ABOUT ME

Liyo: I was born in Belgium but my parents came a long time ago from China. It's like a mix of rice+french fries culture. I have a master degree in political science, but started new studies this year, so right now I'm doing my bachelor degree in movie editing at INSAS (a filmschool in Bruxelles). We live altogether with David, my boyfriend, who's currently writing his master degree's thesis in art sociology (but is a former graphic designer), and Capitaine poilu, our rabbit, and last but not least, Grosse gouine, our cat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and surfing since 2006

Interests

books, movies, music, travel, learning something new everyday, food... but mostly food. haha.

• cats
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• design
• graphic design
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• political science
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

10 random movies: Aguirre, der zorn gottes (Herzog), Nights of Cabiria (Fellini), Shadows (Cassavetes), Dodgeball (love the stupid Fratpack'movies), The Seasons (Pelechian), Dr Strangelove (Kubrick), The Incredibles (and most of Pixar's stuffs), Stalker (Tarkovsky), Mutant Aliens (Plympton), Soy Cuba (Kalatozov), The 7th Seal (Bergman), Shadows of forgotten ancestors (Parajanov), Theorema (Pasolini), La Jetée(Marker), oops it's already more than 10!

10 random bands: a tribe called quest, the slits, the delta 5, billie holiday, aphex twin, m.i.a., siouxsie and the banshees, crystal castles, and also a lot of classical music, chostakovitch, tchaikovsky..

10 random novels: Ask the dust (Fante), Ocean mer (Barricco), Star Wars - The Pop-up book (my treasure, there is even a 3d laser-saber that can light up, if we get to host you i'll proudly show you!), Des Putains meurtrières (Bolano), Women (Bukowski), Voyage au bout de la nuit (Céline), Coin locker babies (Murakami Haruki), The Elephant vanishes (Murakami Ryu), Rêves de l'escalier (Buzzati), Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth (Chris Ware)...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium