CURRENT MISSION

become fluent in Japanese 💕

ABOUT ME

wannabe travel trailblazer. fantasy advocate. certified reader. freelance music geek. avid food lover. tv. anime. some movies. lots of books. I like a nice walk where I can step on crunchy leaves..

PHILOSOPHY

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

― Abraham Joshua Heschel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

attending CS meetings whenever I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far I have been meeting a couple of wonderful people. :)

Interests

art, fantasy, culture, animation, reading, current affairs, languages, graphic design, humor and comedy, cooking, swimming, archery, horses, and travel

• horses
• arts
• culture
• books
• design
• graphic design
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• flying
• anime
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• volunteer work
• minimalism
• music
• guitar
• opera
• outdoor activities
• scuba diving
• bungee jumping
• swimming
• archery
• animation
• languages
• volunteering
• watercoloring

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite books are:
.Tigana (any book by Guy Gavriel Kay, really!)
.The Discworld Series (Terry Pratchett = WIN!!),
. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
. The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
. Murder on the Orient Express
. Howl's Moving Castle
. Le Petit Prince.

Love these movies:
. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
. The Fall
. Reservoir Dogs
. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
. Seven Psychopaths
. Amelie
. The Princess Bride
. St. Elmo's Fire
. As Good As It Gets
. Sabrina (1995)
. Finding Neverland
. The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Totally obsessed with these TV shows:
. Pushing Daisies
. The Thick of it
. A Bit of Fry and Laurie
. I Claudius
. Life on Mars (UK)
. Parks and Recreation
. Veronica Mars
. Firefly
. Buffy/Angel
. Seinfeld

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have a list of things that I would love to be able to do (not really a bucket list, more like priorities). Some amazing, and some just silly ;p

As you can probably guess, things I’ve already done are crossed off – hurray! Let the work in progress begin!

. Hike the Inca Trail

. Tour du Mont Blanc

. See Antarctica
. Spend a month living in the Seychelles
. See the Northern Lights
. Sail along the Amazon and explore the rainforest
. Take the Trans-Siberian Railway
. See Petra, Jordan
. Travel to the Arctic
. See the Hong Kong light Show -DONE. Hong Kong, 2009
. See the Sentosa Island's Merlion - DONE. Sentosa Island, 2014.
. Visit all Seven Continents (three down..)
. Visit Scotland - DONE. July 2014
. Spend at least a month touring Japan up and down, practicing the language and seeing the cherry blossoms
. A road trip with friends
. Fly around the world on a round-the-world ticket
. See the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore - DONE. Singapore, 2014
. See the Cirque du Soleil Beatles show in Las Vegas
. Visit Cedar Point
. Take a gondola through the canals of Venice. DONE, Venice 2015
. Watch a movie outdoors (preferably Amelie!, wouldn't that be gorgeous?)
. Take a trip through the Chunnel
. Swim with dolphins
. Attend the Taiwan Lantern Festival
. Join the TravelMakers Project, Hitchhiking through Europe
. Practice Archery
. Go scuba diving -DONE. Sentosa Island, 2014
. Swim with SHARKS - DONE. Sentosa Island, 2014
. Ride in a hot-air balloon - DONE. Florence, 2015
. Ride on a zipline - DONE. Sentosa Island, 2014
. Go para sailing.
. Spend the night at a bed and breakfast - DONE. Seoul, 2014
. Ride in a rickshaw - DONE. Bangkok, 2008
. Plan and take an out-of-country trip in less than 24 hours
. Stand in two places at once
. Go to a market and barter for an item - DONE. Bangkok Floating Market, 2008
. See snow! - DONE. train from Venice to Innsbruck, 2015
then again in Innsbruck after climbing the alps!
. Fly solo in an airplane -DONE. Riyadh to London flight, 2010
. Visit Reykjavik and the Blue Lagoon
. Attend the Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatouro
. Do volunteer work on another continent
. See an opera in The Royal Opera House
. Visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
. Meet a person through Couchsurf - DONE. Hi Lucie!! Edinburgh, 2014
. Visit 221B Baker Street - DONE. London, 2011 (and it was amazing!)
. Attend the Prague Bohemian Festival
. Get tickets to the Sensation event in Dubai - DONE, Dubai 2014
. Fly first class
. Go bungee jumping - DONE. Sentosa Island, 2014
. Go sky diving
. See fall colors anywhere..
. Visit the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - DONE. Edinburgh, 2014
. Spend a night in a hostel - DONE. London,2010
. Ride an Elephant - DONE. Bangkok, 2008
. Learn how any bus system works :s
. Go to any Kinokuniya -DONE. Singapore, 2014
. Climb a volcano
. Stay in a villa in Bali
. Visit Santorini
. Attend the San Diego Comic Con
. Ride a motorcycle anywhere! - rode a Vespa in Rome, but that didn't count.
. Stay in an over-the-water bungalow
. Learn how to surf
. Visit Bruges!
. See the pyramids/sphinx at Giza, Egypt - DONE. 1997

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, South Korea, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Saudi Arabia