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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), English; learning English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2017
  • Editor
  • bachelor
  • From China
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

Born different but grown up in an extremely warm family. I’m passionate, joyful, easygoing, open-minded and hospitable. Even tiny and warm things can make me happy.

A PERSON CAN NOT STEP INTO THE SAME RIVER TWICE.

I’ll seize the day and enjoy every precious moment for me. ❤️

We only live once! Don’t hesitate or wait to do something that you really want! And don’t be regretting. 🥳

I like children and can get along well with them. Spending time with them is always fantastic. Their innocent eyes and laughter show me a world of pure and love.

I also like animals, such as dogs🐶, dolphins🐬, giraffes, elephants🐘, pigs🐷 and lions🦁. Recently, I fell in love with quokkas since I happened to see some pictures of travelers. I couldn’t help to smile when I saw them standing close to travelers, looking at the cameras with sweet smiles. Unfortunately, there are some terrible things happened to them. I don’t understand why people want to hurt such beautiful souls. Hope these lovely angels won’t get violently attacks anymore!!!

I love travel. Communicating and making friends with people all over the world is one of my favorite things. The collision of diverse ideas and cultures horizons my eyes, and leads me to the real life, the real world, even the real me.

Before the age of 23, I’ve only met “the world” in China. From then on, I was always ready to meet the real world on my journey. 🌍🌏🌎

I’ll really appreciate it if you can give me some advice or help about solo travel, interesting places of my destinations, accommodations and so on when you happen to see my profile. Thank you so much! :)

Hello world!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have heard about this community when I was searching some information for my solo travel in a couchsurfing group. However, I heard this kind of interesting way to travel several years ago.

I used to stay in the Youth Hostel when I travel to a city. Chatting and sharing experiences with people from different places or countries, and hanging out or making a trip in the city with my new friends I met there. But now I’d like to try this kind of amazing, warm, cheap, meaningful and sincere way to travel. That’s why I’m here! :)

Interests

Travel🌎 – to meet interesting souls and diverse cultures all over the world
Swimming/diving🏊🏻‍♀️ – to feel like a fish; to be free
Bungee jumping🎽 – to hug the whole world in my eyes
Nature🌳🌲🌿 - to live a life entirely free of troubles
Photography📷 – to freeze and collect every single moment that touched me
Handcraft🖖🏻 – to have fun or for practical use (I’ll get a strong sense of achievement whenever I finished making something by myself.)
Skydiving🚁 – to flying like a bird; to be free (it’s on my to do list)
Watching people playing instruments🎹🎸🎻🎺🎷 – to enjoy the art of music (I admire everyone who can play an instrument. It would be nice if I could play the piano.)
……

  • animals
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • bungee jumping
  • skydiving
  • swimming
  • languages
  • solo travel
  • nature
  • diving
  • poems
  • thrillers
  • handmade
  • chinese chess
  • hospice

Music, Movies, and Books

Music🎵: popular music, pure music, classical music, etc. I’m not good at singing but I can listen. Michael Jackson, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, etc.

Movies/Dramas📽: Nirvana in Fire, Heidi, Transformers, Heroes, 犬と私の10の約束/10 Promises To My Dog, Lassie, Sherlock Holmes, 궁/ Princess Hours, North & South, Under the Hawthorn Tree, Twilight, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Forest Gump, The Pursuit of Happiness, Life Is Beautiful, etc.
I also like documentaries and all the anime feature films of Miyazaki Hayao.

Books📚: All the books of San Mao! Harry Potter, 犬と私の10の約束/10 Promises To My Dog, My sister's keeper, ひとり日和/ A Perfect Day to Be Alone, Dear Andreas, Sherlock Holmes, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I took my grandparents👵🏻👴🏻 to take wedding photos which they didn’t have one since they were married for almost 50 years using my lucky money I had saved. This will be the best thing that I’ve done in my whole life!

- Walked 8 hours in the snow to shoot amazing ice cave and snow scene. Well, I've slipped many times due to the unsuitable shoes. 😂

- As a representative of exchange students, I made a speech in front of teachers and students at the exchange university in Taiwan. And during the time in Taiwan, I happened to be a Chinese teacher of Korean student.

- After the concert in Taipei Arena, I walked to the Eslite Bookstore to read books all night. About 3 o’clock in the next morning, I felt too hungry to read intently, so I went out for some food alone. After a while, I was eating noodles standing up in a 7-Eleven and discussing the security of convenience stores that operated round-the-clock with the only cashier. It’s wonderful and unforgettable!

- I just booked the train tickets during my breakfast time when the word “Tibet” comes to my mind. After a 42-hour train ride, and one day by bus, I saw the sun shining on the top of Mount Everest in Tibet alone. ☀️

-Pass the 🏍️motorcycle driving test in one go and got my motorcycle license.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- I can teach you conversational phrases💬 that useful in Mandarin and Sichuan dialect, and maybe even some low grade Korean.
- I can teach you to cook Chinese food!🍜 :D
- I can teach you Chinese hard-tipped calligraphy.🖋
- I can teach you mahjong games🀄️ of Sichuan Province if you are interested in it.

Learn:
- I’m willing to learn anything you can teach me, not only your languages and foods. I’m ready to try anything new!
- I really want to learn diving, skiing, fishing, farming and everything else that is fresh to me .

Share:
- I can share my stories to you!
- I considered me as a good listener.
- If you have enough time and are able to explore a small city and taste some delicious food, I'm willing to show you around the county-level city of Chengdu where I've grown up. Welcome!🤗

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you like to listen to stories, I have a lot to tell.
If you have babies, I’m equal to be a good babysitter. :)
If you want to share, I will be a patient listener.
Last but not the least, I'm ready to help whatever I can!💪🏻😊

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Taiwan

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