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Overview

  • 24 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Russian, Taiwanese, Yue (Cantonese); learning Japanese
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • public service sector
  • University
  • From Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

work, eat, love, play, and enjoy life....

ABOUT ME

i'm a nerd, a geek, a psycho, a playful guy, a funny one, a friendly one, a sweet guy, a bad one sometimes, an angry one sometimes, a depressive one rarely, a boring one hardly.. so, as u can see, i'm rather.... colorful, i would say. it should be enjoyable to get to know me.

I love walking around, love books, love musics, love travelling, love sports, love jogging, love dancing, love doing something for no reason, love doing something for special reason, love doing something for someone else, just to make them happy. I love caring people, and i love being cared about. i love talking (as u can see), and i definitely love listening. I love midnight chit-chat, n i love solitary movie-watching. I love lying in bed doing nothing, n i love going all-out, being crazy, fun, n joyful at the same time.

i have so much more to share. so, join me)

PHILOSOPHY

be good to yourself, and you'll be good to others, and others will be good to you too. BUT, when people are bad to you, ignore them. You don't need to put up thick face and try to get more involved. Just leave, and there are more people will be willing to be friend with you. Life is real, when you loose one thing, proceed further, cos you will find a better one, or a better alternative!

You don't need God to change your life, while u CAN change it yourself. And indeed, you CAN even change others' life too. So, be strong, be tough, and have confident in yourself!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

it has been wonderful and fantastic, plus exciting when i was studying in university, with CSers from all over the world gathering at different places for mingling, getting to know each others, sharing, and enjoying the time together. and then i stopped cos of work. now that i m back, i'm wishing to make a blast out of it..))

Interests

life's been hard recently for me, with the kickstart of works and trying to get back to the real life after being in the wonderful honeymoon/student for 6 years... finally getting a hold of it, so i would wanna make a full use of it..

i'm getting back to reading, playing musics, singing, and dancing a lot recently.. n hopefully one day, my travelling life will kick back in like it has before..

i also enjoy cooking.. n experiments with cooking is like one of the best time for me, to pass free time, and in a way, it lift up my emotion too, especially seeing others eating wat i cooked, n tell me it taste good.. or ok.. haha))

recently started to be really really into running.. n my target, despite the busy workload, is to join at least 2 or more run/marathons per month~ :)

  • books
  • singing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • running
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • camping
  • sports
  • volleyball
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies... i like 'everybody's fine', i like 'Juno', i like 'all about Steve', i like 'LOTR'. I like 'harry potters', 'Amelie from Monmarte', 'Paris, je t'aime', 'New York, i love you', 'Marley and me', 'transformers', etc..
i like thriller-action movie, but not stupid ones; i like meaningful movies, like 'time traveler's wife'; i like funny but touching movies, and i like totally contemporary movies. I like simple movies, no peak,no climax, but touching somehow, like 'in her shoes'. i like movies))

Books, J.K. Rowling, James Rollins, John Twelve Hawks, and especially this AMAZING book wrote by Alice Hoffman, 'The Seventh Heaven'. I like Dan Brown, i like Paul Sussmans, i like Kate Mosse. I like 'the Historian'; talk about, divergent/insurgent/alelgiant; Christopher Pike on his wicked witch series, 'Thirst'... i like collecting books too, n i still have a bunch of them to read..

Music, love them all, especially of classical, pop, modern rock, contemporary, blue jazz, soul, soundtracks(+++++), and japanese anime soundtracks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've organized a camp, with full activities, blood donation campaign, debate competition when i was 16. i was a cadet journalist for 2 years. i play chinese orchestra instrument, and i've been to a few Europe countries (a BIGGG achievement of mine). I choreographed a traditional chinese dance, and i made the costumes.

i played volleyball(finally, amazing for ME~~ a nerd), and i play not bad). so far, my life is good, n i hope it will continue to get better))

and i have just recently conquered mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in south east asia... absolutely amazing experience~~~ :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, Russian Federation

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