TEN GREW UP IN THAILAND, BUT WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ABROAD AFTER HE GRADUTED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE TOOK IT WITHOUT HESITATION. DON'T GET HIM WRONG — HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT INDEPENDENCE AND MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF AFTER YEARS OF SHARING HIS HOME WITH AN ENORMOUS FAMILY, HE WAS DUE FOR SOME PEACE AND QUIET. IT DIDN'T HELP THAT HIS FAMILY CONSTANTLY QUESTIONED HIS DECISION TO PURSUE ART, AND TEN JUST NEEDED SOME TIME TO FIND HIMSELF. 

IT WAS A HARD PILL FOR TEN TO SWALLOW AND ADMIT (ONLY TO HIMSELF) THAT HIS PARENTS WERE RIGHT AND HE COULDN'T MAKE A LIVING IN JUST ART. A YEAR INTO HIS ART MAJOR IN HIS UNDERGRADUATE YEARS, HE MADE A SLIGHT PIVOT TO STUDY ARCHITECTURE. IT STILL SOMEWHAT PLEASED HIM TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN, AND WHILE IT WASN'T HIS TRUE CALLING AT THE TIME, IT WOULD PROBABLY SET HIM UP FOR A SOMEWHAT MORE SOLID CAREER. 

OVERTIME, TEN FELL IN LOVE WITH ARCHITECTURE AND THE COUNTRY. HE SETTLED, FOUND A DECENT POSITION AS A JUNIOR DESIGNER AT A SMALL FIRM, AND THE NEXT FEW YEARS PASSED QUIETLY. TEETERING BETWEEN STARVING ARTIST AND BARELY COMFORTABLE, TEN MANAGED TO GET BY WITH JUST HIMSELF AND HIS TWO CATS: LOUIS AND LEON. 

AS TIME PASSED, HOWEVER, TEN FOUND HIMSELF SPENDING HIS FREE TIME CREATING ART AGAIN, WHETHER IT WAS JUST SIMPLE SKETCHES ON A NOTEPAD OR PAINT-FILLED DAYS IN HIS SMALL STUDIO. THE IDEA OF PURSUING A MASTERS IN ARCHITECTURE SOMEHOW MADE ITS WAY INTO HIS MIND ONE IDLE DAY. IT WASN'T THE WORST IDEA EVER — ALTHOUGH TEN WOULD BE WORKING WHILE HE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, HE'D HAVE ANOTHER CREDENTIAL ADDED TO HIS RESUME AND HE'D BE ABLE TO STUDY MORE OF THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF ARCHITECURE HE LIKED, FROM HISTORY TO SOCIETY, SCULPTING, AND DESIGN. CONVINCING HIMSELF THAT THIS WAS THE PLUNGE HE NEEDED TO TAKE TO FIND HIMSELF, WHICH WAS REALLY WHAT HE SET OUT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO TO DO, TEN ENROLLED IN NWU'S GRAD PROGRAM, FILLED WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE (FOR NOW HAHA).

TEN IS A MAN WHO'S TOO SOFT AND KIND FOR HIS OWN GOOD. UNFAILINGLY OPTIMISTIC WITH A MILD TEMPER, IT TAKES A LOT TO GET A NEGATIVE REACTION OUT OF TEN. HE'S NEVER LIKED BEING UPSET, AND ANYTHING TROUBLING HIM HE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP TO HIMSELF. ONE COULD DESCRIBE TEN AS A PEOPLE PLEASER, BUT HE much WOULD PREFER TO CALL HIMSELF KIND AND FRIENDLY.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum vitae metus in tellus finibus pharetra. Nunc gravida placerat placerat. Nunc ac nunc pellentesque, euismod ante ut, condimentum nisi. Donec eu magna ac ex scelerisque malesuada rutrum non nisl. Nulla vehicula neque at justo faucibus ornare. Proin scelerisque felis mi, iaculis feugiat augue eleifend quis. Maecenas eu porta ipsum, in venenatis diam. Vivamus id dolor sed mi posuere sodales quis non justo. Nullam quam tellus, porta et luctus et, tincidunt eu eros. Donec dictum, arcu sed ullamcorper aliquet, odio ipsum dictum sem, ac condimentum nisi nisl nec dui. Nulla pharetra tellus id mi vehicula feugiat at at leo. Sed gravida luctus auctor. Aenean id tincidunt ante. Donec dolor libero, rutrum convallis ligula in, euismod varius sem. Duis ultrices nibh a libero laoreet, eget aliquet massa finibus. Proin eu lacinia erat.

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