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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
On a mission to learn as much as I can before I die.
ABOUT ME
Soon-to-be college graduate, wrestling with adulthood.
PHILOSOPHY
Experiences are the currency of life.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Couchsurfing as a springboard to meet new people with an insider's perspective.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Couchsurfing novice. Looking for my first couch.
Interests
Learning, Backpacking, Filmmaking, Photography, Reading, Writing, Running, Urban Adventures, Hiking, Camping, Pick-up Basketball, Soccer.
Deep and Thoughtful Conversations, Cultural Theory, Philosophy, Buddhism, Modern Chinese History, Cognition, Lifestyle Hacking and Simple Living (maximizing happiness while minimizing material possessions and dependence on money)
- writing
- photography
- film making
- diy
- cooking
- running
- motorcycles
- reading
- drawing
- survival
- hiking
- backpacking
- camping
- buddhist
- basketball
- wrestling
- soccer
- history
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: The Tree of Life, The Matrix, The Godfather, Memento, 12 Years a Slave, Requiem for a Dream, Anything by Scorsese, Pulp Fiction, Cloud Atlas, Enter the Void, Being John Malkovich, Waking Life, Before Sunrise, To Live, Blind Shaft, Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Music: Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Jay Z, Bastille, Macklemore, Temper Trap, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, The xx, Alica Keys, Alt-J, Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Frank Ocean, J Cole, Local Natives, Lupe Fiasco, Black Eyed Peas, Electronic Music (Diplo, Bingo Players, Zedd, etc.)
Books: The Denial of Death, Into the Wild, Shantaram, Catcher in the Rye, The World Until Yesterday, Invisible Man
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and then ran with the bulls in Pamplona with my father to commemorate my 18th birthday and his 60th birthday.
Teach, Learn, Share
Learn: practice speaking and listening in Chinese (Mandarin), cooking, drawing, building DIY electronic devices, mechanical skills (fixing bikes, motorcycles, etc.), survival skills (if stranded in remote wilderness)
Teach: DSLR filmmaking and photography, video editing
Countries I’ve Visited
China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Tanzania, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
United States