CURRENT MISSION

Find the Holy Grail

ABOUT ME

Moved to KL in early July 2016. Before that, I worked in Toulouse, France for a year and a half. And before that, California, Ohio, and Texas for work, spent a few months in China, was in Atlanta for school, and grew up in Florida.

Some people think I look Chinese, others think I look Malaysian. I guess it depends on how tan I am at the time? Regardless, I am actually Filipino/Japanese and I was born and raised in the US.

Until 10th grade, I was at schools that had mostly white students. After I transferred high schools, I was exposed to so much more stuff. I didn't realize how much I was missing out on (a recurring theme in my life). My friends all came from such different backgrounds (India, China, Korea, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Colombia, UK, etc) We all picked up a little bit of everybody else's culture and that left me craving more.

PHILOSOPHY

Success in life is directly related to how many awkward questions you're willing to ask

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I got some great help from CSers in Haerbin when I visited there. Unfortunately did not get to meet with them.
First surfing experience was in Xiamen, China and it was amazing! Met a ton of cool people through a CS Meet, made a bunch of new friends, and stayed with great hosts.

Interests

Seeing the world, eating good food, relaxing, meeting amazing people, aircraft, rockets, flying, economics, history (learning all the stuff conveniently left out of textbooks in the US), languages, math, meaning of life stuff

• culture
• chinese new year
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• drinking games
• flying
• surfing
• economics
• geography
• history
• languages
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Armageddon, October Sky, The Longest Day, The Boondock Saints, 21, Avatar, Red Cliff, Ip Man 2, Fearless, Hero, Battle Royale, Machine Girl, The Core (so painfully bad that its hilarious)

Music: Not country.

Books: Calculus by Gilbert Strang http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm , Roesencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Lies My Teacher Told Me, Countdown, The World is Flat, China Shakes the World, I am America and So Can You

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
-Spending summer of 2010 meandering around China
-"Celebrating" my 21st birthday a day late in GaoXiong
-Eid in Istanbul

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Math and English, airplanes and jet engines, cooking! I've picked up some random card games and drinking games through my travels too. Those are always fun to share :)

Learn: Harmonica, Taijichuan, cooking. History - it sheds light on culture, geography, language, and all that stuff that gives people a sense of identity. It helps you understand "why?". And to paraphrase a friend, it's amazing to see the lengths at which countries will go to ruin one another. Thanks nationalism!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Malaysia, United States

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