哈摟 | Hey | 안녕하세요 | Namaste

I’m Cyrus Chuang, a college student from Taichung, Taiwan. I’m currently studying at Minerva Schools, living in Hyderabad 🇮🇳. I have studied/lived/worked in 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇰🇷before coming to India and will travel to 🇩🇪🇦🇷🇬🇧to finish my program for the next two years.

I love meeting up with people and experiencing local life with them. I love telling and listening to stories. 📷 and ✏️ are usually my go-to when I want to tell a story. So I mainly do street photography and portraits cuz I want to capture the moment when people are in their most natural state.

If you also have passion for social issues/politics/philosophy/psychology/history/religion, please hit me up! I am also ready for a spontaneous deep conversation on any of these.

Oh and I’m a certified walking tour guide in my home town (TAICHUNG) so when you come visit me, I’d love to show you around my town I call home. I’ll show you around places I found storyful and experience local life. I hope my host can too!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A friend I met on my first solo trip told me, “never forget to talk to people.” I really like to talk to people, and I love stories of different people because they open new windows for me to this vast world.

Interests

Culture

• writing
• singing
• photography
• movies
• traveling
• geography
• religion
• adventure travel
• local food
• meeting new people
• local culture
• street photography
• portrait photography
• sing
• reading novels

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Lana Del Rey, Vance Joy, FINNEAS, Sufjan Stevens, Ed Sheehan, Pink, Lady Gaga, 趙雷, 宋冬野, Passenger, Coldplay
Movies: Call me by your name, Parasite, Joker
Books: Sapien, A Brief History of Human Kind, Call me by your name, The Unbearable lightness of life, L’étranger, The little prince, Da Vinci Code, Percy Jackson, 射雕英雄傳

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hosted a masquerade ball for North Korean defectors to create a warm and active community.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: photography, Mandarin, Chinese calligraphy, Taiwanese, YOGA (I am getting certified as a yoga teacher now!)

Learn: Your language, your favorite philosophy, the most interesting cultural practice.

What I Can Share with Hosts

👉What it's like to travel around 7 countries in the world for college
👉How to share one home kitchen with 160 people from 51 different countries
👉My hitchhiking/travel experience
👉My photography
👉My story of living/studying/working in Taiwan, Korea, and the US
👉Chinese/Taiwanese culture, movie, music

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, South Korea, Taiwan, United States