Hi everyone, I am a lovely girl from China, you can call me Hua Hua or my English name is Jackie Zhang. I just graduated from college this year, my major in college is music education and my dream is to become a music teacher, in two months I will continue my graduate degree in Shanghai, China. I'm taking advantage of this rare undergraduate break to travel around Central Asia and the Middle East for a month and a half as my graduation trip. My mbti is estj, I am very enthusiastic, I love talking to people, I love life and I love to experience everything different.

I hope this special moment will be a very wonderful part of my life, I hope my youth is meaningful, because in the time after me, it may be very difficult for me to have such a long time and the courage to venture into the world alone (after all, I may receive too many ties around me, school, work, family - -)

In May of this year, I went abroad for the first time, alone to Semporna, Malaysia to learn diving, and got the aow certificate, and became a qualified diver. To be honest, the first time I went abroad, or just me, sometimes I felt scared. But I prefer to solve problems when I encounter them, and since I was determined to go out and learn to dive, which I had been looking forward to for a long time, I went ahead and did it. As it turns out, all the problems were solved.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Being a couchsurfer is a way to really experience the life of the locals up close and observe the wonderful crystallization of the collision of different cultures up close, and it is also the most direct and convenient way to meet local friends and feel the local culture. The cultural differences between different countries and regions are what attracts me the most.

Whenever I visit a new city, I would like to integrate into the local area and feel the real local life, but whether I stay in a hotel or a hostel, I am still observing the country and the world through a window paper after all. I want to be the person in the window, to communicate with you, to experience this country and culture through your most realistic descriptions.

Of course, I'm not shy about saying that I'm trying to travel poor because I just graduated from college, so this is also a way to save money. But don't worry, I'm a great person to be around and I can share with you my stories of living and growing up in China, and my stories of visiting the world. If you also like beautiful voices, then I can sing for you ～

Interests

• music
• hiking
• travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Chinese traditional culture the most，I love the different country's traditional instruments, because my major is music education, so I will also learn some knowledge of classical music, I like Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky and other musicians' works. I listen to less European and American pop songs, but I also like Taylor Swift's works, I think her music is full of life.
I prefer to watch movies that are full of stories, such as the Chinese movie "Farewell My Concubine" which tells the story of two men who fall in love with each other but fail to do so under the special conditions and times of China, and is a reflection and understanding of traditional culture, the state of human existence and human nature. In addition, there are "Wolf Totem", "Operation Mekong"...
My favorite among the world movies is "The Shawshank Redemption", I have also read the book, I like the clever way Andy resists the charges and escapes from the prison, which is the process of redeeming himself, he brings hope to people. Besides that, I also like "Life is Beautiful", "Forrest Gump", "The King's Speech", "The Fast and the Furious" movie series, "Animal City" -

Can I just say that I love the Lonely Planet series of guide books hahaha because it really offers a lot of great travel itineraries, even though it's less effective.
Back to the topic, I really like the book "The Count of Monte Cristo", I like the last sentence of the book: "Wait and hope", which is really like the state of my life, try to do what you can do, and then do not rush, waiting for the results to come, do not cling to the results but look at the process, and always in life is keeping hope. Living towards the sun.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Fell in love with hiking and walked around many famous hiking destinations in China
2. went to get a diving license and saw the world of more than 30 meters underwater
3. traveled almost all the provinces of China
4. decided to complete this trip alone in Central Asia and the Middle East adventure journey

Teach, Learn, Share

You can talk to me about speaking Chinese! I will also teach you Chinese without any reservation, my own study is music education, we have learned certain knowledge about pedagogy, I can communicate with you about the existing state of music education in China and what I expect it to be like, and of course, I will share with you everything you want to know about China. If you don't mind, I would love to sing and dance with you, and I love everything related to art.

I would like to learn some simple local language with you (the simplest "hello", "goodbye", "thank you", "you're welcome", etc.) and I will try to do it. "etc.), I will to try to be able to communicate with the locals because I think it is a very important way to integrate into the area.
I love to do crafts, and I would love for you to take me through some of them if you would like, and of course I can help you with them.
I would like to learn to cook a local dish, I like to cook, but my mother often does not allow me to enter the kitchen, she always thinks I am messing up, so my cooking skills are very difficult to improve.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to hike, I love to talk to nature, and I have hiked many famous hiking trails in China, and also the Chinese story in my life. In June this year, I just finished hiking the famous Rinjani Volcano in Lombok, and I would love to share my hiking stories and beautiful photos with you ~

I can sing, but the dancing skills are not very good, but I like to learn everything related to the arts very much.

Although my cooking skills are very average, I can cook some Chinese dishes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

China