Hi there!
I'm Eric from Hong Kong, although I've also lived a substantial amount of time in the U.S and U.K (high school, university respectively). Culturally I'm quite a mixed bag so I simply consider myself a cosmopolitan, and the earth my home.

Having just graduated from university in January 2016, I have subsequently decided to travel for 18 months with the goal of reaching fluency in 3 more languages while learning as much as i can from this vast yet tiny world we live in!

Personality wise ... I'm often considered 'chilled', kind, considerate, logical, yet I can also be quite reckless at times haha. I'm also very curious about many things. Knowledge is power!

Rules I live by:
Be Kind, and Dream big

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was introduced to couchsurfing.com by a lovely fellow traveller I met during my first three weeks travelling in Japan so I decided to give it a shot!

Although I have no experience couch surfing, I do have a lot of experience (good and bad) hosting friends and even large groups of people at my flat while in university, so I have a preeetty good idea what not to do when being a guest :)

Interests

LANGUAGES:
Japanese, German, Spanish, hopefully Russian and Arabic in the near future if I have time! Inshallah

SPORTS:
Martial Arts (Wing Chun, Muay Thai), Tennis, Badminton, Snowboarding

ACADEMIC:
International business / politics / history (recently took an interest in Ainu history)

OTHER:
Photography (especially astrophotography), Cooking, Zen meditation, Anime / Manga, technology (consumer / space / renewable energy)

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• meditation
• politics
• technology
• anime
• traveling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sports
• martial arts
• tennis
• badminton
• business
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Indie / alternative rock, (summer) house, folk, Jazz, electro-swing

MOVIES:
The Usual Suspects, Interstellar, Ghost in the Shell (1995), Closer, Paprika, The Dark Knight Trilogy, A Beautiful Mind, Bourne Identity / Ultimatum, 12 Angry Men, Rashomon, Der Untergang, Ip Man (2008), Star Wars ... and many more!

BOOKS:
Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration (Marius Jensen 1961)
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink 1995)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Ashlee Vance)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped out with friends deep in a desert in Oman under a sky full of stars.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages
Travel experiences
Knowledge in history and politics (or whatever i can still remember from my degree haha)
I can also cook a little. My favourite recipe is perhaps Lohikeitto (Finnish salmon soup) that I picked up in Helsinki.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States