CURRENT MISSION

meeting new people in Beijing

ABOUT ME

Number two in a four girls family, I developed an easy going personality.
I want a lot and have high expectations but can also be happy with simple things ( typing this with a soft warm cat sitting on my lap for instance)
I enjoy the company of people to do any kind of activities such as walking in the streets of a city, visiting parks or temples, going to the cinema, attending a concert or simply have a drink and talk about life and projects.

PHILOSOPHY

I'd rather have a minute of wonderful time than a lifetime of nothing special (Oscar Wilde)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Living for the moment at a friend's, I'm looking for a room to rent in a flat, not too far from the Hutong (my school -Art&drama school of beijing is located in Nanluoguxiang).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not yet

Interests

Film making & watching. Swimming my my aquatic iPod (it changes everything, suddenly it's not boring anymore). Reading (juste finished one from Gabriel Garcia Marquez I enjoyed). Listening to gipsy music. Getting lost in a new city (when it's not too cold). Going out for drinking beers and talking. Cooking for friends. Having friends cooking for me. Drawing (mainly portraits of people i like)

• cats
• arts
• film making
• concerts
• cooking
• beer
• walking
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• drawing
• music
• swimming
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love French cinema but it won't probably sound familiar to most people here in Beijing...so I can mention the last english speaking film I saw (two days ago) which actually made me laugh : The invention of lying by and with Ricky Gervais.
About music, I love world & Kleizmer music (I used to play accordion but I quit because I was too much work), I love french music (Brassens, Souchon) and I guess I like also things like Damian Rice, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Vanessa Da mata, René Aubry, Gogol Bordello

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I decided to leave everything to start a new life in Beijing without even knowing Chinese... Thinking about it, it's even more crazy than sleeping in a forest with wolves in Canada or walking on unattended mummies in Nazca desert, or even than deciding to dye my hair in blue quite a few year s ago. It was kind of cute though!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you latin, I did it a few years ago, but I might have forgotten a lot about the Punic Wars! I can help you to improve your french and teach you how to make great crepes. My couscous is also amazing but I am not sure I know where to find in Beijing the crucial ingredient to prepare it : Razelhanout! And a couscous without razelhanout is not a cheerful couscous!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, China, Cuba, France, French Guiana, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Réunion, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Spain, United States