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Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
@AMIRUL
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION Write about travel, travel about writing! ABOUT ME I am madly in love with Kuala Lumpur. Other places too. PHILOSOPHY "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries, and you rejoice."
Fluent in English
Fluent in Malay
Learning German
Learning Esperanto
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Have hosted in the past, never surfed, I've also attended a few meetups!
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: Favorite authors include Roald Dahl, Vladimir Nabokov, Mark Z Danielewski Movies: Chungking Express, Gattaca, Inception, Lust, Caution, plenty of others Music: Joanna Newsom, Grimes, Taylor Swift, a giant mix of things you don't think work together but actually do
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Took the altogether horrid Sofia-Istanbul train and survived
Teach, Learn, Share
I'm a former news reporter in Malaysia, having covered wars, elections, demonstrations, and two missing planes. I'm happy to share my experiences in covering crazy journalism stories!
My Interests
You.
