CURRENT MISSION

Be the change you wish to see in the world -Gandhi

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Beijing, came to the States seven years ago, on one hand to pursue a higher degree of education, on the other hand and more importantly, to see and learn about different cultures, customs and people.
Making friends is always a passion of mine, there's a saying "ä¸

PHILOSOPHY

Live life, work hard, laugh harder.
Be a decent person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend of mine introduced me here, I was amazed about all her couchsurfing experiences and decided to have a go myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2008.12.27-12.30 Los Angeles @ Miri's
2008.12.30-12.31 Los Angeles @ kerry's
2009.5.15-5.18 Washington, D.C @ shrubin's
2009.6.12-6.16 Cleveland @ Charlie Butts's
2009.10.30 Athens w/ Rudolf from Switzerland
2009.12.23-12.25 Houston @ Eileen&Jim's
2009.12.25-12.29 Chicago @ Qasim&Bianca's
2012.1.29 Atlanta CS reunion w/ Sherman
2012.8.2-8.9 San Francisco @ Erwin's

Interests

jogging, piano, outdoors, photography... anything kills time

• photography
• coloring
• education
• piano
• outdoor activities
• jewish
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: LOTR Trilogy, The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Pride and Prejudice, Kung Fu Panda, ALL the Ghibli works;
Books: leaves of grass, animal farm, the moon and sixpence;
Music: recently into J-Pop, bands like Mr. Children, Greeeen...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the little thing called...LIFE!

Teach, Learn, Share

My last name ZHU (朱), pronounced as jew, is pronounced the same as the word PIG (猪) in Chinese (for this reason all my friends call me pig and I enjoy it). The actual meaning of the word in Chinese and Japanese is the color RED (or crimson to be exact).

Countries I’ve Visited

China, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States