CURRENT MISSION

Recent business school grad In pursuit of life's next great adventure in the form of gainful employment

ABOUT ME

I'm an easy-going guy always looking for a new adventure, friend or experience. I have a bachelor's degree from UNC in Chinese & French and just graduated with a Master of International Business degree from Hult International Business School (Shanghai & Sao Paulo Campuses). Right now, I'm working in strategy consulting in Singapore.
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PHILOSOPHY

In the end it's all ok. If it's not ok, it's not the end.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to meet up with couch surfers when I can & plan on hosting when able.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't couch surfed yet, but I'm anxious to give it a go. I have met up with fellow couch surfers for good times in Istanbul and Athens, but haven't made use of the couch part just yet.

Interests

Music, cinema, langages, food, drink, grungy back streets, grocery shopping, street markets, street performers, cooking,

• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• shopping
• movies
• music
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Any films by Ferzan Özpetek, C.R.A.Z.Y, Paris Je t'Aime, Goodbye Lenin, L'Auberge Espagnole, The Artist, Incendies, Entre les Mures, etc. etc. etc. ( I'm a huge cinema buff)

Books: Shanghai Baby, A Year in the Merde, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Les Chansons de Bilitis, Brave New World, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tea, The Joy Luck Club, Saving Fish from Drowning, Confessions of a Wallflower, The Concrete Dragon, Eat Pray Love, etc.

Music: Alexandra Stan, Lady Gaga, Mika

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been to every inhabited continent.

I camped out on the Great Wall of China with a couple of friends. Experiencing the sunset and sunrise there was the most awe-inspiring and incredible experience of my entire life.

I also spent the night in a park in Shantou, China just because.

I once hopped in a rented car with two fellow Americans, a Canadian and a South African in Stuttgart, Germany with no clue where we were headed other than we were interested in hitting up Zurich, Switzerland. We wound up having lunch in Strasbourg, France, Dinner in Zurich and then ended up in Liechtenstein by the next evening, ultimately spending the night in Austria.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Monaco, Myanmar, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, China, Singapore, Turkey, United States