ABOUT ME

I am an outgoing person. I love making new friends and being around people. Otherwise I wouldn't be on here, right?
I have traveled a fair bit before. I've been on every continent except Africa, which is killing me haha.
I always love to explore new things and places. I have a restless bum, meaning that I can't really sit still and should be on the move most of the time.
I moved to St. Gallen in April last year. Switzerland is nothing new for me, but work is here and I was living too far away in my opinion, so I am back in the Confederation Helvetica.
I think I am kind, understanding and helpful. And a lot of other beautiful stuff that people shouldn't go saying about themselves too often.

PHILOSOPHY

"I'm saying believe in magic, you muggle." Dixit Sheldon Cooper.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a few people over that I didn't meet through CS but they did end up on my couch, so I've decided to blow this thing wide open :). Apart from that, a few CS-ers have contacted me and I've hosted them, and that led to some lovely summer evenings with lots of stories and wine :).
I'm a lot on the road myself though, so I do what I can to host people.

兴趣

Obviously I like to travel and explore new places. I love reading and writing. I have a pen pal for almost 23 years now and she serves as my (sort of) diary.
I have been living in Switzerland and Austria for 6 years and counting. I am not an extremely outdoorsy person, but I do like a hike or a snowboard / ski every once and a while. Most of all I prefer to travel, go on spontaneous weekends and have nice barbecues with friends.

• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• hiking
• skydiving
• snowboarding

音乐、电影和书籍

I can't help it. My favourite books remain the Harry Potter series *insert shame red on my cheeks*. They just so fit into my philosophy that there's a lot more out there! :)
I try to read a lot (I am failing, lately) but it's not often that a book really sticks to me. I did finish one a few days ago that really moved me (I even shed a tear, I kid you not): Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes. As someone rated it: "Enough to make a grown man cry."

As for music, my tastes are quite wide-spread, but here's to a bit of patriotism:
Marble Sounds (from Belgium). They will change your life.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

One thing? ONE? You've got to be kidding me.

I don't really like to 'list' experiences, because listing them doesn't even get close to reliving them. But for all intents and purposes, here goes (amongst others):

- marveling at the forces of nature at the Iguazu falls.
- seeing a baby panda of 1 day old in the Giant Panda Research Centre in Chengdu, China.
- Or maybe - just see panda's in general.
- hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China. Beautiful.
- walking in the dark towards the sunrise below the Torres del Paine, Chile. Most amazing sunrise in my life.
- climbing the almost 1300 steps to What Kham Seua in Krabi, Thailand at 7am, then sitting and staring at the Buddha for about an hour
- heli-rafting in Queenstown and not falling out of the boat
- watching the marvel of the 12 apostles on the Great Ocean Road
- getting up at 4am to see the sunrise at Mt. Bromo on Java
- snowboarding in the Remarkables
- typical station-life in New Zealand's South Island
- watching a whale in Kaikoura. Then later watching tons of whales in Antarctica and even later, getting close enough to tons of whales to almost touch them in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador.
- diving on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
- spending a snow season in queenstown, NZ
- drinking banana shakes on Koh Phagnan, Thailand.
- sailing the Whitsundays, Australia.
- going around Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia on a moped
- driving a quad bike on Koh Tao, Thailand.
- celebrating New Year's Eve below Sydney's Harbour Bridge
- exploring Frasier Island, Australia and conquering dingo's
- watching sunsets on Thailand's southern islands
- night swimming off Railay beach between fluorescent plankton
- doing a 15,000 ft skydive above the Remarkables in NZ.
- Swimming in the glacial lake below Mount Fitzroy in Argentina
- standing below the Petronas towers at night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- seeing the All Blacks vs. France in Eden Park, Auckland, NZ
- seeing tea plantations in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
- Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
- ANTARCTICA!
- Tomorrowland, Belgium
- New Orleans, USA

教，学，和分享

Mmmm teaching? I don't know. Learning; always. Sharing; well fo sho :).

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

My enthusiasm about life :).
Haha sorry that sounds like crap.
I am sure I can tell you a lot of (maybe unnecessary, but funny none the less) stories about my own travels and my adventures around where I am currently living. I seem to be a good guide to Switzerland since I have lived there and seem to have properly explored it.

我游览过的国家

Andorra, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Australia, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland