📍 Bali based

😊 ABOUT ME

I describe myself as an open minded person who respects everyone equally. I'm also a kind of person who loves to see the world from the positive perspective. I believe that if we have a positive mindset, we attract more positive things into our life. I also really love to make friends with people all over the world. So, let's be friend! 😃

🏃‍♂️ ROUTINE

I like to hang out during my free time (weekdays after work and the weekend). I usually go to the beach, cafes, live music events, or explore the island with my scooter. I also really love to meet new people and make friends :)

🏠 HOSTING

Send me a message or a couch request and I will respond it happily. Hence, don't hesitate to contact me. If you are going to send a couch request, please read the 'home' section first :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new friends both locals and travelers. Hopefully, I can either host you or meet you up to hang out together exploring the island and trying local foods.

My mission in hosting people is not only to meet amazing people from all over the world but also to help them to get the best travelling experience in my country, especially in the island where I live in. I do believe that when you help others, the universe will conspire to help you back in any kind of situations.

I'm also always find myself enchanted to hearing the story of the travellers as I also really want to explore the world :)

Interests

I'm interested in cultures, languages, meeting new people and making friends. I'm also keen on food, music, books, art, sketching, traveling, helping on with kids and all things that make me forget about the deadline :D

• cats
• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• sketching
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• astronomy
• history
• languages
• psychology
• food
• instagram
• plants
• children
• making friends
• carpe noctem

Music, Movies, and Books

🎵🎵

I listen mostly pop songs but I also love country and jazz. In addition, I admire broadway songs too :)

Some of my fav singers/bands/DJs are: Taylor Swift, Tom Grennan, Jack Newsome, Maluma, Bleachers, Calum Scott, Jonas Blue, Lauv, Charlie Puth, Ben Platt, Harry Styles, Michael Buble, Owl City, The Script, Luke Bryan, Mikolas Josef, Dan + Shay, Jack n Jack, and many more. I love music a lot and always happy to discover some cool new artists.

📒🎬

I'm a big fan of Harry Potter, Roald Dahl's, Studio Ghibli's and Stephen King's both horror books and movies. I also fall in love with Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. And for TV series, I love F.R.I.E.N.D.S. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Solo traveling to Thailand :D
- Moving to Bali ;)

🛩 My 'MOVING TO BALI' experience

I have visited Bali for 3 times before I finally decided to live in Bali. I really love Bali and the idea of moving and living in Bali had always been in my dream since a long time ago. Long story short, I finally moved to Bali in 2019, but after few months, I decided to move back to Java as I had a better job offer.

After leaving Bali, I suddenly felt like I was in a rough place mentally. Things just didn't work out, a lot of reasons honestly.
People tell me: "Fon, you have successful life, you graduated and got a high-paying job in one of the best government companies. You would have a lot of money, build a luxury house, and bla bla...” – Yeah, but I wasn’t happy.

Don't get me wrong, it's not my definition of success. All I want is to live simply and happily in a place that I love, doing whatever I want to do. That genuine feeling of happiness that I felt when I lived in Bali. I then had a crazy thought of leaving everything. I wanted nothing but moving back to Bali but there were so much worries about people's judgments.

I struggled with my own thought of living up to people expectation versus living in the world that I design. That difficult time of my life required me to be a little less accessible. I don't want to be seen, be heard, nor be called. I cut social media out of my life in order to begin the quest of finding myself again. It was complete social isolation and I got so cut away from the real world that my thoughts were my only companion.

I tried everything to get back on track and heard no one else's voice but mine. In the end, I made a tough decision that changed my whole life story. I left my job and moved back to Bali in christmas 2020.

My story was not only filled with some dark chapters, but also ended with a major comeback and learned lessons. I finally found something matter that has been missing for so long: my true self. And eventually, now I am at a place - mentally, physically and spiritually - where I am happy, content, and feeling better than ever. Bali :)

I am sharing this to encourage people to trust their guts and chase their dreams even when everything seems impossible. The law of attraction says that when you truly want something and go after it without limiting yourself with disbeliefs, the universe will make it happen :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some basic Indonesian useful phrases, give advice of the places you should visit, help you plan your travel, or share my stories and show you around the island and it's culture for sure.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A room to stay, transport, food, time and any other things I can offer to my guest :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia