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Overview

  • 11 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese (Simplified), English
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Trader
  • Learning from my mistakes
  • From Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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About Me

About me? Difficult to say. I'm certainly not a boring guy. I move around a lot. Never really settled anywhere. Bit of a wanderer. Spent half my life in China and half in Australia, so you could say I'm half-Chinese.

I enjoy the simple things, like having free time. Full-time work doesn't agree with me. I'll drink a beer with just about anyone. And my stories get more honest as the drinking continues.

I've just moved to Shenzhen and I'm having a blast. Met so many interesting people and many more to come. I feel like this is the place I'm meant to be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it's the best social network there is

Interests

Electronics, programming, the internet, guitar, documentaries, surfing, video games, snowboarding, hiking, cycling, reading, writing, language, the list is endless... oh, and beer

  • writing
  • documentaries
  • beer
  • drinking
  • electronics
  • video games
  • reading
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • snowboarding

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock n roll is sort of a religion to me. Mostly stuff from the late 60s and early 70s, particularly Led Zeppelin.

Also blues, country, jazz, soul, folk, big band..... basically anything pre-Justin Beaver.

Movies: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Sean Penn at his best)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built a time-lapse dolly. See link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZqBqzID2wI

Teach, Learn, Share

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end"
- Ernest Hemingway

more great quotes like this at my website:
cake-death.appspot.com

What I Can Share with Hosts

I speak Chinese pretty well if you're interested in learning. I always have time for a good conversation (Couchsurfers tend to be interesting people), especially over a drink or seven.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China

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