CURRENT MISSION

Try my best to experience new things before getting too old.

ABOUT ME

A shy person trying to be brave.

Hiya, I am Chi-Yu Chen, and live in Nangang Dist., Taipei City. Working as a newbie engineer, traveling is one of my ways to reduce daily stress.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far so good.

Interests

Drawing, painting, writing, photography (not professional though), traveling, exploring new things, watching films and sport games and...

• writing
• photography
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
New wave, cult, indie films, and action sometimes when I feel like to.

Music:
Calexico, Franz Ferdinand, Alt-J, Eugene McGuinness, Animal Collective, Igor Stravinsky, Donizetti, Enrico Caruso and etc.

Books:
Irvine Welsh, beat generation, Mark Twain, Winesburg Ohio, Guy de Maupassant, Romain Rolland, Goethe's Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Orwell, La Nausea, And Quiet Flows the Don, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon, Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Elfriede Jelinek, The Motorcycle Diaries, Our Lady of the Flowers, Oscar Wilde and many many many more.

Teach, Learn, Share

Haven't gotten enough things to teach but willing to share my thoughts and always eager to learn from different people.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Philippines, San Marino, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United Kingdom