My name is Joy.
I build things for the web.
Currently working as a Software Engineer at Sainsbury's.
I designed this portfolio using my new-found React.js knowledge.
I recently created a website for Alexandra Bradley, a London based consultant for children.
Photography is sort of my second love, I try to drag my camera with me wherever I go.
About
I'm Joy van der Veeken, a multi-disciplinary creative living in London until I get deported back from whence I came due to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
No one likes extended summaries of one's life, so here are 10 random yet true facts about me.
I - My name appears in - every single - English dictionary
Joy • /dʒɔɪ/ noun • a feeling of great pleasure and happiness
II - I cook a banging paella
III - My girlfriend and I adopted an eight month old African Gray named Loki
Among the smartest birds in the world, he'll most likely outlive us
IV - I am obsessed with Japanese mecha
V - I was born with two different colours of hair
It's called poliosis or a 'mallen streak'
VI - I have a tattoo of a cat walking on a string on my ankle
VII - I wear a mechanical watch from the 1920s around my neck
An heirloom, which my great-grandmother received as a wedding gift
VIII - I starred in an opening movie of Euro 2000
IX - I was born and raised in Waalwijk, the Netherlands
X - My most played track is I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
By indie rock band Black Kids