CURRENT MISSION

Currently seeking for a permanent job, however I'm also planning my future trip.

ABOUT ME

Hi all! My name is Crystal and you can call me just that, or if you love my internet alias you can call me Jude as well.

I am a fresh graduate and majoring in History. Maybe some of you wonder why on earth I took that major upon graduating college. I found history is simply amazing and it's the only way to construct the human being. I am very curious about everything so I love to find out how people interact in the past. That's how I gotten into history and so far, I'm loving every single bit of it.

I also love to travel! Last year (2012) was my traveling year because I had the amazing opportunity to travel every three months. However, this year I decide to take a little break because I need to find a steady job before going back to the traveling world. But I still go to several neighboring countries once in a while such as Singapore or Malaysia.

History, travel, what else? Oh, I also love volunteering because it balances my soul. I love meeting new people and I think volunteering is one of the ways to meet new people. Currently I'm being active in a community called Komunitas Jelajah, it's a community that makes programs for schools to go on field trips. I join that community because I love children and I love spending time with them.

For my future plans in life... I want to be an educator. I want to build schools for children to teach them the true meaning of plurality and tolerance. I also want to be a lecturer, so yeah you can say I'm pretty much academic!

I'm a city girl at heart. I love going to big cities, exploring parks, museums, local hangouts, restaurants, bars, shopping arcades. However, when I feel bored of the bustling city, I love going to the beach and relax. I'm a beach girl and I prefer beach almost all the time to mountains.

Besides history, my other favorite thing is language. I love languages, I've been learning a few languages this past year besides English. Currently I'm learning Dutch and German. I love languages because it's what connects us and I wanna connect and understand people. Besides, being fluent in many languages give you an impression of being a language geek, right?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately, I cannot host or give couches. However, I can be your friend if you wanna go sightseeing around the town or give you great recommendations on what to eat, what to buy, where to go, etc. I'll be your travel mate!

Interests

music, history, social history, lifestyle history, languages, 80's movies, 80's music, culinary, photojournalism, meeting friends, travel, learning new things

• culture
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• backpacking
• teaching
• history
• languages
• tourism
• volunteering
• solo travel
• tours
• sightseeing
• beaches
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

!!!! BOOKS !!!!
-The Fault in Our Stars
-Paper Towns
-An Abundance of Katherines
-Garis Batas
-Titik Nol
-Harry Potter series
-Books talking about Chinese overseas
-American History for Dummies
-The Naked Traveler 1-3

%%%% MUSIC %%%% (In this section, I write my all-time favorite musicians, the ones whose albums are always in my iPod. I also listen to Billboard top 200 but not all of them are my all-time favorite.)
-John Mayer
-Duran Duran
-Taylor Swift
-Muse
-Coldplay (old-school Coldplay, not the recent albums)
-Level 42
-Tears for Fears
-Hall & Oates
-The Beatles

I'm currently listening to an indie synth pop band called Haerts, you should listen to it if you love synth pop.

**** MOVIES ****
-Back to the Future 1-3
-Indiana Jones
-Harry Potter
-Legally Blonde
-Ocean's Eleven and Thirteen
-Hugo
-Les Miserables
-Most of Adam Sandlers movies such as Bedtime Stories, Grown-Ups 1&2, Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates
-Night at the Museum
-X-Men movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Missing a flight in Singapore (that's amazingly confusing, in my experience!)
-Hanging out with pedicab drivers in Washington D.C.
-Embracing local hospitality in Fremantle, Western Australia
-Language gone wrong with a taxi driver in Beijing, China
-Traveling with elders to Labuan Bajo and Komodo Island, Indonesia
-USA roadtrip (August 2012)
-First time solo traveling to Hongkong (2010)
-Going on a group tour to West Europe in 2012. That was amazingly wrong in any way even possible... I couldn't quench my thirst for adventure for the whole 2 weeks. Group tours are so boring! (In my opinion)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:
-Indonesian
-English
-Some basic words in Dutch
-How to engage conversation with children
-How to volunteer
-Basic guitar chords
-History
-Cooking and baking
-Guide to cheap transportations in Jakarta

I wanna learn
-Dutch
-German
-How to drive a car
-Cooking
-How to be brave singing in public
-Comfortable backpacking or flashpacking

I wanna share my:
-Stories
-Insights
-Philosophies
-Favorites (whether it's food, music, movies, preference, anything)
-Culture
-Language!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, France, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia