I'm Jennifer from Hong Kong.

I'm a university student who hopes to exert her own time-limited freedom before entering the labour after graduation via playing truant SOMETIMES and exploring the world.

A not-really-young adult trying to meet people of different cultures, understand more about the world, and finally knowing what she is.

== JUNE -JULY 2016 == [Graduation Trip]
JUNE -- Arusha, Tanzania
- Overseas nursing placement in local hospital. Observe and hands-on patients with African epidemics e.g. malaria, HIV-infections
- Safari, hopefully can witness the Great Migration myself

JULY -- Middle East (Destinations yet to be confirmed)
- Turkey: Istanbul, Cappadocia
- Iran: Tehran, Isfahran, Shiraz, Isfahan
- Israel
- Jordan

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's not just about the place, but it's about the people.

Most of my knowledge about differnet places in the world comes from the TV progammes like "Rick Steves' Europe",,"Jeremy Clarkson meets the Neighbours"(this one doesn't sound good, does it?lol)

As a traveller who could only afford trips on a shoestring, travelling in Europe has been one of the things that appears on my list of things-I-must-do-before-I-die. I long to know the impression of a country I was instilled with by these programmes, is it just a cliche or really the truth. I hope the trip would not just be sheer taking photos of some beautiful tourist attraction sites but geniuinely know the temperament of each place, and of course, meet friends and share my own culture.

Interests

Sports: yoga, cycling, jogging, trekking, swimming
I like trekking when traveling in other countries. I've been trekking ABC in Nepal and Kurama in Japan. Planning to go trekking at Skye in Scotland.

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Love shopping and eating. I guess all girls do.
I like curry, desserts and Chinese & Japanese food (sushi, sashimi, green tea...)

And I'm a fan of IKEA's meatball. XD
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• culture
• dining
• cooking
• chinese food
• desserts
• japanese food
• yoga
• shopping
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• sports
• swimming
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

- Music -
Britpop -- Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker, Travis, Muse......
Damien Rice, Pink Floyd
Indie, Alternative Rock, Cantonpop (Eason Chan)...

- Movies -
Closer, The Pianist, Schindler's ListInception, Midnight in Paris, Into the Wild, The Intimidation Game, Grand Budapest Hotel, A Beautiful Mind, Days of being Wild, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the Harry Potter series, Toy Story & many others

- TV -
Sherlock, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones
Graham Norton Show, Top Gear

- Books -
Shantaram, Malcolm Gladwell, Oscar Wilde, Harry Potter series
Chinese martial art novels (Louis Cha)
Currently start reading the A Game of Thrones series

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not sure I have any thing outstanding or skillful enough that I could teach others...

I think I can share things about my beloved city -- Hong Kong & things about last year's Umbrella Revolution & how we Hong Kongers view about China.

And cooking Chinese food with the hosts, making dumplings.

- To Learn -
The most impressive travelling experience I had would be in Nepal talking to a sadhu who share the wise words of how they love their lives.
I hope to learn how people from different parts of the world interpret happiness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Russian Federation, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Hong Kong