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Overview

  • 176 references 151 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Yue (Cantonese); learning French
  • 75, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Private Chinese Mandarin Tutor for kids
  • MA (Master of Fine Art), Bachelor of Drama
  • From Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan, Province of China
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About Me

**Not in HK 18 December 2025~ 8 January 2026**

I like hosting and interviewing people!

👉*Please read "my home" section if you want to stay with me ;)*🧼🙌🚿

▶️🎬 I started to make videos about Couchsurfing experience since June 2025. 👇 I would like to invite you to join my videos as a host or a couchsurfer :)

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg8L1bYr4Qp6KnU-SwQVyqV57xg3Hozke&si=_cLFwN0_RkJfDq0V

Originally from Taiwan! Currently based in Hong Kong for work. I haven't been living in Taiwan sice 2010.

Live for myself :D
Big foodie!
Action speaks louder the words.
I care a lot if I consider someone as a friend.

I enjoy meeting smart and open-minded people and talk with them. I like cooking, learn new recipes and have good food.

I like being a minimalist. If you can accompany me and help me declutter things, I will be super happy about it!

Some CSers said "I thought you said you were introvert". I am an outgoing introvert haha ;)

I prefer having conversations with people than clubbing.

I don't drink due to allergy.

My energy will fade out, I will lose my patience if I meet people who talk non stop and without point...

I randomly saw this in a CS profile. I think exactly the same - "Im here to meet people, of course if there is chemistry and willing everything can happen but this is not the reason why Im here."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because of the tight budget of course🤣

Locals are better than a history museum and the best way to know the real cultures.

Growing up in a super strict, military-like and protestant religious background, using couchsurfing has been boosting my ego😂

As an introvert, it's a positive challenge for me to meet different people. But it's also interesting and fun to know people that I can hardly meet in daily life.

People here mostly are open-minded.

Staying in a hotel is boring.

Interests

Explore the history and culture and myself through trvavel.

Try new food and recipe.

Have connections with smart people.

Understanding history from different sides.

  • animals
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • board games
  • minimalism
  • forests
  • good food
  • stories
  • old towns
  • dog training
  • cheesecake
  • experience new things
  • experience new cultures
  • beautiful and smart people
  • learn new recipe

Music, Movies, and Books

Chilled, relaxing, peaceful or calm music. Usually classical music or jazz.

Most of the time I chose the good actors and actress rather than the genre of movie.

Black mirror, Breaking Bad, Game of throne.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Using Couchsurfing.

Getting out of trauma and still have good energy.

Wearing bikini and snowboarded 🏂(I have put it in the photo I took in 2017😂.)

Changed from the most common MBTI personality ISFJ to the rarest INTJ.

Living in the most expensive city but spending so little money.

Breaking a lot of rules of my strict Protestant background and materialistic society...

Teach, Learn, Share

Have new perspectives from good and bad experiences in my/your life.

Teach and learn recipe. Acting skill. East Asian cultures (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Japan and Korea share the same roots of traditions).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share Chinese food cooking skills or cook for you.

I can sing a Taiwanese song for you.

I can teach you acting skills.

Respect

Good company

Laughter

How to be a minimalist

My joyful energy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom

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