CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying life to the fullest

ABOUT ME

I have a bi-cultural background (born in Hanoi/Vietnam but raised in Dresden/Germany). 20 years of my life I spent in beautiful (but somewhat boring) Dresden. During my Erasmus year in Paris in 2009/2010, a friend made me start Couchsurfing (never regretted it!).

After having finished my law studies in Dresden, I moved to Berlin (Germany) and afterwards to Tilburg (Netherlands) for legal internships (kind of a gap year) and the UK for my LLM degree. I'm now based in Berlin for my PhD.

I'm pretty uncomplicated and always keen to meet new people with different backgrounds, interesting stories to tell or alternative ways of thinking.

PHILOSOPHY

Der Weg ist das Ziel. (If somebody has a proper English or French translation, please let me know!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in and contribute to meetings, I share and soak in new (and old) ideas, I invite people in and try my best to make them feel at home, I surf other people's couches and hope to offer them some new insights too... and of course, I spread the word whenever possible :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

- hosted people in Paris and Berlin
- surfed all over Europe
- attend CS meetings whenever I have the time

Interests

Travelling ;), music (my guitar) and arts (foremost contemporary and street art), sports (ballet, yoga, swimming), international politics and global developments, philosophy, literature, people and much more...

• arts
• literature
• street art
• ballet dancing
• human rights
• yoga
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• sports
• swimming
• law
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Only a very small selection:

Music: good old school HipHop from Germany, Indie, Alternative, Acoustic, Singer Songwriter,..
I went through all kinds of music when I grew up and tend to stick to the good old stuff :) Naming interprets would fill pages!

Movies: Lord of War, Forrest Gump, K-Pax, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 500 days of summer, Intouchables, contemporary Latin-American movies reflecting society issues and those cynical, grotesque movies from Scandinavia,..
I love movies that make me think, that won't merely last 1-2 hours, but have some further impact on me.

Books: Oscar et la Dame rose, Le petit prince, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Kite runner, some German classics,..
In general, I enjoy reading books in their authentic language (the same with movies), but studying law, which involved a lot of compulsory reading, killed my desire to consume books out of pleasure, but I'm just about to rediscover this joy :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

LOVE

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd really really like to improve my guitar playing abilities. But am open for everything else you would enjoy sharing with me :)

Well, I could offer amongst other things above all my knowledge about law, esp. human rights, Yoga or language skills.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Laos, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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