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|Birthday=April 1  
 
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==Tower History==
 
==Tower History==
 
*Joined {{TV}}: October 1, 2006
 
*Joined {{TV}}: October 1, 2006
 
*Joined {{Tower}}: November 3, 2006
 
*Joined {{Tower}}: November 3, 2006
*Raised {{Accepted}}: February 12, 2007 <!--Aspiration date?-->
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*Raised {{Accepted}}: February 12, 2007
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*{{aspired}} to the {{brown2}}: April 13, 2007
 
*Raised {{as}}: October 20, 2007
 
*Raised {{as}}: October 20, 2007
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==Tower Involvement==
 
==Tower Involvement==
 
===Current===
 
===Current===
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===Previous===
 
===Previous===
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*{{owah}} {{mod}}: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
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*{{heart}} of the {{brown2}}: July 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
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*{{Sitter}} for the {{Brown2}}:
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**{{spring13hall}}
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**{{spring11hall}} (January 1 - April 20)
 
*{{Head}} of the {{brown2}}: April 15, 2011 - September 30, 2012
 
*{{Head}} of the {{brown2}}: April 15, 2011 - September 30, 2012
 
*[[Officially_Unofficial#Brown|Pulse]] of the {{Brown2}}:  
 
*[[Officially_Unofficial#Brown|Pulse]] of the {{Brown2}}:  
 
**January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
 
**January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
 
**January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
 
**January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
*{{Sitter}} for the {{Brown2}}: January 1, 2011 - April 20, 2011
 
 
*Editor of the [[Community Page: Brown Ajah Bulletin|Brown Ajah Bulletin]]: January 1, 2008 - January 2009
 
*Editor of the [[Community Page: Brown Ajah Bulletin|Brown Ajah Bulletin]]: January 1, 2008 - January 2009
 
*{{Editor|Taika Vinh}}
 
*{{Editor|Taika Vinh}}
  
 
===Awards===
 
===Awards===
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*{{AAyear|2015}}: Philanthropist of the Year - 2015<!--Note by Rhed al'Tere, Amyrlin Seat:  This year for Philanthropist of the Year, I wanted to look back at all the records and find a pattern of giving, regardless of the amount of the donation. I looked at our fundraisers for the Tower and for charities, at da’covale purchases and volunteering services, and at positions held in the community. One name came out of all that record-searching: Taika Vinh. She’s given in nearly all of the fundraisers we have records for, she’s served in all the official positions of the Brown Ajah, and she’s a quiet but consistent presence at TarValon.Net. Taika, thank you for all you’ve given over the years, be it money or time and service.-->
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===Other Recognition===
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*[[Image:Brownout Awards 2020 Avatar Badge.png]] Brown Out Awards: Brownest non-Brown avatar - 2020
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===Merits===
 
===Merits===
{{2012-10-SeniorMembershipGold}}<!--Raised AS October 2007-->
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{{Checked|201610}}{{Attendance4}}{{Mentor2}}{{StaffWorking|28}}{{AdminWorking|18}}{{Ladder-Staff-Admin}}
{{Attendance3}}<!--See Official Event Attendance-->
 
{{Mentor2}}<!--See Mentees-->
 
 
====Gold====
 
====Gold====
{{MembershipGold}}{{Globetrotter}}
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{{MembershipGold}}{{MembershipGold}}{{MembershipGold}}{{SM-Gold}}{{SM-Gold}}{{Globetrotter}}{{AmyrlinsAward}}{{GroupPride}}{{StaffGold}}
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====Silver====
 
====Silver====
{{SM-Silver}}
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{{CommitteeHeadSilver}}{{EditingSilver}}
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====Privileges Earned====
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*Extra Bond
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===Avendesora===
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==Tower Relationships==
 
==Tower Relationships==
 
===Bonding===
 
===Bonding===
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===Mentoring===
 
===Mentoring===
 
;Mentor
 
;Mentor
*[[Mai Lei]] - [[Green]] [[Aes Sedai]]
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*[[Mai Lei]], {{as}} of the {{green2}}
 
;Mentees
 
;Mentees
*[[Lenore Carvoe]] - [[Blue]] [[Aes Sedai]]
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*[[Lenore Carvoe]], {{as}} of the {{blue2}}
*[[Kya el'Tormaria]]
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*[[Kya el'Tormaria]], former member
*[[Selenia Soandor]]
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*[[Selenia Soandor]], former member
*[[Anira Malaidrin]] - [[Novice]]
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*[[Anira Malaidrin]], former {{novice}}
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*[[Eliza Al'Shaw]], {{as}} of the {{yellow2}}
  
 
===Other Tower Relationships===
 
===Other Tower Relationships===
  
 
==Official Event Attendance==
 
==Official Event Attendance==
*[[Summer Europarty 2007]] - Driebergen, The Netherlands
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{{summereuro2007}}
*[[Anniversary Party 2009]] - Millersylvania, Washington
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{{anni2009}}
*[[Summer Europarty 2010]] - Rauenberg-Rotenberg, Germany
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{{summereuro2010}}
 
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{{euro2013}}
==Senior Member Interview==
 
''January 29, 2008''
 
  
*;Why did you choose Brown?
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==Tower Sworn Interview==
I guested with all the Ajahs, and Brown felt most like home.
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''November 30, 2012''
  
*;Are you like the Browns in the Books?
 
I have some of their traits, but as all the Ajahs are very stereotypical in the books, I wouldn't say I'm just like them.
 
  
*;Do you love books and do you daydream a lot?
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;Ajah Questions:
It depends on the book. I read a lot and love to research, but just topics that interest me. I'm definitely not a daydreamer, but I can become quite absorbed in my studies or the book I'm reading, and not notice what happens around me.
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;Why did you choose Brown?
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It’s my home. The place where I belong here in TarValon.Net. As an Accepted I guested with all the Ajahs, and spending time with each made me realize I was a Brown.
  
*;How was your time as Citizen/Novice/Accepted?
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;Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?  
I enjoyed all the stages.
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I read a lot, and love it. I’m not a daydreamer, but tend to get deeply lost in the books I’m reading, or the subject I’m researching, and won’t notice what’s happening around me.
  
*;How long have you been a member of TV.net?
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;Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?  
A bit more than a year.
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I’ve been a Verin fan from the moment she was introduced.  
  
*;What things do you do for TV.net?
 
I've been helping with the Brown Bulletin, and also helped with my HoA. Mostly Ajah stuff, but I've taken part in many classes too.
 
  
*;How did you get to read the Series?
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;Book Questions:
I was in Sweden studying, and I wanted to read something in my mother tongue, Finnish. The selection of Finnish books in the Gothenburg library wasn't too big, so I ended up borrowing the EotW. But I gave it up as a bad book, because the translations were crap. Later I started again in English, and got hooked straight away.
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;How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?  
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2002 or 2003 I think.
  
*;Who is your favorite character of the Series? Favorite Nation?
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;How did you first get into the series?  
I like Mat and Tuon maybe most. The Seanchan as a nation are interesting, and so are the Aiel.
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I first tried to read the Finnish translations of the Eye of the World, but didn’t like it at all. A couple of years later I bought the English paperback on a whim, and found out it wasn’t such a bad series at all. Apparently the Finnish translations are not  that good.
  
*;Have you ever attended any Real Life Functions? Did you like them if you did, and why? (Why do you think people should come to any future functions?)
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;Who is your favorite "hero"?  
I've been to Euro summer party last August. I loved it, because it's nice to get to know people from different countries. I think people should come to TV.net functions because this is a RL-based community, and meeting is part of knowing people.
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Mat Cauthon from the main characters. He’s always a fun read. He’s also a reluctant hero, but he doesn’t whine about it too much, and in the end he does what he has to do.  
  
*;What kind of music do you like?
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;Favorite bad guy/gal?  
Classical. More spesificly tone colour and spectre-based music from the earlier part of 20th century.
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There are some really creepy ones, like Padan Fain. I like to read their points of view. I also liked reading about Semirhage, but she became a bit disappointing in The Gathering Storm.
  
*;What are your favorite movies?
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;Favorite book and scene?  
I don't go to movies much, but I've liked Kieslowski's pictures.
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TGS is my favorite book so far, when the last is not yet published. Favorite scene is Verin’s big revelation.
  
*;What is the craziest/stupidest thing you've ever done?
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;If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?  
Can't remember...
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By my looks I’d probably be an Aiel, but their society is too violent to my taste. Tuatha’an is more likely.  
  
*;What job do you have?
 
I'm a flute teacher in a music institute.
 
  
*;Do you have a pet?
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;General Questions:
No.
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;How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?  
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I found it when I was looking for some info about WoT, and stayed because I made friends here.
  
*;What languages do you speak?
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;What do you do in "real life"?  
Finnish, English, Swedish, some German and a little bit Russian.
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I write my dissertation. Musicology.
  
*;What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?
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;Do you have any hobbies?  
Street-cleaning machine driver. :p
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Reading, jogging, dancing Irish.
  
*;Seanchan or Shara?
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;What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?  
Seanchan (because their society interests me more)
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Classical and contemporary classical are my specialties. But I listen to different genres too: jazz, progressive rock, sometimes hard rock, early 20th century schlager. 
  
*;Verin or Adeleas?
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;What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?  
Verin.
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I don’t own a television, so I’m pretty much ignorant about shows. Some series I have as DVD’s, like Lost and Game of Thrones. Favorite movies… some artsy ones like Kieslowski’s, or Kubrik’s.
  
*;Board games or computer games?
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;Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?  
Board games.
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I love everything by Umberto Eco, Gabriel García Márquez, Mihail Bulgakov. Always loved Russian classics, like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Haruki Murakami’s a new favorite.  From fantasy/scifi genre I love Patrick Rothfuss’ books, Brandon Sanderson’s own stories, all Robin Hobb’s stories, and now it seems I’m getting hooked into the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.
  
*;Coke or Pepsi?
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;What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?  
I really don't like either.
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First I wanted to be the driver of a street cleaning machine. Later the typical school girl stuffs like nurse or teacher.
  
*;A short bio about yourself.
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I'm 29-year-old flute teacher and musicology student from Helsinki Finland. I live in the city centre with my hubby, and soon we're going to have a third member in the family (due time's Nov 24th). My hobbies (which I can't do right now because of the big belly) are Irish dancing and classical ballet. Reading is a lifestyle, not a hobby. :p
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 19 October 2023

TaikaSquare.png
Taika Vinh
Real Name Hanna
Location Berlin, Germany
Birthday April 1
TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation Brown Ajah
Rank Aes Sedai
Title
Join Date October 1, 2006
Bonded to -
Link to Forum Profile

Tower History

Tower Involvement

Current

Previous

Awards

Other Recognition

  • Brownout Awards 2020 Avatar Badge.png Brown Out Awards: Brownest non-Brown avatar - 2020

Merits

Gold

Membership Merit Gold 300.png Membership Merit Gold 300.png Membership Merit Gold 300.png Senior Membership Merit Gold 300.png Senior Membership Merit Gold 300.png Globetrotter Merit 300.png Amyrlins Award Merit 300.png Group Pride Merit 300.png Staff Merit Gold 300.png


Silver

Committee Head Merit Silver 300.png Editing Merit Silver 300.png


Privileges Earned

  • Extra Bond

Avendesora

Gold 100.pngDarker Green.png

Tower Relationships

Bonding

Mentoring

Mentor
Mentees

Other Tower Relationships

Official Event Attendance

Tower Sworn Interview

November 30, 2012


Ajah Questions
Why did you choose Brown?

It’s my home. The place where I belong here in TarValon.Net. As an Accepted I guested with all the Ajahs, and spending time with each made me realize I was a Brown.

Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?

I read a lot, and love it. I’m not a daydreamer, but tend to get deeply lost in the books I’m reading, or the subject I’m researching, and won’t notice what’s happening around me.

Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?

I’ve been a Verin fan from the moment she was introduced.


Book Questions
How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?

2002 or 2003 I think.

How did you first get into the series?

I first tried to read the Finnish translations of the Eye of the World, but didn’t like it at all. A couple of years later I bought the English paperback on a whim, and found out it wasn’t such a bad series at all. Apparently the Finnish translations are not that good.

Who is your favorite "hero"?

Mat Cauthon from the main characters. He’s always a fun read. He’s also a reluctant hero, but he doesn’t whine about it too much, and in the end he does what he has to do.

Favorite bad guy/gal?

There are some really creepy ones, like Padan Fain. I like to read their points of view. I also liked reading about Semirhage, but she became a bit disappointing in The Gathering Storm.

Favorite book and scene?

TGS is my favorite book so far, when the last is not yet published. Favorite scene is Verin’s big revelation.

If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?

By my looks I’d probably be an Aiel, but their society is too violent to my taste. Tuatha’an is more likely.


General Questions
How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?

I found it when I was looking for some info about WoT, and stayed because I made friends here.

What do you do in "real life"?

I write my dissertation. Musicology.

Do you have any hobbies?

Reading, jogging, dancing Irish.

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

Classical and contemporary classical are my specialties. But I listen to different genres too: jazz, progressive rock, sometimes hard rock, early 20th century schlager.

What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?

I don’t own a television, so I’m pretty much ignorant about shows. Some series I have as DVD’s, like Lost and Game of Thrones. Favorite movies… some artsy ones like Kieslowski’s, or Kubrik’s.

Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?

I love everything by Umberto Eco, Gabriel García Márquez, Mihail Bulgakov. Always loved Russian classics, like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Haruki Murakami’s a new favorite. From fantasy/scifi genre I love Patrick Rothfuss’ books, Brandon Sanderson’s own stories, all Robin Hobb’s stories, and now it seems I’m getting hooked into the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.

What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?

First I wanted to be the driver of a street cleaning machine. Later the typical school girl stuffs like nurse or teacher.




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