CURRENT MISSION

Greetings, I just returned from Japan To America after 3 years of teaching English. I will start a Job soon with a Japanese trading company and am currently looking for other possibilities.

I love Japan and hope to continue working there.

I will be going to San Francisco to attend a Career Fair by CFN

My target? Languages. my short term objective? Find a PT Job.

ABOUT ME

I am a big language nerd, I love to travel, and I enjoy experiencing new cultures. I'm not afraid to try new things, I can eat almost anything, and I plan to learn in the following o order: Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish. I speak conversational Japanese and read and write. I also translate Manga into English for a hobby. I play Sanshin.

PHILOSOPHY

Reality is in the eye of the beholder.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By building positive couch surfing experiences so that i may return the favor when I own my own couch! :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed my friends place at the university quite frequently when I miss the last bus home.

Aside from this,

AMERICA:
I have couch surfed across the west coast of Washington.

KOREA:
I surfed with 3 awesome hosts whom I consider life long friends now.

TURKEY
I surfed with my two friends whom I met during the summer of 2008 in america and I visited turkey to see them and spent an entire ten days kicking it with them. Great friends. much love

Interests

CURRENTLY:
Everything about business, Independently studying Financial Accounting and Quantitative management.

Still learning Japanese, advanced.

SINCE COLLEGE:
Japan and everything about it.
Asia in general. Tea!!(absolutely love the stuff).
Cooking all curries(Indian, Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Malaysian, British,..it goes on). Languages, and Breakdance.

• culture
• cooking
• traveling
• surfing
• business
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Old boy, Tae-Guk-ki, Jackie Chan(films), All music(yes even country), any academic literature pertaining to japan, language, or International matters.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Passed the JLPT 2

Teach, Learn, Share

Japanese, English, Sanshin(japanese lute), Breakdancing

What I Can Share with Hosts

My Knowledge about American-Japanese Cross-culture experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Japan, South Korea, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States