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Overview

  • 16 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish, Vietnamese, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Engineer
  • Computer Engineering and Computer Science, USC
  • From Los Angeles, CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

ABOUT ME

SAVED BY JESUS
Loves making friends, but rarely shows it
Concerned about people's feelings
Treats friends importantly
Willing to take risks for others
NEVER GETS OFFENDED
Intelligent and clever, but has an AWFUL memory
Systematic and makes good choices
Indecisive but rarely regrets
Uncommon fashion sense
Unique sense of humor
Quiet and humble; avoids attention
Romantic on the inside, not outside
Shy towards the opposite sex
Honest, loyal, and generous
Hates not being trusted
Ambitious, hardworking, and determined
LOVES FREEDOM
Independent
Rebellious when restricted
Loves hiking, creating, and reading
Curious
BIG IMAGINATION
Always has lots of ideas
Spendthrift
Appreciative and kind

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a gift from God, so I want to make the most of it

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Understand the world

Previous missions:
- Learn Taiwanese (Mandarin Chinese + traditional characters)
- Embarrass myself by attempting to speak Vietnamese

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted/met:
Nikolas Noetzel (Germany) - Dec 2010
Nikki Biddison & Ben Bunhong (Cambodia) - Feb 2011
Hannah Marqusee (US/Japan) - May 2011

I surfed/met with:
Victor Milton Michaël van Doorn (Holland) - Sep 2011
Dietmar Mössler (Austria) - Feb 2011
Khim Ying Tan (Singapore) - Mar 2011
Otoko (Singapore) - Mar 2011
Suresh Kumar (Taipei) - May 2011
The Rempels (Taichung) - May 2011
Betty (Kaohsiung) - May 2011

Interests

Computers, programming, iPhone, iOS, Android, and more

  • fashion
  • coloring
  • reading
  • hiking
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Iron Man
Groundhog Day
Despicable Me
Source Code
Police Story (Jackie Chan)

Music:
The Beatles
The Temptations
Taylor Swift

Books:
The Revolution - Ron Paul
End the Fed - Ron Paul
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
The 4-Hour Workweek - Timothy Ferriss
Life Nomadic - Tynan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Created iOS apps that have been downloaded over 7 million times
- Drove a motorbike at 100 km/h in Mui Ne
- Hong Kong Disneyland: acted like I'd been there before, and showed a friend around. We went on Space Mountain right after lunch
- Went around the edge of the gate at the Kaohsiung beach

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Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: programming, Objective-C, PHP/MySQL
Learn: Vietnamese
Share: iPhone/iPod/iPad USB cable

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Viet Nam

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