I'm the one on the right.

I'm a kinesthetically-inclined individual: hiking, bouldering, frisbee, soccer, and qigong are fun to do with others. But due to muscle imbalance and over-exerting myself, I'm more mindful of my sore knee!

I'm outgoing and energetic but not averse to self-reflection - some say ambivert. I might be reserved/shy at first, but if I'm comfortable around you, I'm pretty open-minded and very capable of sharing stories in a somewhat TMI manner.

I'm always picking up new hobbies: my latest ones are acting and improv comedy.
Meditation is great too :) What else...

I like seeing beauty in imperfections.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Understanding a perspective different from my own is always such a humbling and invigorating experience.

I'm on CS for shared experiences and connection.

Interests

I love music and art. It's best to combine both. If I had a whole day of free time, I would sketch and paint while listening to bubbly pop, angsty punk, wistful indie rock, energetic neo-soul & funk, or chill lo-fi hip hop - really depends what mood I'm in. It might even be an audiobook instead of music. Anyways, I'm not a huge music nerd but when I like something, I get pretty obsessed with it, by listening to it over and over. Here are some that I like right now:

Sampha
Steve Lacy
The Internet
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals

• arts
• culture
• cheese
• traveling
• painting
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• soccer
• spirituality
• self-development

Music, Movies, and Books

Non fiction books (Personal development / Buddhist books):
The Four Agreements
Power of Now & A New Earth
Buddhism without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor
Siddhartha (this one is fiction but still very good)
Man's Search for Meaning
Osho books

Children's Fantasy books:
Harry Potter, Belgariad Series, Chronicles of Prydain

Movies:
Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghostworld
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Superbad (this one is totally a guilty pleasure of mine, the characters are so likeable)
Kiki's Delivery Service
Her
Garden State
Lady Bird
Before Sunrise
Waking Life

Looking to watch more (80s Hollywood stuff and older) as I'm getting into acting these days.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Putting cheese in spicy instant noodles. It's delicious but probably not the healthiest.

The idea of amazing is all relative.
I feel amazing right now, listening to music and typing away at this CS profile...

Best to try to find the amazing in all moments of life. If not, if still miserable/unhappy/shameful/ or other negative emotion, it's amazing to even be alive to feel these depths of emotion and be fully accepting of them - that is part of the human condition.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ethnically, I'm Japanese and Korean - and I have a funny story to tell about this:

When I was little, I'd remember my Korean aunt would use the word for onion and call it tamanegi, but then my Japanese father would use the same word. I'd be so confused....like which language does this word belong to?!? Anyway, later I'd find out that some words were common in both.

Due to the Japanese Occupation of South Korea 1910-1945, some Japanese words crossed over into the Korean language. Nasty part of history but the words are nice :) Things like onion, electric fan, etc...

This list of words is something I hold dear to my heart..perhaps because I collected them throughout my childhood.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My humour - it's a mixture of bad puns and self-deprecating anecdotes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada