CURRENT MISSION

Learn as much about my own culture as possible, after an amazing year learning those of others

ABOUT ME

I am a math-econ senior from Reed College. I AM CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE IMPROVING MY FRENCH.

I love food. I love sharing stories about food, learning how to cook, etc. Studying abroad in Hungary and France has made me realize that 1. I can't live without cheese, wine, and chocolate, 2. Eating is an art/luxury, not a necessity.

I love getting to know someone by sharing a meal, drinking, singing, dancing, and watching movies. Luckily this can happen anywhere, at summer music festivals, cute ruin pubs in Budapest, and most comfortably/frequently in tiny apartments with a glass of wine.

This is just a beginning introduction, if you enjoy what I consider fun as well, then I would really LOVE to meet you!

PHILOSOPHY

I am just going to list interesting quotes as I see them.

Here's the first: "Taste is the soul's smile" - Léo Ferré

And "I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation" - André Gide

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a college student, which means my participation will be overwhelmingly surfing, not hosting. HOWEVER, when I am able to, I would definitely reciprocate by hosting and showing people around my college town, Portland, Oregon.

Interests

I love architecture, film, music, dance, and people-watching. I am very independent and I was brought up traveling all over the world.

• arts
• culture
• singing
• architecture
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• cheese
• drinking
• pub crawls
• movies
• traveling
• scrapbooking
• music
• surfing
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Last movie that I saw that I strongly approved: Django Unchained.
Last album that I heard that I strongly approved: "Black and Blu" by Gary Clark Jr.
Last book that I read that I strongly approved: Ann Veronica

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everyday something amazing happens... I got stories, so let me couchsurf at your place!

Teach, Learn, Share

One of my many projects right now is to keep a collection of scraps of papers with lists of good music, given to me by enthusiastic and proud French people. At the end, I will make a scrapbook out of them, and perhaps turn this into a statistical analysis project (don't forget I study math-econ). I always enjoy mixing different interests together, this time being music/getting to know people/collecting souvenirs/quantitative analysis.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Hungary, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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