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Overview

  • 19 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning French, German, Greek (modern), Italian, Latin
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Study Human Rights at UCD; Intern at an NGO dedicated to ...
  • B.A. in English literature; M.A. in translation; human ri...
  • From Sichuan, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Trying to be a vagabond.

ABOUT ME

Love traveling and meeting different kinds of people.
Keen on trying new things and experiencing out life's possibilities.
Studied literature, law, a bit of art, and a big talker of any affaires.
Read a lot; try to render the intricacies and paradoxes of life into poetry and fiction.

PHILOSOPHY

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. It takes some nerve to be true to your feelings.
To understand Bible, you have to understand Quran.
Nothing is too humble to be beautiful.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in an apartment with a living hall. I love traveling and would like to make it easier and more enjoyable for everyone to do so.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Back in Beijing I hosted some people and we ended up becoming very good friends. I hosted quite a lot in Dublin; all are great experiences so far!

Interests

Reading, traveling, listening to music&dancing, "pubbing", and sports.
Meeting people, sharing everything, and having fun.
Sometimes wandering in wild thoughts & talking nonsense.

  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • poetry
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • sports
  • languages
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Joyce, Woolf, Beckett, Proust, Kafka, Thomas Mann, D.F.Wallace, Olivier Rolin;
Osip Mandelstam, Francis Ponge, Lu Xun, Du Liang(都梁),Wang Xiaobo.

Film: La Haine, Zorba the Greek; Nostalgia by Tarkovsky; The Lover( written by Marguerite Duras); Dead Poets Society; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Die Welle; Das Leben der Anderen; Brave Heart; As It Is in Heaven...

Music: Rock, electronic, reggae, classsic.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled across UK by hitchhiking and sleeping in restaurants, cars, and people's houses, which was on French channel 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXtstlUkBK8
Talked to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei about art & politics.
Swam in river in high winter.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everything related to human and nature: culture, music, philosophy &politics, cooking, languages, life experiences, etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

All my crazy experiences, fanciful thoughts, and a few skills.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Ireland

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