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  • 30 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Malay; learning Chinese, French, Italian, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • life-long student and adventurer, part-time experimental ...
  • University, circle of friends
  • From Malaysia
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About Me

I was brought up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but now I am based in Southampton, UK.

I have lived in UK for ten years - that's a third of my life... so I guess almost a local!

I want to meet new people from around the world and travel to countries and meet locals. This is a great platform to LEARN, SEE, DISCOVER and Experience.

Serious and contemplative on the surface underneath you'll find a adventurous, funny and creative personality.

I'm an INFJ (MBTI), Pisces Sun and Libra Moon.

PHILOSOPHY

Nothing is impossible.

You will find a way no matter what as long as you don't lose believe and hope.

Love & Passion drives you - don't lose track of that.

Do unto others as you will have others do onto you.

Be mindful.

Focus on the positive.

Ne quid nimis - Nosce te ipsum - Amor vincit omnia

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To experience travel through the eyes and hearts of the locales; enriching both of our lives with good times.

Interests

History, Culture, Science, Politics, Design, Architecture, Fashion, Yoga, Metaphysics, Astrology, Economics, Old Films and Foreign films!

Photography, art, architecture, fine-food, trivia.

Healthy living, nutrition and alternative medicine.

Sustainability, efficient living.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I read - but don't remember Author names / book titles. More of a newspaper-magazine type of person. I know book plots - so don't discount my knowledge - always willing to learn - so help me fill this section up!

Films: Soy Cuba (I am Cuba), East of Eden, The Lives of Others, Schindler's List, Rear Window (Original), Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days, Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), East of Eden, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Cool Hand Luke, Cinema Paradiso

Music: Jack Johnson, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Jamiroquai, Mylo, Jose Gonzales, Northern Soul, Funk, George Gershwin (Jazz), Stan Getz, Kings of Convenience, Jens Lekman, Alphabeat, Nick Drake, Bill Haley, Angus and Julia Stone, Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Beirut... etc.
I have an eclectic taste.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visiting the Fjords in Norway, partying in Creamfields with my siblings and camping for the first time.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach and Share:
Cooking - I can make food from around the globe!

Finance, Economics and Politics? I have a rough grasp of this, I won't say I'm a specialist but I can hold a decent conversation. Ask me my opinion and I will tell you about it :)

Culture from Malaysia, talk about art whole political movement. Change in society and the way forward to a better future, inequality in the world is not very nice.

Esoteric teachings in Astrology? I am an amateur, but it would be great fun reading palms and having a laugh about it... (You would be surprised that they are quite accurate!)

Optimism and hope...

Learn:
How to ride a bicycle (I can ride it but not so well...)
More about nature, living life in the wilderness, different perspectives and cultures. Understanding why things are the way they are. There is always an answer.
I am quite inquisitive... so drown me in your knowledge ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My extensive knowledge, culinary skills, humour and creativity!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, United Kingdom

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