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Overview

  • 52 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Spanish, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Linguist and Historian
  • No education listed
  • From Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To share my Hong Kong stories with you

1. Meeting 1,000 couchsurfers from different parts of the world

2. Reading 1,000 good books

3. Visiting 1,000 cities around the world

ABOUT ME

Couchsurfer [SINCE 2013]

Welcome to my profile and a warm welcome especially for couchsurfers who are visiting Hong Kong! Whether you are travelers visiting Hong Kong for the first time or tourists coming here for a visa run, I trust that you will find in this profile the information and ideas that reflect my passion to sharing the unique ‘Hong Kong stories and experiences’ with people from all over the world.

Since 2013, I have met more than 50 couchsurfers from 5 continents. Besides showing them unique places in Hong Kong that cannot be found on the tourist guide books, I also introduced real local food to them. If you want to get to know what Hong Kong is like before your visit, I suggest that you take a look of the following YouTube video from ‘expedia’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72__Mdioty8

I hope that you will find Hong Kong as exciting and enriching a place as I do. Enjoy your stay in Hong Kong!

PHILOSOPHY

1. Life is short! You gotta do something you enjoy before you kick the bucket. Thus, I have created a bucket list. One of my items is to meet at least ONE person from each country in the world. It is kinda hard but I am gonna try.

2. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

3. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou

4. 'Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted. And then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it' - Tim Cook

5. '"If it's not impossible, there must be a way to do it.' - Nicholas Winton

6. "In a dream I saw a city invincible' - Walt Whitman

7. “Everybody’s got different opportunities in front of ‘em, different skill sets they bring and luck plays a part of it. But my experience is that you make your own luck. The harder you work, the luckier you get.”- Michael Bloomberg

8. “I always tried to be the first one in in the morning and the last one to leave at night, take the fewest vacations and the least time away from the desk to go to the bathroom or have lunch. You gotta be there. I mean, everybody says, ‘Oh, that’s crazy!’ But if you want to succeed, … you can’t control how lucky you are, you can’t control how smart you are, but you can control how hard you work, so that’s the first thing.” - Michael Bloomberg

9. 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' -George Santayana

10. 'Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.' - Benjamin Franklin

11. 'Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right' -Henry Ford

12. 'If you can't get a miracle, become one' -Nick Vujicic

13. “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”- Woody Allen

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is really amazing. I think I share the view with people from the following video:

What is couchsurfing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSakme86kTo

Interests

Exploring cool places in Hong Kong
Studying the history of Hong Kong

  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • running
  • shopping
  • reading
  • surfing
  • history
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

We live, we die and wheels on the bus goes round and round.

Books that I have read:

1. A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
2. I Used to Know That: History: stuff you forgot from school by Emma Marriott and Caroline Taggart
3. Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho
4. Whatever makes you happy by Lisa Grunwald

Movies that I watched:
1. Inside Out
2. Ruby Sparks
3. Neighbors
4. The Angry Birds Movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are many amazing things I have done with CSers. These include:

1. I helped a CSer to fix her iphone.

2. I helped a couple CSers find a special Chinese musical instrument in a shop in HK.

3. I had high tea with a CSer in one of the most expensive hotels in HK.

Teach, Learn, Share

Be Kind To Others, It Will Pay Off

What I Can Share with Hosts

What can I share with my hosts? I think the following video has given me some insights on this matter. In addition, if you are new to CS, I think this video helps you to learn more about it.

Surfing Tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gOrnOP4wg

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China

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