I'm Tuï, a Dutch girl with a Thai name that means cute, tiny, chubby girl. I can't say that would be a description that completely suits me, but I can say I'm an extremely enthusiastic, caring, clumpsy and truly optimistic person. I love to learn new stuff, especially if the person who's teaching me is crazy passionate about it!

I myself can be crazy passionate about a lot of things! For example, I get superexcited about cool tools or campgear. I recently discovered I love woodworking, in my case a little dangerous though, I can get so enthusiastic I sometimes cut my hands :p I'm also a sucker for birthdays of people I like - I can go nuts baking cakes, making partyflags, cooking food and lighting fires to set an amazing atmosphere for a celebration.

I have a very steady and longlasting relationship with coffee, we've been together for years and we're still going strong! Not just any coffee though, instant breaks my heart a little, but a well-made one, with love and care, makes my morning :D I saw a guy once sipping his coffee through a straw, to protect his teeth from colouring. Well, in that case, I like my teeth yellow.

Other than people drinking coffee through a straw, I don't like pickles and get really annoyed when people try to get into a train before other people have had a chance to get out. I've had a traumatic gum incident which resulted in me absolutely hating it. Another thing I really don't like is when people are pretending to be someone they're not.

For me, the most important thing in life is to live it honestly. When I was growing up, I struggled with figuring out what I wanted to do with my life. I started my studies and, although I didn't really enjoy it, finished them. When I started working in an office as a Marketing manager, I quickly realised, this wasn't the way to get joy and fulfillment for me. So I quit, with the intention to try and do everything that enthusiasted me, until I didn't want to do it anymore. I started working in a bar, for I had always been curious how that would be, did some babysitting and I sometimes give sexual education to children at middle school (the latter is absolutely amazing!) This May, I quit my jobs to go hiking in Ireland and Scotland by myself and when I get back in September want to start studying again!
Edit: in the spur of the moment I impulsively bought a ticket to Sweden instead of Scotland!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The experience is usually so much more personal when you visit someone in their home when you see a new country or city!

Interests

• writing
• coffee
• nature
• good food
• learning new things
• craft beer
• creating
• good conversation
• bikram yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSICCCC m reading The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I raised money for an orphanage in Bolivia by doing 300 meters of somersaults from a popular bar in Utrecht to my house

Teach, Learn, Share

Kindness

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love doing something nice for someone else, am very open for philosophical conversations from time to time, sometimes like to just drink beer, make corny jokes, play cards, fart, tell stories. And I make killer desserts

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mauritius, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain