This is me. Being Alex-is-a-girl, a twenty-something, an English major turned advertising creative. Let me guess, you aren't wondering, "Are you an Alexandra or Alexis or Alexa by any chance? " Sorry! I'm just Alex. Well, growing up with this "Where is he?" epic scene whenever a teacher made a roll call, I had secretly wished that I had been an Alexandra. Well, there really shouldn't be a girl called Alex in class, because this is just too cool for school.

Now, the "Who" question still bothers me somtimes. Say, when buying a coffee at the local Starbucks. It doesn't matter if I have stressed the "ex" or not, my coffee will always come with the name Alice scribbled on it, like, every single time. Thank you barista, that's really funny. As if it was not interestingly enough, this epic joke only happens in Hong Kong, the place where I grow up in, where I frown upon the crowdness, and where I cannot have enough of my love for its dazzling skyline made up of a concrete jungle- glass and steel skyscrapers. Last but not least, it's where I call home.

If it still confuses you, let's put it this way: I am an INFP-but-ENFP , a YUPPIE, a hardcore traveller, a free sprit, an ultimate fun-lover and new-age bohemian lifestyle seeker. Doesn't really matter whether you are one of these or not. Being different is what makes the world beautiful. The world has enough boring people, we don't need to be one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The world is created for people to cross path, don't hide from them.

Interests

You may find me chilling in a bar, enjoying the liquor as much as the talking and the new-found friendship. Though you will most likely to see me in a cafe, with a book and a pen, just before recently I got obssessed with the fascinating modern mobile technology that allows me to read, think and write so as to catch up with rapid-fire ideas and creativity.

As an advertising creative aka. day-dreamer, I enjoy very much engaging in my favourite pass-timers. Wherever I go, my thoughts go too, and,

I am never running out of quirky things to do.

• rooftops
• secret places

Music, Movies, and Books

If I were to use a song to describe myself, that will be "Search Party" from the movie Paper Town.

Musicians whose music has touched me:
Alex Turner, Troye Sivan, Lorde, Oasis, Vampire Weekend, Metric, Never Shout Never, Faye Wong

Movies / directors that have inspired me:
Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen
Chungking Express - Wong Kar-Wai

Books / Authors that have changed me:
The Norwegian Wood -Haruki Murakami
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
The Outliers - Malcom Gladwell
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fleed to Argentina right after college while everybody was talking about CVs, interviews and salaries. They asked me why, that was what I told them, "You can delay anything, but time doesn't."

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach?
Ask me anything from travel to food, from art to philosophy, I will give a passionate sharing of my enthusiasms and the dearest things that have happened to me. With much curiosity, enthusiasm and a genuine passion for life, I devour and enjoy all the pleasurable things that makes a blissful and merry life.

Learn?
Have an undying crave for tales of the ordinary, you may not know how much one's story can fascinate me.

Share?
If you are mad to be saved from mediocrity, please join me in exploring the hidden bars and rooftops and see what you haven't and you have never imagined to see.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Let me tell you jokes and stories.
Let me heal your worries.
Let me throw a dinner party.
Let me take the kids to the library,
or read them poetry.
Let me take you out for photography, or write your story into a Humans-of-New-York-type of a biography.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United Kingdom, United States