CURRENT MISSION

become an anthropologist

ABOUT ME

I was born to a very traditional family, so traditional that almost nobody in my family likes to travel and I'm an exception. I traveled to several countries on different continents while I was an undergraduate in China and now I live in the United States as student.
I was born in China and I grew up there but I found the United States is a better place for me to live. I feel free here, and I like the atmosphere of doing anything (except illegal or immoral) with nobody telling me what I should or what I shouldn't.
I prefer to move and live in different places. I enjoy the feeling of lying on the bed of the place where I've just arrived and have no idea about.
I can speak Chinese, English and French. I also learned some Russian and Spanish and Latin and Japanese. You are most welcome if you teach me your language, especially thank you because I find it seems the most frequently used in many cultures.
visited 12 states (5.33%)

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life because my parents gave me birth.
But I'm doing a little bit more than they might have expected me to. They would not have imagined I could go to so many places while I was a kid when I was extremely timid.
And now I finally live in a country where I have freedom which I could not enjoy in the country where I grew up.
But now I'm brave enough and capable of doing anything, ordinary and extraordinary. So when I'm with you please help me by discouraging me from doing crazy things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Participate...I enjoy life so much that I can get some fun from nothing or even boring things, especially when I am traveling. I don't enjoy whining. Although sometimes it is useful to whine just to get rid of tire and annoyance but it creates aftermath.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couch surfed several times but all in the home of people whom I had met before, or the home of friends of people I had met before.
I couchsurfed in Bloomington, IN this summer for the first time. That is a wonderful experience. I would say only living in people's home can really substantiates your experience of traveling. (which is why I'm gonna apply for a PhD in anthropology.)

Interests

traveling, learning language, listening to stories, anything that has something to do with anthropology,..

• cooking
• traveling
• anthropology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: any movie. Prefer funny movie, movies with an historical perspective, movies with good music, movies with sex, movies that show an isolated group of people, movies.
Music: any music.
Books: novels, history, anthropological fieldwork, outstanding events, horrors, (please no books of sociological theory)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drank a huge cup of Vodka right after waking up in the morning
Went to villages in India and conducted villagers' conference
Ate 2 stinky bugs in Taxco in Mexico

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking.
Which is my new skill.
Never cooked every day when I was in China and I learned by myself here in Indianapolis about how to cook (both in the way of my parents and in my own).
I'll show you my cuisine when I'm in your home.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Ukraine, United States