CURRENT MISSION

Live life, practice Bikram yoga, and make new friends

ABOUT ME

I heard about CS through a fellow colleague that I met during Bikram Teacher Training Fall 2008. She told me about it when I mentioned I was planning to travel throughout Southeast Asia. I was born in Vietnam and came back once in 2005. Now I want to explore as much of SEA as possible until my flight expires at the end of February!

PHILOSOPHY

My 3 passions in life are to playing sports, eating, and traveling. I play sports so I can stay fit and eat more and travel to try new types of cuisine that are quintessential to that culture. I enjoy meeting new people and I believe that socializing is one of the key to happiness. I love learning about different cultures from the locals rather than read about it online.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm traveling through Southeast Asia right now and making some contacts. I am meeting with my first CS friend tomorrow in Phuket, Thailand. Depending on my experience here, I plan on being a host when I get back to the states!

Interests

I love playing sports! (Basketball, Volleyball, Softball...learning how to play Golf). I tore my ACL in June 2008 and had knee surgery to replace my ACL. I picked up Bikram Yoga to help rehab my knee. I want to start playing sports again by this summer!

• culture
• yoga
• traveling
• socializing
• scuba diving
• sports
• basketball
• volleyball
• golf
• softball
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy inspirational movies such as Rudy, Shawshank Redemption, and Remember the Titans. The two most recent books I read are "Miss Bangkok" and "Damage Done" while traveling in Thailand. Both books were page turners and helped me gain a better grasp of Thai culture even though they focused on the negative aspects. I started reading the Maisie Dobbs mystery series about an British private investigator/psychologist.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting my PADI license in 2007 and going scuba diving for the first time in Bali - a NEW world became available to me in the deep blue sea!

Teach, Learn, Share

Pack as light as you can and only pack things that you won't miss if you were to ever misplace it one day. Always pack some cough drops or Vitamin C, you want to stay as healthy as possible when you travel!

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, China, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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