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Neihu District, Taiwan, Taiwan
@clairerevati
Member since 2013
CURRENT MISSION Would like to show people around Taipei ! ABOUT ME Born in Taipei, Taiwan; lived in Canada when I was little. Bubbly and yet introverted, I love offbeat people, provoking ideas and venturing to new places. Other than this, I enjoy nature, poetry, music, art and rooftop partying :) (political) philosophy / cycling / singing / weird dancing / astrology (Ptolemy and Hindu tradition) 在遙遠的地方，一切虔誠終將相遇。 —唐君毅. "Somewhere far away, all faiths shall come together." —Tang Junyi
Interested in Astrology
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING "With a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." — Samuel Ullman COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Hosted once in Paris, shown some people around Taipei, and went biking in Lausanne with another Couchsurfer.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies Farewell, my Concubine, Anna and the King, Oppenheimer, The Imitation Game, Dead Poets Society , The Joy Luck Club, Pirates of the Carribean Books Leaves of Grass, Pride and Prejudice Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael Sandel An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, David Hume Essays in Love by Alain de Botton John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Beats Generation Tetrabiblos, Claudius Ptolemy The Bhagavad Gita
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Not amazing, but some fun and interesting things: Roamed a half-deserted beach after sunset, hide n' seek in IKEA with friends (I was 20..), attended the APEC CEO Summit 2013 in Bali as a youth delegate
Teach, Learn, Share
Always open to learning new things!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I'll be a polite guest and we can have nice conversations :)
My Interests
Reading, animals, biking, coffee, cooking, philosophy, psychology, poetry, art, astrology (Ptolemy and Jyotish - Hindu tradition) International affairs, political thought, ecology Je parle le français mais pas très couramment, j'apprends Would like to learn Japanese, Sanskrit, Italian, German
