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Overview

  • 14 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Yue (Cantonese); learning Hebrew (modern), Spanish
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Marketing, used to work for Lonely Planet for short time
  • bachelor
  • From Guangdong, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

do one thing successfully in life and relax with the rest

ABOUT ME

honest and helpful; curious and like to discover; passionate and positive; free spirit; spontaneous; love traveling; believe a heart can be bigger than the world

PHILOSOPHY

carpe diem/sieze the day

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

offer a place for people to stay when I was stable, they are all wonderful guests;
met a couple of people on the road for a drink, had wonderful time together; post some discussions about cross cultural communications; even met couch surfers on hash house harriers running; might use couch surfing on the road in the future

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I heard about couch surfing since years, met many traveller who told me that they used it and have a good experience. But I never really think about trying it. The other day suddently I feel why not? I have received a lot of kindness on the road, received invitation and stayed in many stranger's house in pakistan, Iran, Syria, Israel......My recent experience with couch surfers are wonderful!

Interests

reading, writing,drawing, badminton, tennis, travelling, hiking, meditation, music, tea, etc

  • culture
  • writing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chinese food
  • running
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • tennis
  • badminton
  • communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: An Area of Darkness(V.S.Naipaul);1984(George Orwell);Dispite of the gods(Edward Luce); Road to Heaven (Bill Porter); Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory (Peter Hessler) The last Season( Eric Blehm) I Heard the Owl Call My Name (Margaret Craven) Cave in the Snow: A Woman's Quest for Enlightenment (Mackenzie, Vicki)...
Movie: 180 South;into the wild;
Music: Leonard cohen

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had my 1 year long journey across Asia in 2009, it reshaped me. Still look forward to go to South America and Africa, it'll probably take me another 2 years

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you: to cook the authentic Chinese cuisine ( not the chinese food you get in the restaurant in europe ); Chinese; Cantonese; Travelling in China or even in Asia including middle-east; the modern Chinese society; badminton if you are a beginner
I love to learn: Spanish, or bit of your language; meditation; understand more about your culture; cooking different kind of food

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland

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