Up next:
- Trek the tour de Mont Blanc in 10 days.
- Make it to the National Team for the World Kendo Championship.
- Destination: Peru, Canada, India.

Other names: Sam, サミー

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love a good story and meet up with interesting people xD

Interests

Design cultures, cultural studies, Kendo, reading, hiking in the woods, contemplating the moon, taking pictures of friends when they don't notice and having a good conversation.

• hiking
• museums
• kendo
• documentary photography
• arts and design
• design cultures and histories
• psychogeography
• design research
• ethical design and technology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: post-rock, indie folk, Celtic, goa trance, jazz, classical.

Movies: everything-Ghibli, documentaries, magical realism, Once, Parks and Recreation.

Books: Foyle's philavery, I usually prefer non-fiction to novels except Banana Yoshimoto.
Some of my favorite authors: Michel Foucault, Georges Perec, Virginia Woolf, Michel de Certeau, Italo Calvino, Rebecca Solnit, Walter Benjamin, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ben Highmore.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Celebrated my 18th birthday on the rooftop of Indochina a.k.a Fansipan Summit.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn: cooking, sewing, watercoloring, cultural studies, philosophy, farming, gardening...basically just anything new!

Teach: documentary film-making, basic film and photo editing, how to make Vietnamese spring roll or Japanese savoury pancake - okonomiyaki (I'm certified by my Japanese friends XD)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My stories, multicultural cooking skills, and Vietnamese finest instant coffee.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Japan, Viet Nam