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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Malay
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2017
  • Bookseller & Distro Elf
  • University
  • From Singapore, Singapore
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

Perspective is everything.
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Cos a home is warmer than a hostel. Would love to venture new places with perspectives of a local. Every soul has a story worth telling. If only I had a lifetime to get to know each of them, yet retreat to my private space to rest, introspect or gaze at nothing and everything (fair warning).

Interests

  • cats
  • books
  • music
  • live music
  • swimming
  • food
  • nature
  • tea
  • sea
  • doodling
  • magazines
  • risograph

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list.

Currently listening: Arcane Roots’s Melancholia Hymns
Currently watching: The It Crowd (TV series) and Isle of Dogs (Movie)
Currently reading: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and a random bookazine on superfood

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cooking for my host and his kid in Bristol a Singaporean Fried Rice using ingredients I bought from the market (when I barely cook at home) it was actually delicious!

& I don’t think I can ever top the feeling of breathing underwater for the first time during my Open Water Course in Mabul, Sabah.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to play the ukulele/guitar
Learn: Would love to learn to cook local dishes, speak a different tongue or something random like learning to farm or take care of your pet
Share: What we call Singlish. Experiences from travelling and SEA regions. If you are interested in the magazine industry. Or if you are lucky, durian.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences from back home. Singlish. My attempts at cooking (need to learn more recipes from my mum cos she’s the bestest). Based on how comfortable I am with meeting new people but I’ll try my very best.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Singapore

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