I am currently a graduate student studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics in Pasadena. I grew up in Guangzhou, China, attended an American international school there, then moved to Boston for college. I enjoy music and dancing, and food food food!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I first heard about it through one of my best friends who loves Couchsurfing. I decided to finally be more active, as I am planning to travel to Europe in the near future. I love traveling, but hate doing it the tourist's way. I want to really get to experience the city as the locals do, and thought Couchsurfing would be a great way to do this, and also reciprocate in case people want to really get to know LA from someone who lives here.

Interests

Music, dancing, food, dancing, friends, family, and, of course, science.

• dancing
• dining
• cocktails
• traveling
• music
• equestrian
• science
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music -
Hozier, The New Basement Tapes, Swedish House Mafia, Bon Iver, Rhye, Mumford & Sons, Jeff Buckley, The Antlers, SBTRKT, Zedd, Disclosure, Daniel Avery, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Chet Faker, SOHN.... I love music!

Movies -
Silver Linings Playbook - I recently re-watched it and fell in love with the movie.
I love all Iron Man movies...

Books -
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1984 by George Orwell
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went on a horseback-riding trip with the locals on the edge of the Himalayas my sophomore year in high school. On our last night up the trail, we camped out and I lay down to see the sky covered with stars. I'm not even an outdoorsy person, and that blew me away. I still remember it so vividly.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The (sort of) locals' guide to the city: best restaurants to try, great spots to check out in this vast, sprawling urban craze called LA, bars with great cocktails, great spots for dancing, and dive bars... I have a large one bedroom apartment in a quite suburb, 15-20 minutes from downtown LA.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, South Korea, United States