Hi guys, I am Neoh (family name), you can call me E-Zon. Many people might wondering is that my true name, or is it just my nickname, as 'E-Zon' looks pretty unique and cool right? And yes, this is absolutely my true name! It is shown on my IC (Identification Card) and also on my passport. Haha. 😁

Short summary about me:
- Born in 1996
- From Penang, a small state north of Penisular Malaysia
- Currently staying at Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia to pursue my Bachelor degree
- Final year student at University of Malaya (expected to graduate on June 2019)
- Majoring in Bachelor of Science in Statistics
- Plan to further my studies in Master of Data Science
- Student traveller
- Basketball player for varsity team, long-distance swimmer
- Food enthusiast
- Dreamer and of course a dreammaker !
- Challenge seeker
- Wanted to be a person who have lots of stories to share

Below is my Instagram account link if you are interested to take a peek of my adventures:
http://www.instagram.com/ezonneoh

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new friends, love to share and listen experiences and stories.

I learnt about Couchsurfing from one of my crazy friends Jia Wei who took a gap year to travel all around the world at lowest budget possible.

The first time I use this app was during my solo backpacking trip at Ho Chi Minh City and Phan Thiet at Vietnam. I find it very cool as the travel experience through Couchsurfing are totally different from any of my previous trips. This is because I get to know the real locals of the destinations I travelled, I get to chat with them, mix around with them, exchange cultures and opinions and stayed with them. The experience are just awesome and I think this is the real meaning of travel.

As you know, I am still a student staying in hostel, sharing a small rooms with another 2 person. Hence, I am still unable to host any travellers who visited to Malaysia. However, a short meet up is perfectly fine for me. Feel free to drop a message if you want to meet me. Of course, I can bring you around and provide you some tips to travel in Malaysia. Of course, when I started to own a house or room, I will started to host travellers from all around the world !

Interests

Travel, Read, Basketball, Swimming, Hang around with people, Photography

I like to drink coffee ! And also EAT ! 😂

• books
• photography
• dining
• traveling
• basketball
• swimming
• edm

Music, Movies, and Books

Musics - EDM, Rhythm and Blues

Series
- Game of Thrones
- Sherlock Holmes
- House of Cards
- American Gods
- Black Mirror
- Collateral
- Gotham
- Prison Break

Anime & Manga (Well, I watched anime too!)
- One Piece
- Death Note
- Attack on Titans
- Tokyo Ghoul

Books
- Fan of Dan Brown
- 金庸之作 - 射雕英雄传，神雕侠侣，倚天屠龙记，笑傲江湖
- 黄易之作 - 破碎虚空，尔国临格，大唐双龙传

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Previous amazing experiences:

Participated in an open sea swimathon at Terengganu, Malaysia.
Swam from Kapas Island (Pulau Kapas) to Marang (mainland), 6.5km for 105minutes, got 10th place under youth category.

29 Jun -15 July 2016
I have travelled solo to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City, Phan Thiet and Mui Ne for 17 days. Also, it was my first time using couchsurfing throughout the trip. It was really awesome. During the trip, I met a lot of friends from different countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, the list goes on...

22-23 July 2016
Peaked the top of Southeast Asia, Mount Kinabalu (4095m, approx 13500 feet)

29 Sept - 2 October 2016
Planned a Taiwan trip with my family.

15-24 Feb 2017
My second solo backpacking. Visited Guangzhou and Hunan Province (including Chenzhou, Changsha, Fenghuang and Zhangjiajie).

29 July - 13 August 2017
Backpack to Central and Northern Vietnam. Destinations included Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue, Phong Nha, Ninh Binh, Hanoi and Halong Bay.

27 August - 08 September 2017
Backpack to Iran. Destinations include Tehran, Kashan, Isfahan, Yazd and Shiraz. Made a detour to Dubai to visit a friend that I have made during my Iran trip too.

01 March 2018 - 17 July 2018
Participated in an exchange programme at Sun Yat-sen University at Guangzhou, China. Along the period, I get to visit few cities in China including Beijing北京, Shanghai上海, Chongqing重庆, Macau澳门, Shenzhen深圳, Xiamen厦门, Quanzhou泉州 and Shaoguan韶关.

02 - 07 September 2018
Travelled to Phuket Island and Hatyai at Thailand with my girlfriend, Li Sim. This is our first overseas trip together and we enjoyed it a lot!

Upcoming plan:
01-10 July 2019
We plan to ride motor around Taiwan and visit as much places as we could!

11-17 July 2019
From Taiwan, we will take a detour to Tokyo, Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mathematics? LOL (That is my major, I know it sounds boring)
History of Malaysia (a little bit, maybe?)
My hometown - Penang.
Swimming (Freestyle is my major stroke)
Some of my backpacking and student exchange experiences
Massage - I can teach you if you are interested. (At my hostel in my university, a lot of my friends always come to my room asking me to help them to massage 😂)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything I know haha!

A long last friendship of course !

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Malaysia