Hey, I'm Kat. I've been living in Beijing for a year and I'm soon to embark on my next journey to New Zealand. I'll hopefully be there for a year (coming on the working holiday visa). I'm a philosophy graduate and hope to study further eventually when I can settle somewhere long enough. I'm big into music: listening to it; learning about it; making it; dancing to it... you get the idea!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It seems like a great way to meet new people and to learn directly from locals about their way of life.

Interests

Music
Dance
Philosophy
Ethics
Languages
Nature

• culture
• dancing
• ethics
• coach
• clubbing
• music
• guitar
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Reggae, triphop, chillstep, house, psytrance, jungle, UK garage... but I also do enjoy some mainstream artists like Rihanna and Beyonce :P Love artists like Lana Del Rey too.

Books/authors: 1984, Brave New World, Stephen King, Oliver Sacks, Dean Koontz, The Book Thief, Lolita, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Just to name a few

Films: Pan's Labyrinth, Pulp Fiction, Amelie, American Beauty, The Hunger Games, Human Traffic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped on the Great Wall of China

Survived a 37hr coach journey home from Croatia suffering with Gastroenteritis haha!

Teach, Learn, Share

Something someone called "Barbie" wrote on the door in a squat toilet in one of my favourite clubs in Beijing:
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time"

What I Can Share with Hosts

A year's experience of the culture of Beijing (plenty of entertaining and/ or fascinating stories)
I can play guitar for you :)
Philosophical discussions :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England, Wales