essence of cape town - about

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Who I am
- Nielfa Hanifa Cassiem-Carelse, married and a student of life.
- Born 28 December 1981 and growing up slowly.
- I see myself as a creative, proactive and goal driven individual and a person who can adapt to the dynamics of existence. I’m also only a rather quirky, comical, sarcastic, crude, philosophical, almost-hippie-like, thoughtful, playful and spontaneous, little girl.

What I do
- I am working as a typesetter and book designer. I also do DTP, layout design and photo/illustration editing. When I can, I do any freelance work I can get.

What I like and where I’d like to be
- My chief pastimes are scrapbooking, paper crafts, blogging and sometimes I even write poetry. Among other hobbies, I enjoy playing sports, any trivia board games, reading, learning new things and I’d like to someday do a course on photography.
- My career strengths focus on DTP, typesetting, layout design and I have a keen interest in typography
- I’m highly intrigued by print media and the magazine and publishing field particularly. I’ve always wanted to work in the industry as I’m an avid reader and am ardent about reading material being presented attractively.
- My career objective is to one day be my own boss and have a home office to work on a completely freelance basis.
- Improving myself in character and spirit is my biggest personal goal in life.