CURRENT MISSION

"If you want to sing out, sing out. If you want to be free, be free."

ABOUT ME

I'm curious, kind, open-minded, and empathetic. I'm ambitious, but lazier and more cash-poor than I'd like to admit. I like listening to other people's stories, asking questions and learning new things. I find happiness in teaching, cats, chocolate, good conversation, comfortable silences, board games, drawing, reading, random trivia, good television and sunshine.

PHILOSOPHY

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky" -Hafiz

"Yesterday I was clever and tried to change the world. Today I am wise and try to change myself" -Rumi

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." –Kahlil Gibran

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've had a couch surfing profile set up for a while, but I haven't really utilized it yet, as I've mostly stayed in hostels or with friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm just getting started!

Interests

Stories
Traveling
I love books, but I can't pace myself. Basically, I binge on books. And chocolate.
Swimming
My cat. Well, pretty much all cats.
Drawing, painting, scrap-booking are also nice
Education
Languages
Badminton

• cats
• books
• singing
• education
• chocolate
• trivia
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• surfing
• swimming
• badminton
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Harry Potter (books), Wild, The Handmaid's Tale, The Lord of the Flies, Where the Sidewalk ends and Falling Up, Lullaby, The Day of the Triffids, Who Fears Death, The Pillars of the Earth,

Harold and Maude, Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Rings, Toy Story, Requiem for a Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Moonrise Kingdom, No Country for Old Men, Raising Arizona, Mean Girls.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Beijing for two years which included a whole slough of amazing, albeit peculiar, experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to bake, or at the very least how to introduce yourself in Mandarin Chinese.

Countries I’ve Visited

Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Germany, United States