CURRENT MISSION

digging my way to NatGeo

ABOUT ME

20+ girl, born in Hanoi, living in Helsinki, and most of the time floating somewhere on Earth.

Travelling for me is time to learn and be inspired. It's about in-depth learning. I like to take time to take it all in, not a tourist jumping on and off the tour bus. I want to observe and absorb everything about the places I visit.

Photography is my passion. Nature, people and their ordinary yet meaningful lives are my endless inspiration.

PHILOSOPHY

1. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

2. Appreciate the simple things.

3. Dare to take risk.

4. Choose your battles.

5. http://i.imgur.com/odbA7zH.gif

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I heard about it from a friend. I thought it was a super cool idea.

(And it is)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was traveling with a CSer and surfed a couch the first time in Beijing.

Joing a road trip in the US, in which I have met, surfed and traveled with so many wonderful CSers.

It's time for me to pay back by making my place in Helsinki available for surfing, starting from 2014.

Interests

reading, cooking, listening, travelling, hugging and laughing

*I am a cat person, but I love otters and panda and guinea pigs just as much*

• cats
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• sauna
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Post-rock, classical, acoustic, electronic, ambient, pop ballads, indie, folk, anything that fits my mood.

I enjoy reading about art, design and (somewhat) philosophy. A keen interest in photography books (any kind).

Some of my favourite movies: Looper, Pulp Fiction,The Pursuit of Happyness, Slumdog Millionaire, Once, Amelie, Into the Wild.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moving to Finland when I was 19.

Breaking ice for a sauna in Lapland. Jeez it was -30 Celcius degree outside and it felt g...ggg....oooo...d!

Roadtrip Warsaw - Estonia.

Joing a party in the forest at midnight, Germany.

10 days road trip along the West Coast, US.

Living.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook Vietnamese food, how to answer them as you are a local in Vietnam and how to be silent as a Finn ;)

Anything new is excited for me to learn.

I love to share my interest in photography. I am sharing some of my pics at my page below, check it out if you feel like:

https://www.facebook.com/chiisplayground

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Finland, Germany, Viet Nam