CURRENT MISSION

to stamp my passport at least once a year, take more pictures, and keep my room clean for more than one day

ABOUT ME

in a word i am ... adventurous.
i love to have a good time, love to stay up late and wake up early, love to make the most of life. the thing i love more than anything else in life, besides packing up in a suitcase and going somewhere, is laughing until i cannot breathe.

PHILOSOPHY

fortune favours the bold!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i love showing pieces of my culture to others, and by nature of my own personality, i love being around people and having a good time! the more the merrier!

i love learning about other people and how they see the world in both the same and different ways than i do. i love language, culture, food and a good time!

Interests

languages, salsa dancing!!, latin american literature, travelling (obviously), teaching, religions, pedagogy, good food, a good long day of shopping, the 1960s, cultures, meeting new people, learning new things about myself, curling up with some tea and a book, rainy mornings, poetry, postcolonialism, taiwan, sunday afternoon naps.

• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• dining
• cooking
• shopping
• traveling
• music
• teaching
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

ah, as for music: bachata, merengue, reggaeton!!!, taiwanese pop, k-pop and j-pop, CUMBIA!, country, acoustic...but my all-time favourite is bluegrass.

i love movies that make me think. my favourite movie of all time is definitely amores perros, followed closely by im juli and gone with the wind.

i'm an english teacher...i'll read anything :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the most amazing thing i have ever seen was pretty simple, actually...watching the sun rise through all the smog on a spring morning on the rooftop of my old apartment in taiwan. simple things are the most beautiful.

also, the view off the top of taipei 101 at sunset isn't too shabby either ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

i am an avid traveller who has stepped on the soil of many countries, and has lived in three. i love learning new languages, cultures, customs, things to cook, music to listen to, places to go. i love learning anything that i can be taught.

i am a teacher by profession, so obviously, teaching is important to me. outside of teaching classroom english and literature, i love sharing my own culture(s) and language(s) with others, and well as gaining a mutual respect for and appreciation of other ways of seeing the world and doing things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States