I'm a 25-something female trying to figure out her life. I've lived in California basically my whole life and would really like to expand my world by traveling and exploring more. I currently work at a small & humble tech-start-up focused on helping the world lose less and find what matters.

My friend studied abroad in Germany and told me about couchsurfing. Since I'm going to Europe for the first time, I figured this would be a great way save some money, meet some locals, and have great conversations with potential friends

Interests

Travel! :)

More serious: science (with a focus in biology), technology, human behavior, religion, people

More silly: puns, anime, movies, video games

• running
• walking
• technology
• anime
• movies
• video games
• traveling
• biology
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

-Movies-
Last watched: Iron Man 3 (again)
Favorites: I am Sam, Oceans Eleven, Fight Club, Pirates of the Caribbean, Whisper of the Heart, Girl Who Leapt Through Time

-Books-
Currently reading: Sherlock Holmes
A short story dear to my soul: The Nightingale and the Rose (Oscar Wilde)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's not really an amazing story, but here we go:

It's 9pm, and I'm walking in the crowded streets of downtown Seoul, Korea, bathed in the warm, humid summer. A little up ahead, I notice a stream of people bobbing their heads. They glance down to the right, look back up, and hurriedly move along. I'm curious to see what everyone else is seeing, but the view is blocked to me, so I wait in line.

It comes my turn to take a glance, but to my horrification, I see a young, well-dressed Korean girl lying on the ground, face-half covered in her own vomit. I'm standing their stunned, me with my motley crew of study-abroaders--Americans, Norwegians, Canadians, etc. None of us speak Korean, but all of us want to help.

My friends run into the nearby cafe to ask for napkins. I prop this girl up, wiping the vomit from her face and jeans with my hands and tissue paper, and try to awaken her. More vomit spills from her mouth.

Eventually, my friends are kicked out of the cafe for grabbing too many napkins, but we bring enough attention to this poor girl that a local older Korean couple calls an ambulance. Everything is okay, and the girl is saved, but I can't help wondering what could have happened.

-

Wandering around in the darkest and latest of nights has felt safer in Seoul than almost any other major city. While I never felt like I'd be harmed, I didn't quite feel like I'd be helped either. It's an interesting contrast in this interesting and beautiful city.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories from working in a tech start-up (Tile!), stories from Japan/Korea/living in America, etc

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States