CURRENT MISSION

Finish recording a record when I get to Japan.

ABOUT ME

From Portland, Or-- I have lived in China and traveled Mexico, and have visited many other places. I love the world and visiting new places and people. I speak English, Chinese (mandarin) and Spanish; I love language. I also like pretty much anything in the humanities-- I was a Literature Major and I taught English to kindergarten children in Beijing. I love books, art, philosophy, film, and history. I have supported myself by working at a teahouse and being an ESL teacher for a long time in between my travels, so I have developed a love for tea/ching.

PHILOSOPHY

Read and Think and Live and Try

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing so far.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed around Scandinavia and in Germany.

Interests

Language (Mandarin and Spanish), playing music, art, film, science, philosophy, literature, poetry, culture, the world, history, theory etc.

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• books
• literature
• poetry
• cooking
• politics
• music
• surfing
• skateboarding
• teaching
• history
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Poe, Kafka, Nietzche, Hemingway, Woolf, Carver, Woody Allen, Willa Cather, Alan Watts, The Beatles, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Northrup Frye, Wim Wenders, Frank Ocean, Laozi, Plato, Bergman, Homer, Hitchcock, Neil Young, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Bowie, Joanna Newsom, Jazz , Rachmaninov, Satie, Bach, Ovid, Nina Simone, Pärt.....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

heard music.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like people who are excited and devoted to what they are into/learning and want to share that, and people who are open to new ideas. I can teach a thing or two about language, music, tea, literature, skateboarding, and maybe a little philosophy. I want to learn more History/Politics/Math/Science

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, Time, Ideas, Music, Tea.

I'm not good at cooking but I can help you haha.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States