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  • 25 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Spanish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Engineering Company - Renewable Energy Unit
  • Philology Bachelor
  • From Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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About Me

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Soon I will move to South Africa due to the work for a period so I won´t be able to host or hangout in Bilbao. Please take note if you are going to send me couchrequest or messages asking for couch.

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CURRENT MISSION

Explore. Dream. Discover. Travel around the world to meet new people , find myself and find my way home.

ABOUT ME

Describe myself mmm...Sincerely, I don't like to describe myself, I prefer that other people try to discover it. Well, to sum up....

Jovial, emotional, sociable, mindful, intuitive, passionate

Born in Shanghái till 24 years then I begin my second stage of life here in a lovely city called Bilbao.

I love travelling , meeting new people, connecting with nature and exploring what this wide and wondrous wolrd has to offer. I am fascinated by the spark of culture exchange and spirit interaction with people all over the world.

I love stories, and listening to life experience of people that I have luck to meet during this life whenever and whereever our travels take us.

I love animals , especially those fluffy ones as cats and dogs :) Currently I have two cute cats living together with me, therefore who are allergic or afraid of felines please do not try to request couch in order to avoid unnecessary troubles. Please do mention in your couch request “Izarra and Haizea” that are the name of them ;) so that I can know you have take your time to read my profile and a sign that you do not take the CS just as a way to sleep for free.

To be better man and make the world a lovely place for all human beings.

PHILOSOPHY

To be alone you must die to the past. When you are alone, totally alone, not belonging to any family, any nation, any culture, any particular continent, thee is that sense of being an outsider. The man who is completely alone in this way is innocent and it is this innocency that frees the mind from sorrow.

Si tu aimes une fleur qui se trouve dans une étoile, c'est doux, la nuit, de regarder le ciel. Toutes les étoiles sont fleuries.

當時奮不顧身伸出我的手 看見了輪廓就當作宇宙
甜美的習慣變成生活 才了解了什麼
如今故事發展成就一個我 學會了生活能享受寂寞
劇烈的語言變成溫柔 又帶來了什麼
若是不曾走過 怎麼懂

As time goes by, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn´t do than the ones you did do. Throw off the bowlines.Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade win in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

如果有一個世界混濁的不像話
原諒我飛,曾經眷戀太陽

願你我帶著最微薄的行李和最豐盛的自己在這個世間流浪.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I met with Carlos, the organizer of Bilbao weekly CS meet up, in his favorite chinese restaurant in Bilbao for chinese new year dinner, who later introduce me to the world of CS with whom actually are literally as my family here in Bilbao.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

WONDERFUL ! Each experience is unique and enriching.

Interests

Enjoy travelling and exploring the what life has to offer. Discovering the new world by knowing new place, new people and new culture.

I like languages, however currently only dominate Spanish , Mandarin , Shanghainess and English. In my bucket list : French, Japanese and Euskera.

Art is of my passion,espcially music. Dancing blood runs through my vein and it fascinates me really. Also I would like to pick up again the guitar and piano course once I was forced to give up. Hope that one day I can use them not only to make noise:P

Last but not the least, photography has always been my love:to have a good shoot of this world that we share,its smile, its tears, its beauty and its wound.

  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • music
  • languages
  • mountains
  • travel
  • nature
  • culinary

Music, Movies, and Books

Book:
Poetry of David Whyte : 《Pilgrim》《Everything is Waiting for You》《The House of Belonging》etc.
Works of Haruki Murakami
Bill Plotkin -《Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World》

Movie: No suspense , no horror pls...
Deep and philosophical films.
Drama /Novel, documentary
Films of Miyazaki Hayao (= ̄ω ̄=) 
Luc Besson: Léon: The Professional,Le Grand Bleu
Giuseppe Tornatore: Nuovo cinema Paradiso, The Legend of 1900, Malèna
Julio Medem: La Ardilla Roja, Los amantes del círculo polar, Lucía y Sexo

Music:
I am quite old fashioned despite of my ages, mainly 60´s - 80´s music.
Jazz, Rock & Roll, Classic
I am more of individual wonderful songs than individual singers. However, the following ones are my favorite:
OCCIDENTAL
* Michael Jackson
* Simon and Garfunkel
* Ken Zazpi
* The Cranberries
* The Beatles
* Queen
* GreenDay
ORIENTAL:
* Cheer Chen 陳綺貞
* Sodar Green 蘇打綠
* Faye Wong 王菲
* Chang Yu-Sheng 張雨生

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are so many amazing things in CS world...
One of them: Together with my hosts of Gijón and Oviedo and other surfers, we participated the event to break the Guinness World Record of Simultaneous Pouring of Sidra in Gijón with other 8446 people. We made it! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I don´t prefer to mention teach that it sounds arrogant . I do think we can learn together one from another since everyone has his own story.

I love stories so it will be so nice to hear from you any kind of story or life experience.

I like culture, food, language and art(I do not have a great command of painting, but it will be ok that you can teach me. Music and dancing is better for me to share my experience). Taking some photos : a capture of the very moment of little life detail and the humanity is also awesome to share

I can help people in their question, doubt, and curiosity about all the asian culture,language,food especially chinese one (I can show you more if you have speciall interest in Shanghái :p)

Looking forward to creat connection with you and share the experience and story with you. The fragrance stays in the hand of who gives the rose and I just wanna to give this rose to you and by this way spread the fragrance as far as we can. :=)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, South Africa, Spain

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