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Overview

  • 8 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Indonesian, Japanese, Spanish; learning Chinese, Tagalog, Turkish
  • 24, Male
  • Member since 2024
  • Software Engineer
  • Dual major in Math and CS, minor in Mandarin
  • From Towson, MD, USA
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About Me

Some fun facts:
I can memorize a rubiks cube and solve it blindfolded
I've been in a meeting with Elon Musk
I take Go (the board game) very seriously
I am trying to memorize the entire Dao De Jing (in chinese)... I got through 10 chapters but I forgot a lot of it...
I'm considering moving to Mexico to study Nahuatl at the UNAM

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

hotels suck :|

Interests

  • languages
  • mathematics
  • philosophy
  • rubik's cube
  • baduk
  • weiqi

Music, Movies, and Books

I dont really consume any of these, if I do its only for intentional foreign language study. I dont have any music on my phone, just podcasts in Japanese, Indonesian, and so on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've SSHed on to several operational satellites- I'm basically an astronaut!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
I can teach you Spanish, Toki Pona, and English (or also Indonesian or Japanese, although I'm not at a near-native-level fluency.)
I can teach you how to solve a Rubik's cube! I've competed twice in the world championships and twice in US nationals.
I can also teach you all sorts of board games. I'm strongest at Go, Hex, Y, and Connect 4 (about which I made a youtube tutorial series), but I am also decent at Reversi, Pente/gomoku/wuziqi, Snort, Kalah, Amazons, and plenty of others.

Learn:
I really appreciate speaking in any foreign language for practice. Bonus points if you use no English at all. Especially in your couch request :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will pay the favor forward and host others at my house :) I am also happy to treat you to a meal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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