CURRENT MISSION

simplify life; teach, be taught, read, love, write -all while laughing

ABOUT ME

Love travelling. Currently teaching at a canadian international high school Dalian, China. Expecting to go to Europe in January, quite excited to be going back for a visit.

PHILOSOPHY

if i had a personal philosophy (which i'm unsure if i do) it would be influenced by christianity, transcendentalism, taoism, oscar wilde, feminism,and who knows what else...hehe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have never had an experience using CS, just found out about this site from my sister! Excited to see how it works, I love the philosophy behind it~ maybe our world needs more of this idea.

Interests

~travelling & meeting new people & laughing
~english literature & aesthetics & sociology
~music (esp. punk & indie & classical) * And Johnny Cash
~teaching (when students behave :)
~red wine, and gin & tonic

• literature
• education
• womens rights
• wine
• red wine
• traveling
• music
• christian
• teaching
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
~Too many books to mention! Love Canadian literature and sociology books!

Movies
~Life is Beautiful (italian)
~Harvey
~Zorba the Greek
~Casablanca
~Fiddler on the Roof

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

survived up until now. a feat and accomplishment all on its own, no?

Teach, Learn, Share

I have university degrees in English literature and Sociology, and Education, and have lived in a few different countries...soooo I can't teach anything practical! but can usually 'bullshit' on a variety of different topics...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, South Korea, Switzerland, United States