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Overview

  • 12 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Consultant
  • Northwestern Kellogg
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

I’m a fan of dad jokes. The more terrible the pun, the cornier the play on words, the more I like telling them. For example: A termite walks into a bar and asks, “is the bar tender here”?

I run a local meetup group(http://goo.gl/TP2NNQ) where I have met a lot of strangers that I now call friends. Some call me a social butterfly, other people tell me I need to stop talking so much.

I once fixed an iPod with a chopstick and superglue. I'm the Asian version of MacGyver; but my hair isn’t nearly as majestic as his.

I like late 90's - 2000's pop music. You'll often catch me singing some BSB out loud in my office or car.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I did AirBnB for a while. I loved meeting all the different people from around the world and sharing with them the awesome city of Chicago. Unfortunately, my home owners association sent me a cease and desist letter telling me to stop doing AirBnB, fortunately they said nothing about couch surfing!

I really enjoy hosting folks from outside of the USA. I love getting the exposure to other cultures and getting new perspectives on the world.

Interests

  • fine dining
  • drinking
  • hockey
  • meeting new people
  • ice hockey

Music, Movies, and Books

Harry Potter series, Song of Ice & Fire series.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I do idiotic things sometimes, like learning how to swim a month and a half before competing in my first olympic distance triathlon (spoiler alert, I did not drown and somehow managed to finish the race).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

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