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  • 18 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic, Esperanto, French, Haitian, Haitian Creole
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Musician
  • Highschool, two years of undergrad.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To explore Europe

ABOUT ME

**If I request to couchsurf with you, it is because I have looked through your whole profile and websites, and I genuinely want to meet you. (It takes me a long long time to send requests.) Also, I LOVE to give back to people I stay with! It warms my heart. Please check out my teach/learn/share section and let me know if I can help you out at all. **

I grew up in Hong Kong, then moved to North Carolina. I moved to Sudan after highschool, which gave me a passion for sustainable development in third world countries, so I moved to NYC to go to school in Manhattan, double majoring in International Relations and Economics. After a year of that, I dropped out and became a student of the world. I bought a motorcycle and traveled around the US couchsurfing for 3 months, then went to ASU studying economics for a semester, transfered to UNC Chapel Hill for half a semester, then had to drop out because I started making music and touring under the artist name Crywolf, I got lucky enough that I now do that full time 🤘

https://open.spotify.com/artist/33o00sXuyWiApOFzo0vr0z?si=HkZFCWGWTxigKwyTJWDetw

PHILOSOPHY

I try to be the kind of person who walks way more walk, and talks way less talk. When I was 16 I decided never to say no to a crazy experience, and that decision has changed my life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed quite a bit. I recently bought a house on some land in North Carolina to build a studio, so I can finally host people. I can't host super often because I am touring, but I do really enjoy it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is one of the greatest travel tools I have discovered since the backpack.

Interests

I love all kinds of music. I love traveling, especially off the beaten path. I love art. I love woodworking. I love learning.

  • arts
  • traveling
  • cars
  • music
  • electronic music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • drums
  • backpacking
  • economics
  • international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

Music list is way too long!

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Annihilation
Her
Ex Machina
Bladerunner 2049
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Arrival
Midsommar

Books:

Hyperion
Dune
Children Of Time
Three-Body Problem
Foundation
Stormlight Archives
The Sparrow
Mistborn
Anything by Carl Jung or his acolytes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got held up at gunpoint for two hours by a child soldier in Sudan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to mix and master music, as well as how to produce electronic music. I can record and produce your music if I happen to have my equipment with me and have the time. I can talk your ear off about my favorite books. I can teach you how to ride a motorcycle/give you a ride on mine. I can teach you basic guitar, piano, drums, bass, or vocals. I can teach you how to edit videos on Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro. I can train you in basic Krav Maga, Muay Thai, or Brazillian JuJitsu. I can steal a road sign for you. I can teach you about the Federal Reserve System. Okay, I’m tired of thinking of things I can do for you now, I'll put more up later.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, South Sudan, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Indonesia, Sudan, United States

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