CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world, meet people, and celebrate life. (Currently back in the grind but travels whenever I have the opportunity!)

ABOUT ME

Back in SG ala 2018 and working all the time so I don’t travel much anymore. Text me to see if I’m free to host you! ✌🏻

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Took a one year sabbatical in 2014 and backpacked around the world by myself, one country after another. I was in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China, Philippines, Mexico and the US for a whole 12 months. Finally got back to Singapore in Jan 2015. My travel style is free spirited, with no itinerary or specific direction. Despite that, I had the time of my life meeting amazing people, experiencing different cultures and learning new things on the go! Going to have more adventures this year. Come join me if you want to travel together!

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PHILOSOPHY

Life is like a box of condoms. You can have all the fun in the world but just make sure you play safe and stay accountable! (You don't want baggages when you travel!)

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And so here I am. Officially going through the biggest decision of my life. Call it a quarter-life crisis, a journey of self discovery or even a crazy mission to nowhere. Whatever it is, I know I need to this. To get away from what I have grown up with and see the world for what it really is.

I find myself surrounded by people fixated in chasing after a dream, a career, a relationship, a big fat bank account... an ideal. Without noticing, I find myself been taken along with the tide, raised and influenced to think in a certain way, react in a certain way, be a certain way and even dream a certain way. I was part of the system, part of the crowd. Sometimes, it feels as if I am screaming and screaming my lungs out in a room full of people but having not even one person hearing me or noticing me.

Does it matter in the end? No. My life is my own to live, to understand and to love. I have failed myself in doing just that. In fact, I realized for all my 26 years in this world, I have been loving all the things that will never last me a lifetime. I wasn't living life spontaneously enough to enjoy the moments, but really just endlessly planning and working for an ideal future that drags my days so much so that they don't even seem all that appealing anymore. I never once questioned whether what I am doing or working for is really what I really need. Not in the sense of what gives me a good life within societal standards, but what I need to truly live the life that I will be proud of at the end of the day. I want to be able to tell myself on the day I meet my maker, that I have truly lived, and that I have done the very best to be happy in every sense of the word. That I have no regrets, as much as I can manage when it all ends.

I bought myself a one way ticket out of Singapore to do just that. I sold most of my possessions and I have already quit my job. Do I have a plan? No. Do I know where I will end up? No. Do I know when I will come back? No. Do I know what I'll do when I do come back? No. But that's the beauty of it. We don't always have to know the answer. We don't always have to be in control. Just live.

If this is just one life I am getting, this is one life I will really have to truly live and BE happy.

~10th Oct 2013~

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have met many awesome people from the couchsurfing community all over the world and look forward to many more amazing experiences!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has been an awesome, enriching and humbling experience! I have met so many amazing couchsurfers, each a character of their own and each, a new friend from another spot of the globe. Looking forward to meeting even more fellow couchsurfers/hosts, travelers and locals around the world!

Interests

A Compulsive Traveler, an Inspirational Writer, a Passionate Musician, a Creative Photographer, a Convivial Networker, an Adventurous Movie Junkie, a Romantic Bookworm, an Imaginative Dreamer

• writing
• beauty
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• boxing
• rock climbing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Just bought "Vagabonding" from Rolf Potts, can't wait to read it! It's hard for me to say which book I love the most because I always have a new favourite all the time! Currently...A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon. Very very powerful book.

Find myself watching "Eat, Pray, Love" over and over again. And everytime I do, I always find something new, a revelation, a motivation, an inspiration.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Embarked on a 9 months long journey of self discovery. Read more about it here!
https://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=3489&post=15071220

You can also visit my blog, to track and document my emotional and physical journey around the world

http://jarsofthoughts.com/

Alternatively, you can follow my on-the-go travelogue through my Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/jarreddotravels

Travel with me on Instagram: Jialatloh

Teach, Learn, Share

I may be young to a lot of people but I am actually a pretty enlightened person (I am not kidding!)in terms of my perspective in life. I am very very very easy to talk to and connect with because i don't judge and I smile at anyone (not creepily) who is willing to smile back! Feel free to chat and meet me if u want!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I believe I am A class surfer and friend, hahaha! I am a very neat person, responsible, accountable, can cook, friendly, easy to talk to, easy going, fun-loving, entertaining and happy-go-lucky!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Singapore, United States