Hi, I'm Arlene, I'm a Filipino-Chinese living in Manila. I love traveling and exploring new places which always leads me to getting lost so many times. But I always believe that that is part of the journey.

I love to eat and i'm always open to trying new things (except bugs).

I used to be a corporate lackey but recently quit my job to get in touch with my "ancestral roots" and study Mandarin in China.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because i'm interested in meeting new people and learning about different cultures.

兴趣

• reading
• traveling
• eating out
• exploring

音乐、电影和书籍

I have too many favorite books but here are some that I can recall: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Becoming, When Breath Becomes Air, Silence, Man's Search for Meaning, It Ends with Us, And Then There was None.

For Movies, I usually watch Blockbuster movies like Avengers, the Marvel movies or the movies in Netflix (recently watched Always be My Maybe). I love watching TV shows more such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Big Bang Theory, DC Shows, Madam Secretary, and Korean Dramas.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

First time I tried scuba diving, there was a typhoon. Hiked 17 km in the Vietnam countryside and only found out that fact when I was there already so I had no choice but to do it. Biked the entire Huan Dao road in Xiamen.

Not sure if these count as amazing but loved these memories.

教，学，和分享

I can teach English, basic mandarin, and Tagalog. I'm also well-read in a lot of issues. I cannot cook though even if it's to save my life. But I know a lot of the good restaurants in Manila.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Culture exchange or if you need an English language partner.

我游览过的国家

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

China, Philippines