Living in Taiwan 🇹🇼 and learning Chinese! Please help me with that if you speak Chinese 😅
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I like being straight forward, easy, nice, and helpful. I just speak out what's on my mind, really like to get beyond the small-talk relatively quickly and dive into deeper conversations.

I really love science, technology, engineering, programming and any related topic. I can be a bit of a study- and workaholic. I'm also quite interested in a lot of how-to-live-happily stuff from ancient philosophies, spiritual traditions, and modern psychology. Like to run and lift weights. Love cultural exchange and learning languages, teach me yours!
And of course I love travelling, especially slow backpacking and motorbike trips.
Also used to be the very interested in making music (not so much anymore unfortunately, not enough time for everything interesting). I'd always try to play a little tune on any instrument I can get in my hands.
And I always try to learn as much as possible: nature, culture, history, philosophy, people, what ever, I wanna know it.
Already looking forward to something you want to teach me :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A long time ago my roommate started surfing and hosting and it was pretty amazing listening to his experiences and having strangers staying with us every now and then. New people, new stories, new friendships. Having locals showing you the place you're traveling at or being that local is just so much fun and I love to do it.
But the best thing is actually meeting the kinds of people one would usually not run into; people from very different backgrounds with very different experiences. It's easy to accidentally get stuck in your own comfort bubble with people quite alike...but couch surfing exposes you to the rest of the world again :D
I've met so many nice people on here and had so many great experiences, I really love it.

Interests

• beer
• running
• meditation
• motorcycles
• technology
• music
• hiking
• engineering
• languages
• philosophy
• physics
• science
• nature
• plants
• buddhism
• biking
• programming
• vegetarian cooking
• weightlifting
• data science
• physical exercise

Music, Movies, and Books

Many books I like, too many to list here. If I had to pick the one that I learned the most from it's probably Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
Regarding music, I like to listen to pretty much everything. And I'd love if you could introduce me to whatever traditional music you know from your home region. I'd suggest I tell you the rest in person.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recapturing my car from a horde of like 25 angry monkeys in the mountains of southern Taiwan. They claimed it their property after they coated it entirely in their feces. With the help of a bullwhip-swinging grandpa and the clicking sound of the central locking, I managed to escape with their poop following me in the rear mirror until I reached the next car wash.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think I'd really like to learn anything you wanna teach me, as long as it's sold in a funny way.
I can give you a city tour around Taipei if you like.
I could jam with you or teach you a bit of guitar; on a beginner level though, I'm quite out of practice, but I still love it.

I enjoy talking about programming, science, and engineering, so if you're not from such a background and you're wondering how your everyday gadgets or whatever stuff works, I will try to come up with comprehensible explanations. And of course, I'd love to hear such explanations from your field of expertise as well. Directing such conversations in a philosophical direction is pretty cool too. Same goes for anything regarding...well, living a good life, the mind and body, philosophical or spiritual wisdom, psychology, the meaning of life, love, aliens, scify, motorbikes, comedy, the human condition, and all the silly paradoxes in it.

If you're staying at my place, I will try to answer all questions you have about the region and make you feel at home.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I guess all the stuff I mentioned above already. I can also bring some beers if you like that :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Indonesia, Sweden, Taiwan