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Overview

  • 6 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • No occupation listed
  • No education listed
  • From Adelaide, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Stay hungry and stay foolish. To step back, observe and appreciate my surroundings, wherever that may be. To laugh more and love harder.

ABOUT ME

A home bound aussie, looking to take off again and explore faraway places.

I was born in Malaysia, by a Chinese mother and French father. My passion in life is food, travel, photography music...art and all that fun stuff. Just got back from a 2 year stint in London, currently in the motherland but leaving for Canada, the State, and South and Central America in July to October.

I would love to get inside the lives and attitudes of the people and place I visit. Couchsurfing is the perfect way to do that.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life large.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed a few times but mainly hosted when I was in London.

Interests

Food - the best way to experience a country and culture, film, art, photography, literature, new ideas, new people....in new places.

  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • photography
  • beauty
  • dining
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • music
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, Trainspotting, Into the Wild, Bright Star, Lolita, Sex and Lucia, Candy, Waking Life, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise

Music: Tribe Called Quest, Lauren Hill, Bjork, Lamb, Cut Off Your Hands, Imogen Heap, Cocorosie, Incubus, Billy Holiday,

Books: One flew over the cuckoo's nest, American Psycho, Shantaram, The Outsider, Perfume, Eat Pray Love, Lolita, Dice Man, Eleven Minutes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with Whale Sharks in Isla Mujeres in Mexico. You realise then you are only a speck on this great earth, and there is so much beauty in this world. They are giant, serene creatures - amazing!

Meditation retreat on my own in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There is nothing better for the soul than a good meditation, for a few days, surrounded by lush forrest. It certainly changed the direction of my life at the time!

Going to India. That place is ridiculously cool. I could sit on a bench on the side of a road for hours and watch the world go by in India.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always learning, always sharing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Cuba, Greece, Iceland, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Indonesia, United Kingdom

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