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Overview

  • 5 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Yue (Cantonese); learning Korean
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Graduate Student
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • From Hong Kong
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to roll around the world

ABOUT ME

Born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada, and moved back to Hong Kong for high school. Now I attend a US university ,majoring in Biology and Applied Math. I love studying Biology because it's just so cool (for me, at least) to see all the works of Mother Nature!

Last summer, I studied Korean language in Seoul, Korea. That was my first experience to live in a place where I can't really communicate with people (because my Korean sucks). But hey, I learned a lot from it and now I love traveling.

PHILOSOPHY

Never give up. We are not given traps, only challenges.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a rookie to CS!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not yet~!

Interests

sleep, walk around, surf the internet, play the piano, hanging out with friends, meet new people!, go to new countries!, live in new countries...learn new languages

oh, i love food. i enjoyed eating Korean food so much while I studied there that...i only cook Korean food now in the US. i seemed to have forgotten how to cook Chinese food? i will pick it back up soon.

Love lingering around in cafes. When Hong Kong first opened its first Starbucks, I was really excited yet disappointed because there were so many people (Hong Kong is crowded) that I couldn't find a seat to enjoy some lone time in a coffee shop.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • chinese food
  • coffee
  • shopping
  • traveling
  • piano
  • rock climbing
  • biology
  • languages
  • mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Harry Potter, LOTR, Thank You For Not Smoking, Transformers (I don't know why I think it's so cool), Gattaca, Truman Show, Amelie, Stardust, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the top of one mountain in Tibet...the clouds were actually below my feet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, South Korea, United States

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  • 3 Vouches

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