Hi there, my name is Siew Yin, or you could call me Yin for short. I'm from Malaysia and am a friendly girl who just started my solo traveling in Japan for 3 months. I love to meet people around the world to uncover the interesting stuffs. And that's where I started my travel again after working so hard for several year in a lame hectic office environment. I enjoy listening people sharing their travel story, tips they have, or any interesting things they encountered or anything etc etc. I could speak Chinese, Malay, English, Hakka, Cantonese and am learning to speak Japanese at the moment. I love nature, green, mountain, hiking, anything that related to the natural...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is my first time on Couchsurfing. I believe there must be a cool host around in this platform. And I would love to know from host about their country, place to visit, cool stuff to do in their country.

Interests

Music, movie, yoga, listen the travel story from others

• hiking
• volunteering
• solo travel
• mountains
• cycle touring

Music, Movies, and Books

R&B music
Movie: Harry Potter, Ghibli movies, Disney movie
Books: Any books (no preference), maybe comic or maybe novel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got my open water diving license!!! I used to be phobia badly with water and when I overcame the fear to learn swimming and diving, I realised the saying: 'Never try never know', of how good you can do and how far you could go.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you languages that I know, or some Malaysia culture that you may want to know. I'd been to New Zealand for working holiday. And short trip to Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, China and Taiwan before. I would love to share my travel experience with you if you like.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook you a meal, if you don't mind.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, Singapore