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ballad[e]

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Hi! I'm ballad. I'm new here. I'm half Japanese and half English, and I'm probably going to be starting my GDL this september, without a training contract. It's nice to meet you all, especially those of you in a similar position to me. The next year is going to be a lot of hard work, but I'm a tough cookie who always knows there's light at the end of the tunnel, and it always helps when there's a community to back you along the way. I look forward to chatting!

(that's my dog)
 

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    Hi Ballad! Nice to have you here, please feel free to tag myself or the rest of the forum team if you have specific questions! Also I absolutely love your dog haha - most of the TCLA team is partial to dogs too so feel free to keep those dogs pics coming! :)
     

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    Hi! I'm ballad. I'm new here. I'm half Japanese and half English, and I'm probably going to be starting my GDL this september, without a training contract. It's nice to meet you all, especially those of you in a similar position to me. The next year is going to be a lot of hard work, but I'm a tough cookie who always knows there's light at the end of the tunnel, and it always helps when there's a community to back you along the way. I look forward to chatting!

    (that's my dog)
    Welcome to the forum ballad!
     

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