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Hello, amazing people! I am Aaron and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I'm originally from Malaysia but have been living in Melbourne for the past 5 years. So maybe I qualify as a half Australian? Anyways, I study medicine at Monash University but I have many, many other interests that even I can't handle them all sometimes. Another crucial thing that I love is food! My love for food is out of this world it's ridiculous. I love local delicacies and strive to find the best ones out there when I'm in that country. I believe that food and drinks are wonderful catalysts that enhance human connections. If you love food too, hit me up and we can go have some great (and cheap) food together!

大家好。我是敬威（你也可以叫我Aaron）。我来自马来西亚，但因升学缘故而来到墨尔本读书。读着医科的我可说是苟延残喘，有时真的是忙得不可开交。但是忙归忙，如果有机会的话我还是很希望能够和你见见面的！

Bonjour tout le monde! Je suis Aaron. Je viens de Malaisie et maintenant j'habite à Melbourne pour mes études en médecine. Je suis vachement occupé mais si j'avais un peu de temps libre, j'aimerais vous rencontrer! J'aime la nourriture et une fois que je commence à en parler, je ne peux pas m'arrêter! Je viens de rentrer à Melbourne de Paris après mon stage (en psychiatrie) là. Si vous parlez français, j'aimerais bien vous heberger parce que ça me donne d'occasion de travailler mon français. N'hesitez pas de m'envoyer un petit texto =)

Apa khabar semua? Saya Aaron dan saya berasal dari Malaysia. Saya pindah ke Melbourne pada tahun 2014 untuk melanjutkan pelajaran saya. Saya betul-betul suka Melbourne. Saya seorang pelajar perubatan dan tahun ni tahun keempat bagi saya. Kuliah/kerja dalam jurusan perubatan sibuk sial, tapi kalau saya ada masa luang (macam summer break atau winter break), saya pasti pergi travel. Saya harap boleh cakap dalam bahasa Melayu dengan fasih sekali lagi sebab sejak saya pindah kat sini, susah nak cari orang untuk cakap dalam bahasa Melayu. BM adalah bahasa yang amat indah sebab itu saya tidak mahu hilangkannya.

こんにちは。アーロンといいます。現在オーストラリアのメルボルンにあるモナシ大学で留学生として医学の勉強をしています。勉強が忙しくホストにはなれませんが、多くの方と交流したいと思っています！ (Thanks to a Japanese couchsurfer who proofread it!) =D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe travelling has a deeper meaning to it. Travelling with an aim to just tick off all the touristy attractions is not my thing. I travel solo so I can be more vulnerable to connect with the locals, get to know the culture and have someone to share good food and alcohol with.

I have always wanted to learn what the world has to offer, and the best way is by knowing the locals and learn from them!

[21/10/2014 - 25/10/2014] Hosted Aga and Quentin (Poland and France)
[25/11/2014 - 27/11/2014] Hosted Igor and Alexandra (Czech Republic)
[28/09/2015 - 30/09/2015] Stayed with Reda (Gold Coast, Australia)
[26/11/2015 - 30/11/2015] Stayed with Michael (Paris, France)
[30/11/2015 - 03/12/2015] Stayed with Antoine and Aurore (Lille, France)
[03/12/2015 - 06/12/2015] Stayed with Simon (Ghent, Belgium)
[06/12/2015 - 09/12/2015] Stayed with Wouter (Antwerp, Belgium)
[06/12/2015 - 06/12/2015] Traveled with Honey and Arsen (Brugges, Belgium)
[09/12/2015 - 13/12/2015] Stayed with Richard (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
[10/12/2015 - 13/12/2015] Traveled with Claudia and Valeria (Amsterdam)
[13/12/2015 - 16/12/2015] Stayed with Tim (Leiden, Netherlands]
[16/12/2015 - 20/12/2015] Stayed with Quentin (Nice, France)
[20/12/2015 - 23/12/2015] Stayed with Andrea (Venice, Italy)
[23/12/2015 - 28/12/2015] Stayed with Alexandra and Igor (Prague, Czech Republic)
[30/12/2015 - 04/01/2016] Stayed with German (Vienna, Austria)
[04/01/2016 - 08/01/2016] Stayed with Peter (Budapest, Hungary)
[31/12/2015 - 07/01/2016] Traveled with Micah (Vienna and Budapest)
[08/01/2016 - 13/01/2016] Stayed with Anna and Bela (Munich, Germany)
[13/01/2016 - 17/01/2016] Stayed with Sophia and Diego (Berlin, Germany)
[16/06/2016 - 20/06/2016] Stayed with Yuta (Tokyo, Japan)
[20/06/2016 - 23/06/2016] Stayed with Ryuichi and Iku (Tokyo, Japan)
[23/06/2016 - 25/06/2016] Stayed with Taka, Tomo and Gohta (Sapporo, Japan)
[25/06/2016 - 29/06/2016] Stayed with West (Sapporo, Japan)
[29/06/2016 - 03/07/2016] Stayed with Jean (Kyoto, Japan)
[03/07/2016 - 05/07/2016] Stayed with Kei (Osaka, Japan)
[05/07/2016 - 07/07/2016] Stayed with Yoshi (Osaka, Japan)
[22/12/2016 - 25/12/2016] Stayed with Reza and Ghazaal (Tehran, Iran)
[26/12/2016 - 28/12/2016] Stayed with Gholam (Isfahan, Iran)
[29/12/2016 - 31/12/2016] Stayed with Alireza (Yazd, Iran)
[25/11/2017 - 28/11/2017] Stayed with Pru and Graham (Perth, Australia)
[05/12/2017 - 06/12/2017] Stayed with Francis (Cebu, Philippines)
[12/12/2017 - 14/12/2017] Travelled with Krissy, Jeff and Liz (Manila, Philippines)
[18/12/2017 - 21/12/2017] Stayed with Heetae (Jeju, South Korea)
[22/12/2017 - 27/12/2017] Stayed with Potluck Stay (Seoul, South Korea)
[26/11/2018 - 28/11/2018] Stayed with Sophia and Diego (Berlin, Germany)
[28/11/2018 - 30/11/2018] Stayed with Gosia and Marcin (Krakow, Poland)
[03/12/2018 - 04/12/2018] Stayed with Tomas (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
[04/12/2018 - 05/12/2018] Stayed with Vojta (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
[08/12/2018 - 09/12/2018] Stayed with Barbora (Bratislava, Slovakia)
[09/12/2018 - 10/12/2018] Stayed with Jenci and Timea (Komarno, Slovakia)
[13/12/2018 - 14/12/2018] Stayed with Tomas (Ostrava, Czech Republic)

Interests

I play the violin! I was such a music enthusiast last time but I stopped taking classes when I moved to Melbourne. Also, I had vocal training since 6. It was only until I have to leave Malaysia for uni that I had to stop.

Medicine is a tough course, but I travel whenever I am free.

I love cooking a lot. I find it very therapeutic. One of the biggest reasons why I love travelling so much is because I love food, and I like to taste food all over the world. By cooking, I will try to cook what I've tried when I was travelling. This is the best way for me to reminisce the good memory and good company that I had when I travel =D

• singing
• eating out
• travelling
• exploring
• cooking and baking
• playing violin

Music, Movies, and Books

I think I like all kinds of music except metal. The music that I predominantly listen to while studying is chill step, dubstep, lounge, melodic sax (I really like Ehrling!) and house. I enjoy dancing to EDM and love events like Ultra and Tomorrowland (I haven't been to Tomorrowland but I really wanna go!)

I also play the violin so I enjoy all kinds of classical music. Popera (like Il Divo/ Celtic woman) is my new obsession now.

I am into relaxing music such as blues jazz bossanova. Love Olivia Ong. Joe Hisaishi is the bomb.

Interstellar has to be the best movie ever. I also like to watch travel movie like "Under the Tuscan Sun", "The Motorcycle Diaries", "7 years in Tibet"... Oh and when I was in Italy, my host introduced Futurama to me which I've never watched before and I find it really funny! I recently found out about this travel food show called "Somebody feed Phil" and it's pretty good!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

# Surviving medicine
# Won a state singing competition twice
# Travel with only a carry-on luggage (7-10kgs) for the whole of 2017 when I travel
# Learning French by myself and being able to still love the language
# Went to an onsen in Japan without noone in sight except for the monkeys.
# Able to trace back my genealogy up till 900AD (and one of my ancestors was the lawmaker of China)
# Haven't gotten kicked by a kangaroo yet after years of living in Australia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach whatever language that I know if you are interested. I am very interested in language too :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you don't mind some entertainment, I can sing for you. I have been collecting songs from different languages and if you can tell me one, that would be amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Macao, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Malaysia