A nomad
A third-culture kid
Received formal schooling in China, Singapore, US, UK and Switzerland

Explorer, story-collector, and an amateur in almost everything

Travel to challenge my own presumptions and perspectives
Love new experiences; detest boredom; deep antipathy towards mediocrity

Always hoping to make a difference in others' life and to the world in general...idealistic, but grounded in reality

Cold-bloodedly rational yet helplessly whimsical. Interestingly self-contradictory and unexpectedly predictable to similar souls

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My best moments of traveling so far come from personal interactions. I love to collect people's stories and feel a place through a humane lens. I love cultural exchange and enjoy meeting interesting people.

Interests

Travel, think and write.
Interned at an English media in China during the summer to tell stories on Chinese: http://www.sixthtone.com/users/9300
I write stories during my traveling on medium: https://medium.com/@quanzhi_guo
Random writings on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/q-quanzhi-guo/
Soft spot for good food and anything dark chocolatey. Enjoy cooking as well.
Runner. did half marathons in in Cardiff and Geneva

• culture
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• marathon
• running
• reading
• traveling
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many favorite books and reading is a passion for life: the fountainhead, the great gatsby, the unbearable lightness of being, the grapes of wrath, the road less travelled, sand and foam, the prophet, the age of innocence, moon and sixpence, le petit prince, books by Camus (myth of sisyphus, l'etranger etc)...

Music: eclectic but has a penchant for melancholic music. also, Damien Rice, The Swell Season, Maximillian Hecker, Jay Chou, Eason Chen, Carla Bruni, Ed Sheeran, the Weepies, FM Static, Alexi Murdoch, Lisa Hannigan, We Shot the Moon, Egil Olsen, Pink martini, ANT, Snow Patrol

Psychological thrillers and dramas.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't be one:
Meditated in Chinese mountains without any form of communication for ten days (no talking, writing, eye contact etc), lived with a religious cult in the US (almost got converted...), WWOOFed and tried raw-food lifestyle, worked at a homeless women shelter in Boston last summer, studied atomic bomb in Japan, helped built house via Habitat for Humanity, helped run soup kitchen for migrant workers in Singapore

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation and good food. I am interested in talking about big problems, international issues, books, or just anything! I think my greatest virtue is curiosity. I can also cook you cuisines I love: Chinese, Thai, and Singaporean!!
I can also share with your my experience and stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Macao, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States