CURRENT MISSION

my mission is to see good buildings, eat good food, and sleep with good people. just kidding on the last one.

ABOUT ME

20 year old architecture student at the mackintosh school of architecture in glasgow, scotland.
enjoys travelling, albeit the actual travelling part. likes to appreciate the finer things in life, no matter how hectic life may be i try to keep some time to enjoy for myself. may it be travelling or just some time to relax and chill.

PHILOSOPHY

go all out and if that doesnt work. well pfft the other guy mustve been cheating.

hard work pays off. its just that i try to have more fun than i do work :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

still a virgin a the moment :P

Interests

architecture, design, art depending on genre
food, i love to eat :D
rock climbing and bumming around

• arts
• architecture
• design
• dining
• beer
• walking
• traveling
• boxing
• rock climbing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

this was from a the summer of '09 i spent in beijing -

a colleague had just gotten married so he had a wedding dinner sort of thing for the office. needless to say he is the quite type and his wife was gorgeous. everyone gave him a well done. even the boss.
anyways beers and stuff later. we left. and a friend from work told me later that it was around midnight. and she helped me get a cab. but kinda weird i dont remember that hahaha. anywyas all i remember was that i was trying to tell the cabbie where to go. and i think i managed to do so cause we drove off together.

this is probably the climax of the story

the next thing i know i wake up at china world office tower (the district is guo mao) on the street lying down on the floor god knows how long i was lying there. but i looked at my watch and it was 4am! a pretty scary thought... i look around and its deserted. thank god there were no other hobos other than myself. so i got up brushed myself off and started walking. still a little woozy, i stumbled for about a block and decided to sit on a planter box. then i thought yea this would be a pretty cool story to tell my kids some day. so i look for my ipod. oh wait fuck. where the fuck is my bag. oh shit oh shit oh shit! so i panicked for awhile and then retraced my steps.

i got back to where i woke up and there was my bag lying there untouched bathed in the store's light. it was a beautiful sight i tell you. luckily all of my belongings were there except for my phone which i must have had drunkenly left it at the restaurant (i got it back the next day hahaha. it was one of those small types with a bar sort of counter and some seating around back.) so yea i kinda stoned clutching my bag looking around for any suspicious looking people. although in all irony i was the only dodgy character around (messed up shirt). and my shoes were really dirty....i was wearing white leather that day. hooray hooray.

so i waited til 6 to grab the subway. this shouldn't be in the story but i guess i should tell it all the way til i reach home safely. so i was waiting for the subway. first one of the day. and there was this smoking hot chinese girl waiting right next to me. if i wasnt so icky and messy looking i would have probably talked to her. but no unfortunately i was not. and sadly i couldnt tell if she was looking at me cause she was well looking at me or if she was just looking at the messy guy after a night out.

so i got to the nearest stop closest to the highway back. and took 30 minutes talking really broken chinese to 3 diff cab drivers and finally one was convinced enough to let me in his cab. so off i went speeding off into the beijing sunrise.

might not be amazing to some. but it was pretty amazing that i was not hurt and that i had all my organs still intact 'p

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Malaysia, United Kingdom