CURRENT MISSION

Travel, see, explore, hike, eat, eat and eat!

ABOUT ME

Friendly and approachable. If you need an ear, advice, or someone to eat odd or gross foods with, I'm your girl!

PHILOSOPHY

'You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose!' - Dr Seuss

'We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.' - Abraham Lincoln

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just crashing at friends so far!

Interests

Teaching is my career and life but also a philosophy. We never stop learning. Nor should we try to stop. I love exploring and engaging with different cultures, specifically the people. Hiking, eating, drinking and capturing the moments that count! Music is essential for my soul and sanity!

• concerts
• festivals
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Setting, doing and completing a goal to hike 10 mountains in South Korea, in a year. My friend and I had lived there already for a year and we wanted to challenge ourselves for the 2nd one. The whole process was an incredible feat - organising people and all the travelling involved. Finale was an icy/snowy sunrise hike to see in the New Year 2013!

In the same year I also hiked Mt Fuji, Japan, with a couple of friends. It is, single handedly, the most challenging and exhausting hike I've yet to do. We decided to do it overnight to save time and money, so lack of sleep and headlamps were a big factor in the difficulty level. I cried, literally, with relief when we finally made it. The sunrise that followed made it all worth it though! Not sure if the others agree! Proceeding to travel after the descent to Osaka (for Summer Sonic Festival - Sigor Ros, Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People were major highlights) via local trains was a bad idea...>_<

Seeing Ryuichi Sakamoto was also a big highlight of 2012. He played a rare concert in Seoul, South Korea. The whole concert left my friends and I speechless. 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' has always been and still is, one of my favourite pieces.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Ghana, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, South Korea, United Kingdom