🌳 current status:

working on interdisciplinary master’s in Paris, starting new podcast series “hy~brid~ge” ~ talking with mixed culture people who are hybrid in between and the bridge connecting different cultures 🌏🌍🌎

for hosting: check my home section

🐾 i also start to get bored of sharing my own stories and asking people the same questions, so it'd be fun to play some games, sing, walk in nature together and some stories can go in between here and there 🐌

i have some simple board game, question card sets, clay, water colour etc. i will start learning different games from different cultures ~ we can also play some childhood games 👻🤡🧚‍♀️🤾‍♀️🤹‍♂️🪁🃏🎨🎭

🌱 hope you can find some of my listing below for Hanoi/ Saigon/ Vietnam/ London (Hoi An and Paris to come) helpful ~ if you have some question about these, i could reply slowly

🌳 current mission: on the life long journey of learning and practising healing practices (mindfulness, yoga, medicinal nutrition, herbal medicine, healing arts, alternative education) and natural farming in the near future hopefully ~ in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, now Europe ~ about me: www.breathingplaying.wordpress.com/about

🌱 i’m hosting uncut and intimate "lắng & nghe" radio (in Vietnamese): https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/langvanghe and listen deeply podcast (in English) https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hybridge with and for gen X, Y, Z sharing about our childhood, family, studies, relationships, works, dreams, how we go through hard times and what inspires us in our present life : )

~ message me if you pass by Paris and would like to meet up and see if we could record an episode 🫖🍵

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

🌳 how i participate on couchsurfing:

you can practise some yoga and meditation with me if you're interested when you couchsurf at my place : )

i hosted some people back in late 2011 when i first joined CS and only start to surf recently when i went to Northern Ireland in late june 2013

🌳 couchsurfing experience:

i would love to host kind people who can exchange some conversation/ idea/ experience with (but don't feel like we have to spend some time because i know when you don't have much time at a place, you want to travel, me too!)

for me, it is ok to copy and paste part of the message when asking for a host, because we all know we should write to 30 people to get maybe 1 host ~ i have to do the same when my travel can not be planned earlier. i do check the profile and find something in common or something i like about the host to put in the message though : )

also when we travel plans can change, there might be no internet on the way etc. so we can be understanding and compassionate to each other on here if the person is late/ early / can't make it : )

🌳 basic things to know i would say:

🌱 clean after yourself

🌱 buy your own food or share the cost with the host unless they invite you ~ some can only afford to host at the moment

🌱 respect the host and yourself in term of everything, we're here to help each other and 'pay it forward' ~ you get help from this person and you help another person, you don't have to feel like the host can control you in anyway or vice versa

Interests

🌱 nature ~ hiking, swimming, cycling, playing with kids or adults with kid spirit, writing, film-making

🌱 yoga, meditation, minimal living, (vietnamese) food, medicinal nutrition,

🌱 dance (lyrical, contemporary, swing), singing, music (classical, jazz, country, folk, soul), art, craft (water colour, diy, installation), languages, cultures,

🌱 natural build, community - based ecovillages, (social/ natural) science, (visual) anthropology

• culture
• writing
• film making
• yoga
• reading
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• languages
• food
• friendship
• mindfulness
• contemporary dance

Music, Movies, and Books

🌱 music: http://soundcloud.com/breathingnplaying

🌱 movies: http://www.imdb.com/list/4HE4440Y-Gc/

🌱 books: http://www.goodreads.com/heyaiamcam

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

persuaded/ took each of my parents to mindfulness meditation retreats at Plum Village Thailand

Teach, Learn, Share

🌱 meditative film from my life journey: https://youtube.com/@heyaiamcam

🌱 local authentic food/ drink/ events/ useful sites for explorers/ newcomers/ travellers in Hanoi/ Saigon/ Vietnam: https://breathingplaying.wordpress.com/tag/vietnam

🌱 cultural, art, places things to do in London
https://twitter.com/samhangtran/lists/soyouthinkyouknowlondon

🌱 True Love ~ book by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh www.facebook.com/truelovethichnhathanh

🌱 (Less active now) Art, Culture, Social events in Vietnam: www.facebook.com/vietnameseculturespace

What I Can Share with Hosts

🍲 i can cook some vietnamese food, lead some guided mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga sessions 🍃

🌳 as a trained career counsellor since 2020, i can also share some career counselling resources (aside from professional career counselling process)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Viet Nam