*Please DON'T send me messages if you expect to have romantic dates with me because I am here only to meet people, make FRIENDS not date!!

CURRENT MISSION
Finding the salsa community in Budapest! I stayed 5weeks in Mexico and fell in love with salsa (dancing)
Finishing General Medicine (MD) at Semmelweis University

ABOUT ME

I am currently studying Medicine in Semmelweis University, starting from fall 2022. I'm on the scientific path to finding myself and truth. =)

Before I have worked in crypto for 1.5 years, taught English for 1.5 years, worked as a tour leader for 5 years. And other miscellaneous part-time jobs such as tour guide, translator, barista etc.

I'm INFJ. I consider myself outgoing most of the time. I love meeting strangers! And other times I enjoy peaceful time alone. Because I think one needs to take some time off every now and then to refresh and reflect.
My Instagram ID: effyloux

PHILOSOPHY

Be the change you wanna see in the world. (Ghandi the Saint)
The way to make the world a better place is to become the best version of yourself.
Life is pain and short.(Buddhism) So... try to make yourself and people around you as happy as possible. Carpe diem!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been surfing in Jinan, Shandong Provence in China, South Korea and Europe. Also with Hangout function I met amazing people on this platform while in Southeast Asia and some I remain good friends and still in contact. I'm truly grateful.

Interests

I am a music lover! I love all kinds of music as long as they are good to hear. Indie rock, alternative, electronic, pop... Seeing live shows is also one of the major things to enjoy in my life! Musical is my favorite form of theater art.
I love exploring a city on foot, I remember nice long walks in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest.
I like taking pictures(amateur with cellphone), mostly of scenery and random people. I also like others taking pictures for me, but since I'm mostly traveling alone, I don't get a lot of good ones haha.
I think one of the greatest things in life is keeping on learning! I love learning languages. I learned German and Korean by myself and I speak both fluently.
Now I'm enrolled again at University after working for 11 years. I have to say I enjoy studying so much.

• theater
• performing arts
• street art
• music festivals
• dancing
• exercise
• walking
• movies
• music
• languages
• science
• techno
• diving
• musical theatre
• dancing salsa

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Air, Oasis, Liz Phair, the Submarines, the Fratellis, the Cribs, the Black Keys, Feist, Katie Melua, Sophie Zelmani, Mamamoo, the xx, Cage the Elephant, Norah Jones, 鄧麗君(Teresa Teng), Carla Bruni, Starfucker, Nino Rota(from Romeo & Juliette), Palya Bea
And Kpop! Downtempo, deep house especially Spanish ones like Yosoymatt and El Buho, Dance/electronic like Hot since 82, Rampue

Movies: Hotel Rwanda, the Reader, Once, Farewell My Concubine(霸王別姬), Call Me By Your Name, A Man Called Ove, Whiplash, Gone with the Wind, 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring'/봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄
TV shows: Dark, Babylon Berlin, the Good Doctor, Killing Eve, Fleebag, Inside No.9

Books: Le Grand Cahier, A Thousand Spendid Suns, Harry Potter Series, Tibetan Life and Death Book, Long Way Gone...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started studying medicine at the age of 30.
Was once on air as a DJ at a local music radio station when I was studying in the US!! Coolest thing I've ever done.
Back in year 2012 I joined some friends met at the hostel. We climbed the Tai Mountain from midnight and get to the top by 7am to see the sunrise. It was crazy tiring but the breathtaking scenery was worth all the effort.
I've seen untouched nature in the Philippines and Borneo, overwhelmed.

Teach, Learn, Share

Right now I speak four languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, German and Korean.
I changed my diet completely in one year and benefited a lot from it, if anyone's interested in diet advice, I'm here to help! But it doesn't mean only to lose weight, more about general health condition.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Imo I am great at cooking. I'm not passionate about it but I love the result. I also love washing dishes haha
Experience visiting different countries and living in the Western and Eastern countries.
Language exchange, diet advice if you are interested

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hungary, United States