CURRENT MISSION

go everywhere, see everything, and hopefully learn something in the process

PHILOSOPHY

I should probably put some inspirational quote/scripture verse here, but I'm still working on it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've actually never couchsurfed before...although I did sleep on someone's couch for 3 days when I got stuck in Brooklyn during hurricane Sandy.

Interests

Anything International; Asia (specifically China & India); SWIMMING; ethnic food; economic development; SWIMMING! (again); government institutions & policy (sounds boring, but actually really interesting!); religion; Gothic architecture; travel (of course!); art & culture...the list goes on and on and on....

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• dining
• traveling
• swimming
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: International & Arthouse - lots of ML China & Taiwanese (early Ang Lee...SOOOO good!); some Korean; Bollywood is a guilty pleasure; recently I've discovered how amazing French cinema is...I saw Ozon's In the House a few months ago, and I would love other recommendations!

Books: I honestly read everything, so it's hard to categorize. Although over the past two years I haven't had time to read for fun (unless you count dry academic stuff as fun).For an example, I just finished reading a non-fiction book about Charles Dickens's secret mistress and I might start reading some of the Ramayana because a friend wants to do a book study. I also want to read more plays in the next few months.

Music: Lately lots of late 70s - mid/late 90s rock with some R&B mixed in. Sometimes international (read: Asian) pop. I also love, love, love classical & especially 4-voice choral music (as long as it's on key); I avoid most country music like the plague, but besides that I'm ok listening to almost anything else.

TV: HBO, HBO, HBO. and ocasionally stuff from the BBC if its available on Netflix/Hulu

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't know where to start.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, India

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, India, United States