Chien, the middle word of my name: 千, which means "thousand" in Chinese.

Love reading, alternative music, taking notes, writing, blogging, biking, watching films, spreadsheets, weird things, cooking, interesting people, and cats.

30% introverted, 30% extroverted, 30% silent, 10% crazy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The first time being in the US for my graduate study in Advertising, I am hungry for a unique winter traveling to somewhere else, meeting different people!

Interests

Meeting new people. (FOR SURE!)
Listening to & Sharing music.
Film Appreciation.
Singing.
Badminton.
Biking.
Hiking.
Walking.
Magazines. (i.e. The Big Issue, COLORS)
Books.
Defining "beautiful", and redefining "beautiful".
Putting things into categories.

• cats
• culture
• writing
• books
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• desserts
• walking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• alternative music
• cycling
• hiking
• badminton

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Paulo Nutini. Fiona Apple. Alabama Shakes. Slow Club. Quiet Company. Led Zeppelin. Tobias Jesso Jr.. Kings of Convenience. 張懸. Spoon. Air. Jessie J. Ryuichi Sakamoto. Mr.Children. Cornie Bailey Rae. Extreme. Suzanne Vega. Damien Rice. Shiina Ringo. Michael Jackson. Hello Nico. 先知瑪莉. Shakey Graves. Jeff Buckley. 李宗盛. ......

Films - COUNTLESS... Goodfellas. Pulp Fiction. American Beauty. Great Expectations. Begin Again. To Kill a Mocking Bird. The Shawshank's Redemption. La vie d'Adèle. Green Ray. City of God. I am Kalam. The Trueman Show. Love Actually. Goodwill Hunting. Dead Poets Society. Before I disappear. The Dreamers. Schindler's List. 恐怖份子. 女朋友男朋友. 流浪神狗人. ...

Animation - Hayao Miyazaki's animation

Author/ Books - 孤獨六講(蔣勳). 三毛. L'Étranger(Albert Camus). 宮部みゆき. Otsuichi. Brief einer Unbekannten(Stefan Zweig). ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biking around Taiwan island three times. (2010, 2011, 2012)

But I hope the next one would be couchsurfing in several places.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook and would like to share some Taiwanese dishes and desserts with you. (If you have rice, soy sauce, rice wine or garlic, elements for making Chinese/Taiwanese dishes, that will be super fantastic! If not, it is still fine too. )

Also, I've bought some little souvenirs from Taiwan and am 100% willing to share with you.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Taiwanese Culture - amazing food, films, language, music and terrible traffic.

Literally everything that makes me a person.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, India, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United States