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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Yue (Cantonese); learning Chinese, Sign Language - BSL, AUSLAN, NZS
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • travelling, pretending to be a student
  • I spent 5 years studying science in high school only to r...
  • From Hong Kong (not China, not Britain, okay?)
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

What is a mission? I only know Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible.

ABOUT ME

A typical Hongkonger: studying till university without knowing why or how, then working like a dog for several years.

But then one day, I decided to break away, away from the metro life, and march into the wild! Quit my job, left my love, gave away most of my belongings to my friends and then started my backpacking life in New Zealand. It's been a year now. It's just AWESOME! Now's the time to move on and look for my next goal in life.

I'm not particularly into the clubbing scene. To me, there is a lot more fun in life than spending a night in a noisy club. I wouldn't mind having a few drinks with a few friends though.

One of my regular activities is to pay pilgrimage to any eateries in town that serve cheese dishes. Cheese! I just love it!

PHILOSOPHY

If a person with multiple personality threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Masturbation = Shaking hands with the unemployed.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Easy. Just click the "Sign Up" button.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in Korea and the hosts were incredibly nice and caring. After couchsurfing, I just don't understand why someone would want to stay in a boring 5-star hotel which is no different from a jail.

Interests

hiking, reading, language exchange, singing, cycling, sunbathing, shepherding (while in fact scaring the sheep), making cheese (OH! Cheese!! I JUST LOVE CHEESE!)

  • dogs
  • singing
  • cheese
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • reading
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • skydiving
  • languages
  • sign language
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:
-Harry Potter
-Into the Wild
-The Bucket List
-Cast Away
-Life is Beautiful

TV SERIES:
-The X Files
-Battlestar Galactica
-The Simpsons

AUTHORS:
-Agatha Christie
-Ruth Rendell
-Barbara Vine

BOOKS:
-Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer
-The Good Women of China, by Xinran
-The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving - terribly scared before doing it, but amazingly calm during the process.

Canyon Swinging - bragged it would be a piece of cake before doing it, but scared the shit out of myself in the end!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I adore people who speak many languages and I'd like them to teach me some words. I can teach you Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Hong Kong Sign Language sayings!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, South Korea, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, New Zealand

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