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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
@stephshih
Member since 2014
CURRENT MISSION A little bit of everything. If it sounds interesting, I'm down! ABOUT ME Like most others on CS, I think I'm pretty laid back. On a mission to travel and meet new and interesting people. The less mundane the experience, the more I'm down. Especially interested in sampling foods from around the world, textiles and metal works. PHILOSOPHY Live and let live. Don't get riled up over the small stuff, channel that energy into great new experiences.
Interested in Art
Interested in Bars
Fluent in Chinese (Simplified)
Learning Czech
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Met some cool people through couchsurf as well as some places to stay. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Surfed on some couches while backpacking in Europe, went to a CS meet up.
Music, Movies, and Books
My interests span just about every genre. I'll watch anything with a good plot line. Horror, I can live without. Music is complicated but my top loves are probably jazz, swing, gospel (it sounds pretty, the religious content doesn't interest me), indie, folk, bluegrass, classical, trance and electro swing. I've been particularly fancying Neil Gaiman of late.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Scuba diving in the coral reefs in southern coast of Taiwan. Walking into a castle/church in Europe for the first time (Prague Castle) and seeing all my textbooks coming to life was breathtaking. Getting lost in beautiful cities and having the kindest strangers coming to your aid.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you some Mandarin or English and I'm a great cook as well!
My Interests
I adore visually stunning and stylized films and good movie scores. Beautiful art is a hobby, especially impressionism (I can oil paint but the process is frustrating). Binge watching TV is a passion. Eating great food with friends is a life goal. Meeting new people and learning their stories is a favoured pass time. Environmental, sustainability and aboriginal rights activism is of keen interest.
