CURRENT MISSION

I want to further improve my social skills and meet more and more interesting and awesome people and I think CS is one great way to do that

ABOUT ME

My name is Alana, though you may call me by my nicknames: Lana, Banana and LaNerd. I am of Malay, Filipino (+ Spanish + Japanese + some other races I'm uncertain of) heritage, Malaysian by nationality and proud of it! I'm an only child, and though I absolutely love my real family, my close and good friends are my second family. There is a saying; "Cherish your friends. Because unlike your family, they actually choose to be with you." and I stick to that.
I am mostly upbeat, almost always in the mood for a nice long walk, coffee and/or a tour through a city,suburb or countryside, if ever an opportunity presents itself. Friends say I have a wicked and vulgar sense of humour (don't know if that's really a good thing :P), as I love to laugh and make people laugh and most definitely enjoy seeing people happy.
As for describing who I truly am in that sort of deep philosophical way, I have to say that I am still searching for myself and I will let you know when I can put words to the hopefully eventful journey of self-knowing, or soul searching, if you prefer :)

PHILOSOPHY

“Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter and Those Who Matter Don't Mind.”
- Dr. Seuss

"If you could get rid of yourself just once, the secrets of secrets would open to you. The face of the unknown, hidden beyond the universe would appear on the mirror of your perception."
- Rumi

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I look forward to providing help and support in anyway I can for the benefit of others be it within the CS community or otherwise.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Although I am practically fresh meat in the world of CS, I have attended a couple of CS gatherings (more like crashed them ;P) with my bestest friend, Nurul Fatihah who is an avid couchsurfer and who introduced me to this wonderful community. So far, I have met a handful of great people through CS and heard raves about it, and so I thought "Damn, it's high time I joined in" and here I am, ready for anything!

Interessen

I love:

- Books, good novels and reading them too
- Coffee, lots of coffee! And good company, that's true
- Water; as in the sea, rivers and rainfall. I don't mind getting soaked
- Literature, poetry in all its forms especially underground scenes, for that I am stoked
- Walking
- Talking
- Music listening
- Origami-ing
- People meeting
- Karaoke-ing
- Cooking and eating
- FOOD! I love good food!
- Places with soothing atmospheres like cafés and coffeeshops, bookstores, bookstores with cafés. I can just sit there for hours on end.

• books
• literature
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• walking
• raves
• reading
• origami
• music
• karaoke
• rivers

Musik, Filme und Bücher

You know, I always hate these sections of the profile building where you have to list down favourite movies, books, music etc. There are positively too many of them to name and if I were to forget to mention one, I would feel terrible, TERRIBLE! But in any case, I'll put down a few. -__-"

(in random order)

Movies
-LOTR Trilogy, Star Wars Saga (preferably episodes IV, V and VI), Terminator movies, Die Hard, Juno, Practical Magic, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Pride and Prejudice, The Little Rascals, Shakespeare In Love, The Village,

Music
- The Temper Trap, Band of Horses, The Beatles, Eminem, Adele, Kings of Leon, Kanye West, Death Cab For Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Avenged Sevenfold, Acrtic Monkeys, Coldplay, The Kooks, John Legend, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, James Morrison, James Blunt, She and Him, 30 Seconds to Mars, Aerosmith, Journey, Linkin Park, Jay-Z, The Script, Switchfoot, Sia, The Samshing Pumpkins, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Paolo Nutini, One Republic, Maroon 5, Lifehouse, Nelly

Books
- LOTR Trilogy, The Silmarillion, Children of Húrin, The Hobbit (by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- The Old Kingdom trilogy (by Garth Nix)
- Anything by Meg Cabot
- Anything by Paulo Coelho
- Uglies series (by Scott Westerfeld)
- Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion (by Jane Austen)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde)
- Mythology (by Edith Hamilton)
- The Tudor series (by Philippa Gregory)
- The Persian Boy (by Mary Renault)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte