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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Student
  • No education listed
  • From Born in Leeds, UK but grew up on the Gold Coast, Australia
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About Me

ABOUT ME

I'm half-cantonese, was born in England, raised Aussie and studied Japanese.
Open minded and willing to try almost anything!
I've just graduated from uni so I'm taking the opportunity to have gap year 2.0 ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couchsurfing and am hoping to meet some interesting people!

Interests

Bridge (the card game)
Japanese culture (J-pop, J-dramas, anime...)
Makeup artistry
Travel (obviously)

Trying different foods. Can eating be an interest???

  • culture
  • anime
  • traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, all of the Disney classics, Schindler's List, Gallipoli, Titanic, the Proposal, the Green Mile, Pan's Labyrinth, Closer, Juno, Peter Pan, the Prestige, American beauty, Gravity, Toy Story 3...

The Harry Potter series, Pride and prejudice, Forest Gump, Chinese Cinderella, Memoirs of a geisha, The boy in the striped pyjamas, So much to tell you, The Host, Saving Francesca, The Hunger Games and Divergent series.

Music: A little bit of everything. Too hard to narrow down. Favourite song = Saeglopur by Sigur Ros. Newest discovery - Half Moon Run

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played in an orchestra in Taipei.
Marveled at the Grand Canyon.
Dressed as a Maiko in Kyoto.
Cliff-dived in Nice.
Drank Guinness in Dublin.
Made paella in Barcelona.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Japan, United Kingdom

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