CURRENT MISSION

to make others happy

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Thanh. A fun-sized package of pluck and laughter. I'm primarily an actor, dabbling in other arts when an opportunity unfolds. In addition to acting, I'm a creative writer, opera singer, and amateur contortionist. I eat well and often.

I was born in Saigon (not Ho Chi Minh City, thank you very much), moved to America when I was two. Moved at least ten more times by the time I was seven. I've attended political conferences in Washington, D.C., working with Slum children in India, lived with an Irish Catholic housewife, and then some. I live for once-in-a-lifetime experiences and individuals to share them with.

PHILOSOPHY

Behold the candle, how it gives light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only discovered couch surfing recently from my best friend who is a bit of a globe trotter.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• acting
• opera
• hunting
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Nirvana, Feist, Crass, Fleet Foxes, Modern Lovers, David's Pegasus, The Beatles, Bright Eyes, Pink Floyd, Kenny Loggins, The Smiths, The Cranberries, Edith Piaf, Sufjan Stevens, Mirella Freni, Paula ColeYoung Science, Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird, James Taylor, The Ums, Priscilla Ahn, Blonde Redhead, The Dismemberment Plan, Bon Iver, Coldplay, Vashti Bunyan, The Format, Colin Hay, Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg, Montserrat Caballé, Ted Leo

Movies: City of God, The Royal Tenenbaums, Great Expectations, Out of Africa, The English Patient, Sophie's Choice, The Graduate, Dead Poets' Society, Paris, je t'aime, Roman Holiday, Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, Léon, Fight Club

Books: Nine Stories, Fifth Business, The Little Prince, Mansfield Park, The Sheltering Sky, (I'm a Lit/Writing major--the list goes on)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have seen rainbows that have taken up the entire sky and shooting stars in a city, sang with singers from the Met, befriended the heir to an Arab oil fortune, but what amazes me are truly self-less individuals who give themselves away.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Viet Nam