory
Very good portrait. Excellent lighting.
hsien-ku replied
thank you FailingMemory :)
Béla Török
Amazing work!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou Bela!
Deborah Parkin
a really beautiful and thought-provoking portrait – I love her eyes in particular.
hsien-ku replied
thankyou very much Deborah – really appreciate your feedback
terugvanver
great contrast
hsien-ku replied
thankyou terugvanver
botticcelli
:)...
hsien-ku replied
xxx
Josie Jackson
Love the portrait, great lighting. Thank you for the laugh I needed, I just loved your list, you sound like a fun loving lady….. still laughing…...
hsien-ku replied
thanks Josie! what a lovely thing to say. very happy to have made you laugh – laughter is the most beautiful sound in the world
Moshe Cohen
Wonderful portrait.
hsien-ku replied
thankyou Moshe
TaniaLosada
Love it! Expressive portrait and funny description!
hsien-ku replied
thanks Tania!
what do you mean funny description?
you’re not mocking my soul-baring are you? :)
Lorena Maria
It’s a very beautiful portrait extremely well done,, nothing new on you,, but this list? .. “priceless” I knew it!! you must to be a very interesting and lovely person!
hsien-ku replied
thanks Lorena! very kind of you.
Noah .
Incredible selfie, and hilarious “facts” about yourself!! :) Heh heh heh.
hsien-ku replied
thanks Noah! it’s all true so no hanging it on me ok – i am very sensitive :)
Maureen Maliha
Wonderful, sterling, and beautiful…. as usual, my friend xox
hsien-ku replied
thankyou very much Maureen! so lovely of you!
Christer Fribrock
A beautiful portrait of a beautiful woman! Perfect processed and light. I love your flying earrings!
Chris
hsien-ku replied
thankyou Christer! yes, every woman should own a pair of flying earrings :)
helmutk
Lovely capture very nice self portrait instant fav !
hsien-ku replied
thanks helmut – that’s really lovely of you
BruceMeyer
Hahaha. Love the list. I mostly believed it until I got to the snorkel and groucho glasses, skimming down. You know how the artistic types can be, a little eccentric.
The portrait is beautiful, and sweet. It would look noir-ish if you flattened out the shading a little more.
hsien-ku replied
thanks Bruce – there’s nothing eccentric about wearing a snorkle in the bath. that’s just common sense :)
Antanas
perfect
hsien-ku replied
thankyou very much antanas
TaniaLosada
I’d never do such a thing! :( My English is very poor but I’ve been able to feel the irony in your description and it has made me smile a lot :)
hsien-ku replied
your english is excellent tania – I was just joking. thanks so much for your warm encouragement and support. i really do appreciate it.
clickinhistory
beautiful work and lol wonderful words, people like you always sit next to me on trains and bus stops ;)
hsien-ku replied
thanks clickinhistory – happy to hear you have a madperson magnet. always make life more interesting :)
Larry Varley
Excellent portrait!
hsien-ku replied
many thanks larry
halftone
Ha, you’re braver than me, I NEVER take SP’s with my face in em. But then, you have a beautiful face…..lol! What a wonderful list too, such an excellent insight into you :)
halftone
I just saw Orion in the window behind you too! Wow!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou very much halftone. brave enough to show my face but hell will freeze over before i upload a nude :)
Orion is my favourite constellation – I love the giant red star in his arm.
Very sweet of you to comment
Lumase
The tagging virus is alive here too?
hsien-ku replied
where there are flickr photographers there will be tagging viruses . . .
Rajdev D
You are welcome :)
catherine walker
hhhha!! what to say ..so funny and a great photo..you’re very beautiful!
I don’t know how many of those facts are true but each to their own..hhha!!!
hsien-ku replied
thanks catherine!
they’re ALL true :)
Husky
Excellent image, love it!!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou husky
Stephen Thomas
Great photo!
hsien-ku replied
very kind of you stephen, thanks
Sorina Williams
Fabulous self portrait & love your list of ten facts!:)
hsien-ku replied
thanks sorina :)
marillu79
very beautiful.. and awesome expression and pose !
hsien-ku replied
thanks marillu79 – i was having one of those paranoid nights where every shadow makes you jump!
Luis Mariano ...
a intense selfportrait
hsien-ku replied
thankyou Luis – a bizarre mood had overtaken me that night. might have been all the chillis i ate during the day . . .
James Archibald
Wow,
Really nice self portrait. Great use of focus and nice tone. Really like it.
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much James – that’s sweet of you
Alessandro Pinto
beautiful expressiion..seems so genuine and natural ! A beautiful woman with a unique personality.. at least by your description !
hsien-ku replied
oolala – what a charmer you are monsieur pinto!
very kind of you to say such lovely things.
my unique personality is almost exactly as i have described, only much less unique (or not actually unique at all), and, of course, much less truthful.
x
AmandaGWright
One of the most enjoyable reads in a very long time…
am grinning from ear to ear you interesting creature you!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou amanda! very pleased to have made you smile!
Alan McMorris
hsien-ku replied
thankyou alan! what a wonderful honour. very much appreciated!
Nelson Campbell
Thank you for a deep and wonderful early morning laugh first thing on a Monday!! How delightful and what a lovely SP..! Enjoy your day!
hsien-ku replied
I’m very pleased to have lifted your spirits momentarily nelson! and, as you say, even on a monday :) thankyou.
GomesPereira
Beautiful light and model, Hsien. Great picture….congratulations, GP
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much Gomes!
Alessandro Pinto
mercy madame…baisers!
hsien-ku replied
xxx
Paul Vanzella
you just know how to capture faces.. sensational!
hsien-ku replied
thanks Paul – this one was done with the autotimer :) 90% fluke. really kind of you to comment. x
Geoffrey Dunn
Nice work with the auto-timer … a splendid selfie. Love the ‘facts’ they mad em smile … esp #9 :-)
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much geoffrey – i never know what to say on those rare occasions when i’m asked about myself, so now i just lie :)
Geoffrey Dunn
er … that’s made me smile ;-)
cheska
......... this photo i was commenting about that your gorgeous!! :)
hsien-ku replied
thankyou cheska, that’s a really sweet thing to say.
kathy s gillen...
outstanding work
hsien-ku replied
thankyou kathy
sunith shyam
love the swinging earnings :) your “facts” is darn amusing..
hsien-ku replied
thankyou sunith! all artists have swinging earnings :)
really appreciate your comments
Mark Allen
Wonderful work, well done!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou mark x
Peter Coleman
excellent work, me thinks point 8 is my favourite..
artist with a sense of humour obviously an imposter…
hsien-ku replied
thankyou peter – yes, an imposter! i have always suspected as much.
Shelly Harris
Beautiful self portrait, It cought my eye when you commented on my image. Your ten facts about you, was an extra bonus. What a great sence of one self. WONDERFUL!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou so much shelly! of course, they’re all true . . . .
Cynthia Lund T...
BEST TEN EVER!
I am sitting here giggling.
I love how your romantic dark looks defy your gift of humor.
You are a dangerous mix – in the best of ways.
So great…
hsien-ku replied
very sweet thing to say cynthia – you made me giggle too with your ‘romantic dark looks’ comment :)
mimi yoon
you are gorgeous and amazing with words… and have a wonderful sense of humor…. and with your talent in art…. quadruple threat… or are there more? do you sing and dance too h-k ? ;P
you’re an amazing artist…. : )
hsien-ku replied
:) thanks so much mimi – you really make me smile.
actually i do sing, but never dance.
really am so grateful for your support and encouragement – and you know how much i admire your art!
Ruby Del Angel
talented, witty, humorous, and beautiful…
hsien-ku replied
thankyou ruby!
gabryshak
i’m in love with a woman :)
you are so brilliant inside and out
and this my dear, is why your work speaks volumes
you are so full of it ♥t
hsien-ku replied
:) lol
and i love you too my dear gabryshak!
we can be the clown-paramours of redbubble
HelenaBrophy
A beautiful portrait of a beautiful woman!...the ten things about yourself, fabulous, and made my day and tomorrow too:)
hsien-ku replied
many thanks helena – happy i could make you smile
Australis
Orion in the back ground and the earring swinging.. What did catch her eye.
hsien-ku replied
thanks australis!
her eye was caught by the rather lens-heavy camera looking less than stable on its cheap tripod!
Leonardo Amaro...
Excellent picture deep eyes much like the movement of your earrings
beautiful fotogradia
hsien-ku replied
thankyou leonardo xxx
Ken Mucke
The beauty in your eyes ..really reflects the beauty in your art and words
hsien-ku replied
thankyou for your kind comment ken
Pete Costick
Wonderful portrait…...
Congrats…..featured work
hsien-ku replied
thankyou pete – i am honoured. really appreciate the support!
TaniaLosada
Congrats on your feature, well deserved!!!! Its a great portrait with a lot of character. You are a very attractive woman :) xx
hsien-ku replied
thankyou tania – what a kind thing to say!
LumenLux
What a privilege to be introduced to you as well as your art by this self portrait.
hsien-ku replied
many thanks lumenlux. nice to meet you
parmi
This is an awesome self portrait! Absolutely love the question in your eyes. Lighting adds so much to this mood too. Congrats on the features, so deserving!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou parmi! really appreciate your comment
Mark Coward
Wonderful, natural portrait and a cracking list.
hsien-ku replied
thanks mark – it’s all true :)
Jack Grace
A great self portrait, looks much better in the large format, well more viewable anyway, as for the list, I got to start my Saturday with a very good laugh, mahalo.
hsien-ku replied
always a pleasure to make people laugh – my thanks!
trwoody
Ha…I could not pick just one image out of the magnificent file…..And I got lucky and picked the one with list…..Now if I could remember my comment after the ten minute scroll to the bottom…....OH your images are superb, clarity amazing, and lighting awesome
hsien-ku replied
my thanks trwoody. very sweet of you to visit my gallery!
richardj
Great photo, even better list. I mean you’re clearly completely crazy but it was very entertaining. I can’t wait for the day someone I meet on a train gives me a memento of our encounter. I think a sock would be best, but the look on my face would be priceless. Oh, my alarm just went off… Gotta go :)
hsien-ku replied
thanks richard – happy to meet someone else who understands the value of socks and alarms. x
collectivebydeb
hauntingly beautiful portrait & fabulous funny wording :))
hsien-ku replied
thankyou collectivebydeb!
Anthony Thomas
I was worried up until snorkeling in the bath, that’s just silly :)
hsien-ku replied
ah yes, ok – i made up the snorkle . . . i was worried about what people might think if i mentioned the scuba mask . . . .
Mark Ramstead
I was going through my faves, and stopped to look again at your face. Your descriptions and your recent interactions with all of us (I get around too) here lead me to believe this. You must be the most interesting woman on Earth! I am so glad that you have decided to let the world know this… The thing is, with this photo, my first thought would have to be she has to be interesting… Yet I checked the comments and I said nothing… was I intimidated? Out of my league?
No matter… While rating people is in poor taste, what I love about people, is that within them, souls like yours represent the best of us…
hsien-ku replied
sorry for this late reply my friend, such a sweet comment to leave for me – please don’t be intimidated, it’s only a gentle madness . . .
RVRFNX
“7. my apartment is decorated entirely with matchbox cars. not many people know that.”
I used to collect matchbox cars.
Haven’t had the chance to collect apartments yet.
Also; forgive me if my mind is digging too deep, but I believe that you have cleverly inferred a certain message with those words above!
hsien-ku replied
nice to meet a fellow matchbox car enthusiast. my favourite is still the lamborghini countach. collecting apartments has somewhat less of an appeal. my thanks for your comment
BlaizerB
love the movement in your earrings.. so it was you who tackled me at that party – i wondered what became of my one shoe…
hsien-ku replied
ah yes, sorry about that – brown business-shoe was it?
Jarko
i love it! i love the portrait too! That movement of your earrings makes the portrait perfect. You have a great taste of humor !!!!! :)))))
hsien-ku replied
my thanks lui grande
walela
Beautiful portrait! and you sound like a such fun person.
hsien-ku replied
my thanks walela!
Straysod
Wonderful photo and got a right laugh out of the list!
A fun lady, to be sure… Love number six about your adventure poetry…
So much I want to ask you about it….is there a club, where do I sign…
Great!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou straysod, pleased to make you laugh . . . an adventure poetry club is an excellent idea, food for thought!
Trenchtownrock
well, she is beautiful and also have a great sense of humor..love the the ten things…especially how you got your impressive shoes collection..funny.
hsien-ku replied
thankyou my friend, best way i have found to collect shoes :)
dvande1
It’s nice to know that Germans have a sense of humor. Very funny! And nicely shot as well.
hsien-ku replied
thankyou dvande1 – Germans do have a great sense of humour, but I’m australian :)
morpheus71
What a wonderfully beautiful self-portrait – the lighting in this is superb. The 10 things list is brilliantly eccentric – number 8 sounds a great idea in particular :)
I still find it amusing to occassionally hide in the laundry basket and then jump out and say ‘boo’ to my partner just as she has opened the bathroom door…
hsien-ku replied
ah yes, good idea! i shall have to buy a laundry basket to take with me to parties….
Cassidy JK (Ra...
1-Beautiful photo!
2-Regarding your list: HAHAHAHA!!!!!
hsien-ku replied
:) thankyou cassidy – all true of course
woof
funny i wear a life jacket in the bath, i fear drowning too :))))- great B/W
hsien-ku replied
that’s actually a really good idea!
Charuhas Images
Amazing work
hsien-ku replied
my thanks
Scott d'Almeida
meet someone with great art cheers my friend
hsien-ku replied
i’ll do my best. thanks scott
danielklaas
Still one of your most beautiful shots J.
x
hsien-ku replied
xxx
parmi
I only just got a chance to read the 10 things.. you have made my day: so that people don’t have to stop, i usually run alongside them and shout the poems very loudly. Love it!
Coronus
Stunning photo.
Would love seeing you perfomr number 6! lol.
marieangel
Im having a blonde day(sorry in advance to you intelligent blondes ) I have been called emotionally intelligent does this count???
getting back to the point I was at number 4 b4 I realised and questioned is this girl for real lol this was fab read….so funny humbling and what a friend to have …i once casually interviewed the UK artist Damian Hirst …at a mutual friends funeral on these lines and his answers were macho but similar tone…amazing read and picture xox
ellcot
Not sure how I got here, h-k, but sure glad I did! This must mean I haven’t gone through your portfolio – a mistake I will correct! The SP is very beautiful and I couldn’t stop laughing while reading the list! You’re a treasure!!! – Ellen
Ralph Olsson
Absolute crack up:))
David Murphy
mmmmhahaha…......what a classic read…...the spiders thingy hit a nail!!
.....and the mementos one…...that’s gotta be weird!! I’d give away all my holey socks first…..
As for your SP…..well, thats no joke, THATS a striking woman!!
James Coard
Stunning self portrait and Orions belt is a nice touch. Number 2 gives me a mental image of you looking like Casper the friendly ghost!
Symmetry45
No wonder you’re so bloody unfulfilled my dear, you’ve nothing more to aspire to. LoL
Looking skyward Someone tell this lady she’s a stammering genius! And yet isn’t it odd how most geniuses also contract the most neuroses?
I’m glad I’ve managed to keep my sanity intact all these years; and yet how ironic that I keep a partially necrotized slab of pimentoless olive loaf stuffed in a pre-owned tin foil drawer next to a beryl green squirt gun filled with unpasturized fisher cat cheese in case a fraternity of rabid zeet squirrels sneaks into my apartment while I’m numerizing my collection of nude Demond Wilson photos as he pees his name in a mound of confectionary sugar granules; or worse yet, while I’m smearing my genetalia with raspberry frozen yogurt and cricket larva fantasizing I’m alternately employed as a body double for Joan Crawford’s former cross dressing male aesthetician.
Symmetry45
P.S. you’re gorgeous.
Patrick Monnier
That makes 3 good reasons to hate you, and 10 good reasons to love you, including your self portrait. Will you find them out?
Joke being put away, this is a lovely SP. With a very nice light. What were looking at? This is this kind of questions which makes a great portrait.
jacqleen
U R just GORGEOUS…..........and LOVE LOVE knowing little more about YOU…although I need to watch out cuz of your Number 8 habbit…I happen to LOVEEEEEEE my shoes, so THERE will WAR :))))))))))))))))) and YAP, I was RIGHT….U DO look like the beautiful Miss HB :))) xo
Jeff Clark
What a wonderful self-portrait, but I’m not sure why everyone is laughing and picking on you for sharing more about yourself and really baring your soul. So much for RedBubble etiquette and respect for your fellow human. Thanks for being so beautiful and brave! BTW, I thought I was the only one who graduated from the matchbox school of design!
Mark Snelling
Superb self portrait, very interesting work,love the light on the face,depth and bokeh,expression, focus and movement,coulped with great framing,and a great top ten read which raises a smile, very well done in my book, congrats..
Rick Mc Mahon
Is this really you, or the impostor? Are you shoeless I wonder?
funkyfacestudio
hahahha funny read !
you are so lovable and gorgeous !
Matt Penfold
Beautiful and funny, how wonderful…
brendanscully
Its shame your in Gemany – If you were here, I could have etched a home made tatoo on your arm…....at first you wouldn’t like it but later you would have said it was a ‘cool’ experience. :o) (It would have been a tough, since I’m not a tatoo dude !)
johannesfrank
expression , movement, color, composition background, model, all excellent!!
gerrardt
I LOVE YOUR HUMOR-
YOU’RE JUST AS SILLY AND FUN AS ME!—GREAT LOOKS, BEAUTIFULLY INTRIGUING AND SO VARIED!artisandelimage
hum, I like books too, so…
maybe should we look further into it !
my best, francis.
(and I am not writing this because you are a mesmerizing young lady !)
Etienne RUGGER...
Perfect light and your presentation is so cool !!
Love it
Dohmnuill
Wonderful control of exposure, tones and modelling.
(I would rather like to see you at the end of a long train trip with many changes of passengers, lol :)
socalgirl
Who knew you Germans were so funny! Loved your list. Just hysterical.
eran gilad
you are hilarious…
Erhan OZBIYIK
Great shot !!! :)
Michael Degenh...
I believe you forgot to mention that you have an amazing personality and sense of humor. Love the words on the right and the face that I see is of a beautiful woman, with lighting that amplifies high cheek bones. Love the look to the side as to me it say “uh oh, what was that?” Terrific portrait. Michael
Lisa Roberts
How much is true, I am not sure – I like to think all of it and it must be as I have just seen images of all 10 :-) You are an intriguing and very beautiful woman x
shanghaiwu
this is BRILLIANT/you have a …......a….........FABULOUS way with words
Serena Dunaway
Extraordinary Portrait! Outrageously Awesome read~
xx
eon .
What a very fasinating Individual you are ” – )) Great insight into the real you in your list ” – )) Respect for your creativity and candour Cheers Steve
RabbitHeart
I love it! You have put such a huge smile on my face with your list…I haven’t done a lot of smiling this week. Thankyou! :)
yvonca 25 days ago
Well, I just climed aboard and I’m squishing myself onto the bus.
What a treat. Got a huge charge out your piece. Thanks for the fun.
You’re a born leader!
Michael Scholl 20 days ago
Very captivating shot! Couldn’t resist this
Colleen Milburn 8 days ago
I ALWAYS knew you were adorable XOX
MoonSpiral 5 days ago
Is this like that radio game show “Wait, wait, don’t tell me” where you are suppose to guess which one of those are true. I just can’t believe every one of those are true. I will guess number 5 is true. If they are all true…well you are definately one interesting cookie. Beautiful sp!