Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to learn about a place through the people.

Interests

Experiencing wild nature, analyzing systems that shape our cities, traveling solo, cooking with colorful ingredients, building my bicycle and then riding it upon the hills of San Francisco, practicing French & Chinese language, learning about plant and human cultures, enjoying a glass of wine or two, listening to melodic music, being pleasantly surprised, saying yes to presumably safe adventures

• cooking
• wine
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Human Planet (documentary series), Electric Shadows, The Fall, Tokyo Story, Burn After Reading, Amélie & Lust, Caution

Love in the Time of Cholera, Ender's Game, The Thing Around Your Neck, East of Eden & Interpreter of Maladies

Follow me on Spotify: @bobbypinned

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I appreciate everything that I have seen and done. It doesn't have to be categorized as traditionally spectacular for me to recognize its grandeur. Take this quote for example: "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud" - Confucius, The Confucian Analects .

However, if I must divulge, I recently camped amongst pristine alpine lakes in Wyoming. I also WWOOFed on an off the grid farm in the jungles of Belize.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to get to know people who are different from me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can exchange our stories and I can help you with whatever you need around the home! We can cook vegetables together!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Canada, China, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, Taiwan, United States