CURRENT MISSION

To graduate. I have been a graduate student at Harvard for 13 years.

ABOUT ME

Harvard graduate student. Ancient Chinese literature and history.

PHILOSOPHY

Respect and learn from the beliefs and practices of others. Try to leave the world a better place than I found it by helping others understand our relationship to the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Newbie. Just discovered couchsurfing today (6/29/2014).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All positive, as guest and host.

Interests

Not much free time. I like to watch documentaries. I study ancient Chinese history and literature, so those are my normal topic of conversation.

• literature
• documentaries
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Network, Year of the Dragon, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, War of the Roses, Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli), many others.
Music: Mahler, Jimi Hendrix, The Sabri Brothers and Ensemble, etc.
Books: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lots of Teaching Company courses.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw Mt. Everest (see my profile photos). Others waited weeks and never saw it. I bribed the driver to remain a couple of hours longer and the clouds parted for about 2 minutes and there it was.

Teach, Learn, Share

Confucius, Laozi, The First Emperor of China, The Gerson Therapy.