CURRENT MISSION

to work myself to death

ABOUT ME

I work for an NGO called Sichuan Quake Relief in Chengdu, and a company called DaShan International, which exports good from the earthquake area to the US and Europe, and puts all the profit back into the area.

PHILOSOPHY

“The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.” Charles de Gaulle. Look at my couch, and you'll understand.

“You go spend all this money to do something that basically only improves the world by improving your outlook on it,” he would say, “and if you don’t take it and do something with it, it’s narcissistic.” - Chongo (he's a rock climber)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have people I don't know hang out with my friends, in place of me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I think it's rude to impose upon people I hardly know by asking to crash on their couch.

Interests

NGO related activities, and company start ups. Oh, and biking.

• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm illiterate, can't sing, and don't know how to use a dvd player, or have the time to learn about any of these things anymore.

Fortune Cookies
All men are born kind, but it takes a disaster like this to bring out the innate kindness of everyday human beings,” - Confucius

Books
"You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible." - Anton Chekov

Sports
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. - Arthur Ashe

TV
"Saving the planet appeals to the wealthy -- because they own so much of it." - Stephen Colbert

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

'The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.' Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Teach, Learn, Share

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want."

Joseph Stalin - “One man’s death is a tragedy. A thousand deaths is a statistic.”

It’s commonly said that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master any craft — three hours of practice every day for 10 years.

Vaclav Havel has suggested that people begin to “conduct themselves as if they were to live on this earth forever and be answerable for its condition one day.”

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States

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