CURRENT MISSION

To visit all 32 provinces, 4 municipalities, 5 autonomous regions and 2 special administrative regions of China!! Looking forward to expand my traveling scope to include other parts of the world...

ABOUT ME

David was very dedicated to his meaningful work as a Senior Officer with the Singapore Civil Defence Force. He loves to travel, especially to China where he could relate the history of pre-historic China to those of the Qin Dynasty, Chu-Han‰, The Three Kingdom and so on till the Qing Dynasty, the Nationalist Movement and the Civil War before liberation of China and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Since 2014, David has resigned from commission as a Lieutenant-Colonel and joined the Resorts World at Sentosa as the Director for Corporate Safety and Emergency Planning Department. He left RWS in 2018 and now works in ST Engineering.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the fullest... so that you leave this world with no regrets (不枉此生）!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Met a couple in Bali who introduced to me about CS. Yet to host anyone in this scheme, although I have been hosting friends and acquaintances over many years!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None at the moment, although I have hosted numerous friends from Asia and beyond!

Interests

Besides working (which I enjoy very much), I love meeting friends for dinner, for a drink or movie. I love bring my cute daughter out for shopping or traveling...

• drinking
• shopping
• traveling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

All types of movies and music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Involved as disaster manager under the banner of United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team and ASEAN-Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT). Been on 2 UNDAC missions (Philippines Typhon Ketsana in 2009, and Pakistan Floods in 2010) and 1 ASEAN-ERAT mission (Thailand Floods in 2011).

Teach, Learn, Share

Emergency Response, NGOs, Volunteerism, Social Enterprise, traveling to exotic places, travel to China, movie, Grassroots Activities, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Singapore