Felicia Leong was born on the 22nd of July, 1991 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. She currently resides in Puchong. She comes from a strongly bonded family, her father Edwin Leong is a successful businessman in his own company. Her mother Janice Leong, sacrificed her job to raise her children, making sure they were brought up with love and care, along with good values. Besides that, she is also blessed with a brother Andrew Leong, who is currently majoring in interior architecture. Being the eldest child and only daughter in the family with high expectations of her, she feels that she is responsible for the welfare of her family.
Felicia is currently majoring in Psychology at HELP University College. Before this, she studied in Methodist College, Kuala Lumpur where she completed her A-Level in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.
Felicia has a strong interest in music and music is a big part of her life. She enjoys listening to music and listens to all types of music genres, from R&B and rap to pop and country music. However, she particularly favors alternative rock bands. Her favourite bands include Nickelback, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, One Republic and many more. The first concert she ever attended with her friends was when she was 11 years old, at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil. A Chinese boyband named F4 was performing that night and they were her favourite boyband back then. Being able to play the piano is also a major contribution to her love for music. She started taking piano lessons when she was five. She also plays the piano in the church. She believes that music is a good way to express one's feelings and emotions.
Besides that, Felicia is also interested in cooking and baking because of her love for food. She likes to watch cooking shows like the ones on Asian Food Channel in Astro to learn more about cooking and new recipes. She feels that the way the chefs cook is absolutely professional and the food looks totally delicious! Her favourite cooking show is “Chef At Home” presented by chef Michael Smith. He makes cooking look so simple yet delicious just by the way he cooks, and this inspires her to follow him. She loves to try out new recipes and try out good food that she had tasted before. Recently, she tried cooking IKEA meatballs at home using the same recipe as in IKEA. To her surprise, it turned out quite well although it was her first time. Now she no longer needs to go all the way to IKEA to have her favourite meatballs when she can have them right at home! For baking, she has baked chocolate cookies, brownies, cornflakes cookies and others.
What else? Oh Felicia also likes to travel and go on holidays or trips. Its not just about learning cultures and all that but a bit more personal. She likes to go on holidays because she feels relaxed and free when she travels. For her, holidays are a way to escape stress and leave behind her worries just to get out of her zone without thinking about other things, even though it may just be for awhile. When she returns home, she feels refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to take on whatever that comes next. Of course, she also likes to see new things, meet different kinds of people and savour new food.
Besides that, Felicia is also an avid moviegoer. If you ever go to the cinema, you might just bump into her because she goes there whenever she can! During her spare time, she loves to watch movies, especially comedies because they make her laugh. She loves watching Mr Bean shows, she grew up watching them and has always thought that Rowan Atkinson was hilarious! She also likes to watch television series, like CSI and Leverage. Oh and not forgetting Taiwanese and Hong Kong dramas because their stories and plots are usually interesting and touching.
Not only that, Felicia also loves kids. She currently teaches 7-year olds every Sunday at her church. She loves kids because she finds so much joy when seeing a kid smile. She also likes the fact that kids are so honest in speaking their mind and are true to themselves because of their innocence. They are also loving and quick to forgive. How she wishes that the thoughts of adults are not so complicated as they are, but honest and simple like them!
More importantly, Felicia loves to spend uninterrupted quality time with her family and her loved ones. She makes it a point to have dinner with her family everyday. That is when her family can talk to each other about how their day went and share anything they like. She also makes it a point to visit her grandparents at least once a week to catch up by taking them out for a meal. Her grandmother always gives her advice and words of wisdom!
Subjects that interest her include Psychology and Biology. Psychology, being a people related discipline sparked her interest because of its relevance about the mind and behavior in daily activities. It not only helps her understand other people better, but herself as well. She is interested in Biology because she learns about life and organisms around her like humans, animals and plants, helping her ease her curiosity.
Felicia aspires to become a psychologists or therapist and work alongside with other healthcare professionals to help people in dealing and coping with psychological problems. Her dream is to start her own mental health clinic, especially for those who are not so well to do and cannot afford the high fees of mental health treatments.
She also aspires to have a family of her own. Her mother, being her mentor have always gave her courage to pursue her dreams. Her other aspirations include to travel overseas, learn another musical instrument, to compose her own music, to go snorkeling, start a food blog, become a very good cook, be in a band and have jamming sessions. She also aspires to continue her studies abroad to gain new experiences.
