CS & Math in the Bay, but I think like a poet. ENTP/INFP.
I’ve visited 150+ museums, built one, ran marathons, and once biked 600km at 13.
Write too much—100k+ words about musicals, sunlight, and people who linger.
Love skiing, Sondheim, and deep convos over coffee.
If you quote Before Sunrise or Better Call Saul, we’ll talk for hours.
Currently building AI projects—curious minds always welcome to chat! 🤖☕🎭
ins: Dylan.Kong_ | 认识有趣的人是一件幸运的事

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel to listen. Cities are best learned through kitchens, morning markets, and long walks with people who love where they live. Couchsurfing lets me trade schedules for stories and turn maps into friendships. I am a respectful guest who cleans as I go, keeps quiet hours, and brings a small gift from the last place I came from. I hope to share meals, swap playlists, and leave you with a photo that keeps the week bright.

Interests

• photography
• reading
• traveling
• coding
• drums
• hiking
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
• Stephen Sondheim because precision can still make you cry.
• Bill Evans on rainy nights, Faye Wong on sunny buses, Bad Bunny when the city will not sleep.
• Currently looping Mexico City street marimba recordings.

Movies and TV
• Before Sunrise for honest talk, In the Mood for Love for the color red, Shoplifters for gentleness, Past Lives for quiet courage, Better Call Saul for craft.
• If you love theater, we can sing through Into the Woods while cooking.

Books
I read across time and temperament—writers like Ishiguro, Hesse, Camus, Murakami, and Dylan’s restless prose remind me that quiet questions often carry louder truths. What I love most is the space between logic and longing: where philosophy meets music, where memory becomes architecture. My shelves move from The Remains of the Day to Sapiens, from Letters to Milena to Love You Like Loving Life, and each book rewires how I see gentleness, absurdity, and persistence.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I’m a coffee fanatic, especially for Starbucks. From middle school through senior year, I spent most evenings there finishing homework. This June, I took a bus alone across Tokyo Bay just to visit the Reserve-Roastery, missed the last bus back, and ended up wandering around Shinjuku and Shibuya all night.

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Macao, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States