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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Malay; learning Japanese
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Work as a Production Planner in Oil & Gas industry
  • Local University of Malaysia
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in Malaysia.
Love making new friends and meeting with lovely people.

PHILOSOPHY

"Happiness is only real when shared."

"The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything."

"Tramping is too easy with all this money you paid me. My days were more exciting when I was penniless." - Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."€ - Mark Twain

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs

"Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."€ - Steve Jobs

"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."€ - Vincent van Gogh

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Joined couchsurfing when I was backpacking in New Zealand, trying to grow my network bigger and hoping to meet awesome people while I travelling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to Couch surfing.

Interests

I love playing and listening to music!
I never have a proper lesson in music, I learnt it all by myself or sometimes my friends taught me. I may not be good in music, but it is one of my hobbies to let me enjoy my time and express my feeling.

I really like drawing and painting. I do paint in oil, acrylics, watercolour, and sketch. I like to try anything to enhance my drawing skills, and of course, I love photography as well!

I spend time reading books when I'm alone and don't feel like doing anything. I love autobiographies, and books that help to enrich the inner of me and widen my knowledge.

I enjoy outdoor activities and travelling, really couldn't stop after I started! I like hiking and wading, trekking and camping.
I also go for rock climbing, cycling, wandering in the nature with friends who like to do adventurous things with me.

I also do sport such as basketball and playing chess.

  • culture
  • books
  • photography
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • mountaineering
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • sports
  • basketball
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • adventure travel
  • beaches
  • youtube
  • trekking
  • videography

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Britpop, Post-Britpop, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Nu Metal, New wave, Alternative Rock, Jazz & Blue, Soul rock.

Movies:
Inception, Transformers, LOTR, Into the Wild, 127hours, Forest Gump, Eat Pray Love, Narnia, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Let The Right One In, Revolutionary Road, Road To Perdition, Up In The Air, The Descendants, The Godfather, Cold Mountain, The Brothers Bloom, The Pursuit of Happiness, The King Speech, The Black Swan, The Shawshank Redemption, The Devil Wears Prada, The Terminal, Munich, The Dark Knight, Source Code, A Separation, The Matrix, Sherlock Holmes, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.....

Books:
The Moneyless Man, Into the Wild (book), The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Dick Frizzell: The Painter, A good day to die, The Choices, ODJ, The Strength of a Man. Où on va, papa? & Veuf by Jean-Louis Fournier

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving : Free-fall from 15,000 feet above the sky, the most spectacular skydive at Lake Wanaka, New Zealand!

Fox Glacier Trekking : Conquered the wonderful Fox Glacier adventure.

Skiing in Mount Hutt, NZ

Backpack travelling in New Zealand on both North & South island for 8 months!

Star gazing at Lake Tekapo, the gold-level status of world's largest dark-sky reserve. Seeing the Milky Way and blinking stars under the cold winter night!

Fantastic trekking experience in Mount Cook National Park & Mount John.

A week of road trip in Tasmania, Australia.

Numerous camping experience on mountain in Malaysia.

Rode bicycle across the strait from Singapore to Desaru Beach, Johor for 110 kilometers!

Conquered the Viper Challenge 2015 - The Asia Biggest Obstacles Event

Camping at Crater Rim - Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.

Morakot Cave (Emerald Cave) : A secret lagoon hidden inside the island of Ko Mook, Thailand

Conquered Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. The highest peak of Southeast Asia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Growing up in Malaysia, a multiracial country, I can speak 3 languages, not even including my dialect.
I can teach you some useful Chinese Mandarin.

I am more than happy to learn anything if you are willing to teach me!

Come share with me! Your culture, experience of travel, ideas, your interests, and your stories!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can't provide accommodation to you right now, but I can give you a free ride and bring you to some awesome places if you're visiting Johor Bahru.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, England, Iceland, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan

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