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Overview
About Me
Update March 2023
Currently not accepting guests. Frequent traveling happening due to various reasons. Would be happy to welcome guests later this year.
A full-time PhD student in UK. So can be really busy. But I will manage time or during my short trips to host/meet/surf some interesting people if possible.
I love musicals and a beginner of some instruments.
I love arts and have been to some galleries and created some.
I love outdoors and have hiked to some remote villages and colorful mountain areas
I am also a beach person though not the sun-bath style or competing with others for a spot on a scorching day
Generally I have a curious mind, a complexity of innocence and maturity. Can play well with kids and talk deep with seniors. Enjoy my time alone and among people.
As a host :
As a busy full time student, I can’t accept last minute request. You can send a request one week earlier or at least 3 days ahead. A nice clean guest would be great! But I would also like to know why you want to surf my place. Be aware I may not be able to join your trip but of course I can show you around the campus or even a lovely village and castle nearby and we can enjoy some meals together.
* it is not guaranteed that you will have private room. New roommate may move in anytime according to my landlord. Then you will have to stay in couch downstairs.(it is very comfortable). With one roommate, I can host maximum 2nights. Because he/they will feel it is inconvenient. When the house is full, I can host probably just one night.
*For safety reasons, I only host people with positive references or people who my previous hosts recommend.
As a guest:
Please do reply if you see the request or message plz. No worries if you don’t want to host or can’t host. No need to explain if you don’t want. just let me know ASAP your decision , since I would need to plan the trip accordingly.
Also, if you never bother to change the bedsheets for each guest you hosted, please no need accept my request.
As a guest, I am clean, respectful and comfortable to be with. ! I will leave the house the way I found it or even better.
I am ok with a sofa, a bed in a private or public room.
But *not sharing a bed.
I hope our encounter would be a wonderful one.
Generally I won’t trust and interact with a person again if they fail to keep their promises. I would never break mine as well. But of course, if there is a sudden emergency, I totally understand.
I can share my experiences, my culture, my life and books I read. if conditions permit, maybe I can cook a meal for us. Also, if you love photography, musical instruments and arts, we could have a lot to share as well.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I believe it is people on the way that make all the sceneries I see, all the foods I tasted and all the feelings I have more alive and meaningful. I love to share, to hear and to live another life. I believe there are many wonderful souls in this world and i am more than willing to explore.
Being a host, I would do my best to accommodate you.
Being a guest, I believe I have a lot of interesting stories and experience to share as well.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Nice experience and nice people ! And some I became real friends afterwards!
Interests
travelling
reading
public speaking
teaching
playing music instruments
exercising
writing
Singing
- culture
- writing
- education
- dining
- cooking
- exercise
- clubbing
- shopping
- reading
- traveling
- music
- teaching
- beaches
- mountains
Music, Movies, and Books
inspiring, like Tuesdays with Morrie or five people in the heaven
detective kind lke The Girl who played with fire
moving life stories like Night in Rodanthe, Kite runner etc
historic masterpiece like Roots
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Get my Yoga teaching certificate
The next thing
Teach, Learn, Share
Chinese culture, food and English learning , yoga, traveling stories
What I Can Share with Hosts
Chinese language
teaching experience
Chinese education
local food culture
show you around if I am free
Stories
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, England, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
China, United Kingdom