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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Planing my next trip to Northwestern China
ABOUT ME
Studied Hotel n Restaurant Mgmt in Switzerland. Worked for a Swiss Hotel chain in Zurich, Paris, Cairo, Jeddah for about 15 years. Spent 2 years in Hong kong. Love fishing, back-packing. Simple ,friendly and easy going.
I speak English, German, Swiss German, Chinese
(Mandarin), Malay, Indonesian + 4 others Chinese dialects (闽南, 粤, 潮州, 客家话) and also some simple French n Italian.
I have 3 sons, eldest pursuing PhD at the University of London. No 2 son, a graduate of Nottingham and Amsterdam University n son #3 studying in Northwestern University in Chicago.
PHILOSOPHY
Happiness is people in your life that create wonderful memories. The world is a big family, lets share, love n care for each other.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
would like to host n surf...
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
None so far...!
Interests
Fishing, Traveling, Meeting People, Cultural Exchange..
- traveling
- socializing
- fishing
- dialects
Music, Movies, and Books
Prefer golden oldies...be it English or Chinese songs n musics. No particular liking for movies but love history, geography n natures.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
The voluntary work in a minority tribal school up in a remote mountain village in China Yunnan Province with 28 children.
Teach, Learn, Share
cultural exchanging,
Countries I’ve Visited
Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State
Countries I’ve Lived In
China, Egypt, France, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland