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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Afrikaans, English; learning Chinese (Simplified), Dutch
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Education
  • Visual Arts
  • From South Africa
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

enjoying Shanghai

ABOUT ME

wide eyed and optimistic

I've been compared to a sloth, because people tend to think I do everything slowly. I like to think I do everything leisurely.

PHILOSOPHY

find pleasure in the simple things in life

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Still finding my feet in the CS community

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

excellent!

Interests

food: making, eating and sharing
Art: conceptual and aesthetic
fashion: street and haute couture
out-doorsy stuff: hiking, camping
live music
wine
yoga

  • arts
  • fashion
  • dining
  • wine
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • music
  • live music
  • hiking
  • camping

Music, Movies, and Books

The science of sleep, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Darjeeling limited, The life Aquatic, Snatch, Oh brother where art thou, Away we go

The Eels, Cake, Vampire Weekend, The Cat Empire, Bon Iver, Laura Marling, Dawid Bowie, The Squirrel nut zippers, The penguin cafe orchestra, Jazz Manouche, The Rudimentals, Die Heuwels Fantasties, Lark

Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Attending Afrika Burns 2010 - 2013
Sunrise over Coffee bay, Transkei, RSA

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Netherlands, South Africa

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