CURRENT MISSION

Keeping my life open

ABOUT ME

This is what my boyfriend said when I asked him what to put here: "She enjoys the simple things in life such as eating, reading, writing, and hiking. She is shy around new people, but quickly forms strong friendships. She smiles and laughs a lot, which makes you feel good about your jokes. She is a great listener and is very open to have conservations about personal topics. She likes all types of people and is good at understanding the many different perspectives people can have. She has a strong sense of responsibility and cares deeply about the well being of others."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting soon (I hope). I've benefited so much from my surfing experiences that I can't wait to pay the CS community back for its generosity.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a few times now and would love to try hosting soon!

Interests

Reading, watching movies, volunteering (Sierra Club, film festivals, anti-trafficking organization), hiking, camping, public radio, diving, cooking, traveling!

• writing
• film festivals
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: indie folk/rock, e.g. Sea Wolf, Elvis Perkins, etc.

Movies: Juno, The Departed, Pedro Almodovar movies, especially All About My Mother and Talk to Her, The Science of Sleep, Yi Yi

Books: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Annie Dillard, Alice Munro, V.S. Naipaul, Jose Saramago, Jane Smiley, E.M. Forster, Graham Greene, Nadine Gordimer, Marilynne Robinson, Gao Xingjian, Doris Lessing, Norman Maclean

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I recently visited the mountains of Daisetsuzan, and Mount Tomuraushi was amazing! It looked like it was out of a strange fairytale. Very glad to have seen it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United States