ABOUT ME

I love my life and I have no major regrets in my life. I am habitually happy and constantly smiling. I try to live life which steers me and the people around me towards happiness. It makes life so much more pleasant. I avoid Negative Nancies.

Life can lack a certain sparkle without people. Now, I'm not saying I always have to be with people, but being with people adds an extra element of excitement and unknown. I am not afraid to speak with random people in the airport or on the bus to find their life stories and to see if they want to explore LA with me.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. Absolutely love the weather, culture, and diversity of people here. I continue to stumble upon hidden gems of cafes or restaurants. Makes me love LA more with each passing day. Regardless, I am particularly keen on exploring other areas of the world as much as possible.

Do not be alarmed if I start to dance and head bop when songs with awesome beats are playing. It happens and I can't help it.

Favorite social lubricant: conversations that involve interesting science, tech, sociological issues, or dark humor

PHILOSOPHY

Live your life to be happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing. I don't have my own space yet. Once I am living on my own (probably within the next year or so), I would love to host couch surfers!

Interests

Cooking, writing, dancing (I am not afraid to admit that I did some ballet, but I am really rusty), and music appreciation. I have gone through numerous hobbies like photography, wine, beer, building computers, martial arts, massaging, audio equipment, running, swimming, tennis, golf, poetry, and stock investing.

Discussing the implications of new studies in cognitive-neuroscience with my cognitive-neuroscience PhD friend.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• poetry
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• running
• technology
• investing
• music
• martial arts
• tennis
• swimming
• golf
• neuroscience
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Food: I like most/all food. More recently, I have been trying to make food that is simple but tastes good (following Alice Waters's philosophy).

There's plenty more that I enjoy and in all different genres/areas, but here are some that I like:

Books: The Alchemist, Slaughterhouse-Five, Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Poisonwood Bible, Five Quarters of the Orange, Stranger in a Strange Land, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress, Still Life with Woodpecker, Another Roadside Attraction, Princess Bride, Freakonomics, Blink, Ender's Game

Movies: Terminator 2, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai), Death at a Funeral, And God Created Woman (Et Dieu… créa la femme), The Lover (L'Amant), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Snatch, Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno), Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko, Lucky Number Slevin, Seven, Ratatouille, The Boondock Saints, Fight Club

Music: Bonobo (old albums), Local Natives, Destroyer, Wild Beasts, Daft Punk, Sbtrkt, Cecil Otter, Dessa, Sage Francis, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Atmosphere, Zeds Dead, Blackalicious, deadmau5, The Roots, The Cardigans, Zedd, Steve Aoki, The xx, Zimpala, Djako, Bruno & Ohm, Thievery Corporation, Groove Armada, FRatatat, Fortet, Paul and Price, Bob Sinclair, Broken Social Scene, Igudesman & Joo, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin, Kanye, Radiohead, Tupac, System of a Down, Rage Against The Machine, Muse, Astor Piazzolla, Explosions in the Sky (Note: If an artist made this list, it means that they have made songs that I can't live without. But I don't like all songs of any artist.)

Favorite Shows: Damages, Mad Men, Boston Legal, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Kitchen Confidential, Suits, Firefly

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw a live Taj Majal performance and he played some amazing bass. I also saw a friend literally produce a song that could easily be professional studio material within 10 minutes. I've built robots for robotics competitions. In high school, my friends and I made an hour long film which we showcased in our high school auditorium to everyone's apparent delight (who knows what they were actually thinking).

I don't know... I am always more in awe of others than of myself.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am more of a "jack-of-all-trade, master-of-none" type of person as my interests point to. The areas I feel I have the most expertise in would be martial arts, personal health, technology-related things,and cooking. I would love to learn more and get better at any of my interests. I don't feel I have much to teach unless that person is new at any of my aforementioned interests.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Japan, South Korea, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States