Hosting info:
- Please don't send me a Couchsurfing request if you don't have any references. If you're just getting started, I recommend getting to know the CS community through meetups. Best of luck!
- Please don't send a Couchsurfing request more than about a month out from the host date - I can't plan that far in advance.

Thanks!

Back to about me:
I love travelling, interesting and different foods, foreign cultures, and finding technical solutions to the world's problems. I'm a software developer working for Zoox on self-driving taxis - living in San Francisco.

I just moved here from Sydney Australia, but I grew up in a tiny town called Dunedin, in New Zealand.

Most of this bio is probably > 10 years old now, but I'm happy to give you more up-to-date information if you send me a message :-)

I like discussing and debating topics with people that challenge my worldview. I always like to question what I think is right, and as I've grown older many of my beliefs have been changed after meeting, talking, and making friends with locals through couchsurfing.

I'm a huge foodie - it's a big part of why I travel. Previous food trips have included:
- Replicating the path of the TV show 舌尖上的中国 (A bite of China), going to as many provinces as possible, and eating the local delicacies in each.
- Going to Borneo to find tropical fruits that I'd never seen and eaten before.
- Going to Myanmar to try cuisines from many of their local ethnic groups.

I'm most familiar with foods from all over Asia, but over the last few years I've started to become very interested in foods and fruits from Africa and South America. Can you show me some of your most tasty and unusual local foods?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I absolutely love couchsurfing because it gives me an opportunity to get a feel for real local culture. If you're staying in motel you could be staying practically anywhere. You need to live as a local to really get to know a place, and the easiest way to live like a local is to live with a local :-)

I also just love meeting new people and making new friends.

Interests

Food (eating and cooking), philosophy (I love talking about ethics and morality, and life in general), solving world problems, trying new things.

• culture
• chinese new year
• ethics
• dining
• cooking
• chinese food
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• software
• fruit
• cempedak

Music, Movies, and Books

Awesome movies:
Akira
Last Life in the Universe
A Single Man
I Killed My Mother
My Neighbour Totoro.
Every single studio Ghibli film.
Tampopo
The Crowded Streetcar
Music:
I'm into a huge amount of music: Das Racist, Boy Crisis, Big Baby Ghandi, Hot Sugar, Death Grips, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk, Le1f, Girl Talk, Philip Glass, A-ha, Herbie Hancock, Hudson Mohawke, Knxwledge, Kraftwerk, of Montreal, Monkey, Danger Mouse, The Beatles, The Kinks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eaten 臭豆腐 (stinky tofu) and loved it. Floated down the Mekong on a rubber ring. Spent a year on exchange in Hong Kong. My best experiences were probably spending Chinese New Year with a Chinese family in Sichuan.

Teach, Learn, Share

Are you learning to code? I'm happy to help :-)

如果你會講中文，我很想跟你聊天 - 讓我提高我的中文水平。

If you're learning Mandarin, we can practice together!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, stories, and fun experiences :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, United States

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