CURRENT MISSION

to eat my way around the world :P

ABOUT ME

I'm from Leeds, UK and previously lived in Hong Kong for 2 years and Tokyo for 3 months. Now in Manchester. I study Japanese like crazy & do burlesque & jazz singing in my spare time and love dancing, singing, eating, meeting people and learning as much as possible about the world around me. I love FOOOD - dinner is a major consideration every day. I like travelling with friends but recently have got more into heading off alone. Learning languages is so interesting and frustrating and exciting, I always pick up a few words wherever I go, then promptly forget them all.

I have a weird sense of humour. It's quite British and uniquely Aimee. If I can make someone laugh it really makes me happy, which is why I enjoyed clowning around with the kids I taught in Hong Kong.

I love to find the weird and wonderful stuff about places I go, I'd rather have a random and ridiculous experience in a new country than see the famous sights. My favourite thing to do in Hong Kong was going to rock shows in random warehouses, I'd love to explore the music scene in all different places.
I'm always happy to help people with travel advice in Hong Kong, Japan or England! Just message me!

PHILOSOPHY

I'll search the world until I find myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always up for a chat, will always reply to you and answer your questions even if we don't have chance to meet, but it's great to meet up if we can.

Interests

Japanese, punk rock, burlesque, dancing, singing, colourful clothing, hair dye, eating, talking, drinking, LAUGHING!

• singing
• performing arts
• dancing
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• clothing
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• wrestling
• teaching
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Enjoy live music esp rock/punk/metal, reading variety of fiction/non-fiction, like comedy, action and sci-fi films, interested in Japan/SE Asian so anything from that region always get my attention

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learning to 'drive' an elephant and ziplining through the jungles in Laos. Performing burlesque shows in Hong Kong. Going to the loo on the 90th floor of Taipei 101. Losing my shoes in the foam at the beach party in Koh Phangan. Shouting at the wrestling matches in Hong Kong. Relaxing at the onsen in Japan. Clubbing in Shanghai on Christmas eve. Back-up dancing for bands in Hong Kong. Going to Okinawa just to see a hardcore gig. Dancing onstage with a steampunk band in Tokyo. World Steampunk Fair in New Jersey 2012.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I worked as an English teacher for a few years, and even though I'm not doing it anymore I am always happy to talk to people about languages and help others improve their English, especially if they can chat to me a bit in Japanese, Cantonese, German or French in return. I love languages. I also love performing burlesque, and am looking for performance opportunities wherever I go. And if you don't really know what burlesque is.... then I'm ALWAYS happy to talk about it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Macao, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, Japan, United Kingdom