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  • 51 references 35 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Sign Language - American, Sign Language - Indian, Spanish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2004
  • travelling
  • Oxford University Masters in Physics although no one beli...
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About Me

Doing my PhD in Social Anthropology focusing on China.
Currently on fieldwork in China and Taiwan.
Interests in international development, ethics, animal-human relations amongst others.

I'm never happier when I'm on the move, meeting new people, getting through challenging situations. Life was not meant to be lived in one place.

I love dogs. If you have a dog I may never want to leave.

I have a great interest in the meaning of life and am always keen to hear other people's philosophies and ideas. Although I lost my idealism a long time ago.
And I constantly change my opinions and ideas so this will all be wrong by the time u read it..

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short. Don't take things so seriously. Especially yourself.

Try to find the middle way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I can’t host I organise events wherever I am based.
I go to the couchsurfing meetings and a lot of my friends are couchsurfers.
It's sort of a life philosophy for me - we should share everything we have.

Interests

I'm interested in travelling and in learning new ways of thinking about life. I enjoy experiencing different peoples' perspectives. I'm interested in alternative living, living in communities and more away from society. I think people can really learn from each other and from putting themselves in new situations to learn about themselves. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about world religions.
I also love music and like to party!

  • dogs
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • partying
  • traveling
  • music
  • buddhist
  • anthropology
  • teaching
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • sign language
  • development

Music, Movies, and Books

Waking life. Lost in translation I can watch a million times.
I read Classics, travel writing, and all the random spirituality books I can get my hands on..
I like every type of music except for pop. I especially like Electro for parties ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

If I told this now I'd have nothing to try to impress people with in bars..

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a qualified vipassana meditation and hatha yoga teacher.

I speak mandarin and need to practice.

I can teach sign language but it's Nepali sign language!

I can also train dogs..

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meditation, yoga, cooking, chatting, drinking, life philosophies, laughs :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Nepal, South Korea

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