CURRENT MISSION

'Have fun storming the castle!'

ABOUT ME

Laid back island girl who has left paradise for Los Angeles and San Francisco. You'll find me back home on the beach in Honolulu though any chance I get

PHILOSOPHY

"Joel, you wanna know something? Every now and then say, 'What the fuck.' 'What the fuck' gives you freedom. " -Risky Business

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed in London and Alsace outside of Strasbourg; had my hesitations at first but this is definitely the best way to travel and get an inside perspective on local cultures

Interests

Music, film, busking, piracy, art, Batman, hiking, interior design, meditation, randomly bursting into song, impromptu dance parties

• arts
• design
• interior design
• photography
• dancing
• meditation
• partying
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• business
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Hamlet 2, In Bruges, Surf's Up, A Few Good Men, Thank You For Smoking, The Shawshank Redemption, Swingers, The Royal Tenenbaums, Clerks, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Sin City, Star Wars (Episodes 4-6. Let's pretend 1-3 never happened), Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, New York Doll, Maverick, Almost Famous, Braveheart...

Music: I play piano and guitar. I also listen to everything but death metal and Christian rock - Phantogram, Little Dragon, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, Francoise Hardy, The Band, Bob Marley, Chopin, Grimes, Dr. Dre, Tears For Fears, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Thomas Newman, John Denver, Otis Redding...

Books: Just Kids, Ready Player One, everything by Malcolm Gladwell, Be Here Now, What The Buddha Taught, The Man Who Quit Money, Calvin and Hobbes, Ishmael, Stumbling Towards Enlightenment, The Missing Piece, The Giving Tree, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Le Petit Prince...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to the 79th Annual Academy Awards and shaking hands with Martin Scorsese

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been playing piano since I was six, picked up the guitar and ukulele a couple years ago. Check out some of my film and photography work:
www.kimahuynh.com

Countries I’ve Visited

France, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States