CURRENT MISSION

Would like to show people around Taipei !

ABOUT ME

Born in Taipei, Taiwan; lived in Canada when I was little.

Bubbly and yet introverted, I love offbeat people, provoking ideas and venturing to new places. Other than this, I enjoy nature, poetry, music, art and rooftop partying :)

(political) philosophy / cycling / singing / weird dancing / astrology (Ptolemy and Hindu tradition)

在遙遠的地方，一切虔誠終將相遇。
—唐君毅.
"Somewhere far away, all faiths shall come together."
—Tang Junyi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

"With a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease."
— Samuel Ullman

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted once in Paris, shown some people around Taipei, and went biking in Lausanne with another Couchsurfer.

Interests

Reading, animals, biking, coffee, cooking, philosophy, psychology, poetry, art, astrology (Ptolemy and Jyotish - Hindu tradition)
International affairs, political thought, ecology

Je parle le français mais pas très couramment,
j'apprends

Would like to learn Japanese, Sanskrit, Italian, German

• literature
• poetry
• cooking
• coffee
• politics
• movies
• reading
• cycling
• ecology
• languages
• psychology
• language exchange
• beaches
• astrology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Farewell, my Concubine, Anna and the King, Oppenheimer, The Imitation Game, Dead Poets Society , The Joy Luck Club, Pirates of the Carribean

Books
Leaves of Grass, Pride and Prejudice
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Michael Sandel
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, David Hume
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Beats Generation
Tetrabiblos, Claudius Ptolemy
The Bhagavad Gita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not amazing, but some fun and interesting things:
Roamed a half-deserted beach after sunset, hide n' seek in IKEA with friends (I was 20..), attended the APEC CEO Summit 2013 in Bali as a youth delegate

Teach, Learn, Share

Always open to learning new things!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'll be a polite guest and we can have nice conversations :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Taiwan