Hi! I am a geeky woman with a bunch of weird interests.
· I study galaxies as a job. I run cosmological simulations to learn about the role of gas in galaxy formation.
· I am enthusiastic in population genomics, especially using it as a tool to discover the demographic history in south China.
· I am interested in East Asian/Southeast Asian peoples in general - their language, music, history, identity and current political situation. From the Uyghurs and Tibetans to the Hmongs and Yis.
· I write history fanfics about Han dynasty(~200 BC). Only about a certain family though.
· I translate Chinese webnovels into English. If you know TKA...

Some facts about me:
· I grew up in a Hakka family in the Hakka region in Guangdong, but my first language is Mandarin and my second language is Cantonese. I am trying to speak more Hakka.
· Both of my parents are super good cooks and I have inherited the talent from them.
· I am trying to learn a language that's spoken by less than 1,000 people. It's not in the drop-down list so I put Hmong instead. Supposedly they are related.
· I've had more Szechuan food or food from other regions of China in general in the US than in my 20 years in China. (I guess we Hakka/Cantonese are too proud of our food)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Getting to know people with different background
Sharing

Interests

• literature
• cooking
• anthropology
• ethnic studies
• history
• psychology
• visual kei
• chinese culture
• ethnology
• chinese history
• japanese music
• chinese music
• east asian culture
• yaoi
• hakka

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I used to be a Japanese Visual Kei fangirl and still listen to some bands from the 90s. I listened to metal/metalcore when I was teenager too. Now I mostly listened to Chinese folk music and ethnic music.

Some artists I like:
X Japan, Dir en grey, Plastic Tree, Piass, Crossfaith, One Ok Rock, NZBZ, Hanggai, Moxi Zishi, Bear Biscuit, Nezha ... ...
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Movies:
I hate superhero movies and dislike most action/thrillers/romance movies.

Some movies I like:
Momento, Let the Bullets Fly, Kill Your Darlings, (not a movie but I really enjoy it)Lost, Ôoku: Tanjô - Arikoto · Iemitsu-hen......
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Books:
I love reading. When I was young I read a lot of 'classics' because that's what we had in our apartment. Unfortunately I have become lazy and read more 'fast-food' type of novels now. I've read tons of danmei...if you don't know what it means, don't google it.

Novels I like:
Too many and in Chinese so I will skip this part.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked up Mt.Rainier through the most difficult route having no idea what it was like? I was wearing a pretty dress, non-sports shoes, prepared no food or water and just decided to try and see how much I could do...I went up and down in two and a half hour.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Whatever that's listed on the 'about me' section?
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Oh, I love cooking!

Countries I’ve Visited

Hong Kong, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States