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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION: Finding a balance between many aspects of life and befriending like-minded 😊
UPCOMING TRIP to the US for the first time as an adult; I am currently living in both Taipei and London where I have my family - happy to meet up and potentially host when I am back!
I am currently serving as a consultant in UNDP to support projects advancing sustainable development, specifically on financing policies in developing countries.
Some key words of me:
Easy going. Adventurous. Willing to share and help. Believe in good intention and exchange.
Curious to learn. Cyclist. Sporty. Like reading and writing. Minimalist. Self-developer.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Love the idea of Couchsuring and I have hosted, surfed, and made some lifelong friends through it - want to keep this beautiful thing in my life!
Interests
Dreaming. Cycling. Hiking. Travelling. Befriending.
Public Policy. Economics. Anthropology.
Science. Journalism. Research.
To know the causes of things.
- writing
- literature
- photography
- baking
- reading
- traveling
- cycling
- hiking
- christian
- anthropology
- communications
- economics
- journalism
- languages
- public policy
- science
- sociology
Music, Movies, and Books
BOOKS/ Bible. Classic literature (especially ancient Chinese ones). 1984. Japanese comics. The Lord of the Rings series. C.S. Lewis (Love 'Till We Have Faces'). Harry Potter. Walter Benjamin. Georg Simmel. Jane Austen. Haruki Murakami. Wikipedia. Many nice blogs, media and social media writers.
MUSIC/ From classical to pop, totally up to my mood.
MOVIE/ Disney. Pixar. Christopher Nolan... and a lot of
YOUTUBE/ Veritasium, Kurzgesagt, Ali Abdaal
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Cycled around Taiwan island twice (1000+ km each time), Tokyo Yamanote line and Beijing. (I'm a keen biker!) And hiked West Highland Way in Scotland.
Did fieldwork in China's factories in the Canton area of China. (Foxconn...the story of all that MADE IN CHINA products).
Bravely undertook two surgeries.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach/ Languages.
Learn/ Instruments. IT Skills. Anything you're good at :)
Share/ Life experience.
What I Can Share with Hosts
Stories and good memories. 100% respect and reliability.
Countries I’ve Visited
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom
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