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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • PhD student
  • New York University
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Hey there, I am currently NYU PhD student specialise in astrophysics and cosmology. I love all kinds of musics, especially British pop, experimental, indie band, jazz. Reading and traveling are part of my life. I am seeking for a truly freedom lifestyle in which way I learn and grow up. In physics, we are seeking for ultimate grand theory to describe the physical world. In our life, I feel like my life experience is too limit to understand humanity as a whole. Therefore traveling and sharing life experience with strangers is my way to understand the real world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Everywhere I have visited I am always trying to interact with locals. Sometimes volunteering sometimes couchsurfing. Travel is not just sightseeing but to understand culture and lifestyle from local friends. Therefore CS become a wonderful intermedia to expand my travel experience.
I have a list of uncommon place to visit in NY or Taipei. At the meantime, I wish to visit those uncommon list while I am traveling.

Interests

My interests is basically science and philosophy. Other than that, I play guitar, tennis, I am a big fan of Andy Roddick!. Snowboarding, reading and all kinds of music.

  • culture
  • social action
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • guitar
  • snowboarding
  • tennis
  • history
  • physics
  • science
  • volunteering
  • sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite musics:
Wu Bai and China Blue, Radiohead, Pink Floyd,David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Guns N roses, Nirvana, Mayday, Oasis, Parov Stellar, Sigur Ros, Mum, Tokyo Incident, OK GO and so many.

Favorite movie:
Everything from Wong Kar Wei, Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Coen Brothers, Edward Yang.
Cafe de flore, Forrest Gump, Before sunset, After Sunrise, Before midnight, Whiplash, Birdman, Leon the professional, Motorcycle Diary, Sound of Noise, Amelie, Blue is the warmest color, 500 days of summer, Trueman show, Oh boy, Francis Ha, Dr strange love, the God of cookery, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Books: Surely you are joking, Mr Feymann , One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Communist Manifesto

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last year I went to india to participate in Kalachakra in Leh, a small village in northern part of india. Later I volunteering in non profit organisation Tibet World which aimed to bring a better life for Tibetan refugee in Dharmasala. We lead a new course to teach students, mostly monks or teenagers, how to make short film on their own smart phone. Amazingly, their stories show greatest creativities and vivid life in very different world. Two months of volunteer was one of the most memorable experience in my life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can shared basic conversation in Mandarin and the history of Taiwan. Or physics if you are sci-fi fans. I am openminded easy going and basically can talk all kid of topics with you :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United States

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