CURRENT MISSION

Wanderlusting... "€œThe best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view"€ -€• Jack Kerouac, On the Road

ABOUT ME

"€œAll that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost."
-ۥ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

No newb to the couchsurf values, but as this is my first real adventure traveling the world, backpacker-like, on an open-ended agenda, I am a newbie to the surfing side of this exchange. I pledge to participate as a model couchsurfie and aspire to be a couchsurfing world ambassador!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Can't wait to FILL this box with SO MANY stories!!!

Interests

Food: design, systems, health, equality, farmer's market, drooling over, taking pictures of (like a true Asian), cooking, eating, dining // Everything food. Music: 432 hz, binaural beats, sound therapy, dnb, bass bass bass, lots of soul, something/anything that makes this classically trained ballerina get down with the get down (listen here: https://soundcloud.com/mrdr_nth_dnc_flr). Humanity: compassion, empathy, authenticity, respect, connection, beauty.

• design
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• modeling
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• boxing
• teaching
• adventure travel

Music, Movies, and Books

While this almost feels like a cop-out (this doesn't count as cheating! I swear!), I've spent quite some time curating these lists over the last couple years. Albeit an inexhaustive list, this should give you a taste of my taste. (Phew! Thank g-d for technology aids!)

Books: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16750394-amy-chan
Music: https://play.spotify.com/user/121134836 (Above for DJ action)
Movies: http://www.imdb.com/user/ur35094173/

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting lost and utterly disoriented in a dust storm with a group of my favorite people at Burning Man 2012. More recently, surviving my first solo trek at Tongariro Northern Circuit.

Teach, Learn, Share

Just let go:

"...it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..." - American Beauty, 1999

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States