CURRENT MISSION

I want to travel around the world and meet as many couchsurfing friends as possible :)

ABOUT ME

Hello, my name is Max. I am currently in the process of finding a place called HOME! Because of my job, I have to travel all the time moving from one city to another. Do I enjoy it? You bet; however, once in a while, I get tired of it and wanna go home(Taiwan) and just relax and chill!

I was on tour with Disney on Ice - Finding Nemo. My mission was to meet at least one CS friend in each city I perform in. I love to travel and experience different cultures around the world. I also love to meet new people and share our travel stories together.

By now, you can kind of guess that I am a professional skater. I do shows on ice. Yeap, that is my job. Get paid to travel ^_^ I am also a professional magician so I can fool you if you want me to!! LOL. I am an outgoing person and very talkative... Hope to travel around the world as many times as possible beforeI turning 30 and to meet as many people as possible. So on to the journey :)

Now I am studying in University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for my master degree in Electrical Engineering :-)

PHILOSOPHY

No pain, No gain! I believe that there is nothing impossible if you are willing to challenge yourself. YOU CAN DO IT :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a big believer in CS. I had so much fun with all couch surfers around the world. I learned so much from them. CS is not a free accommodation but rather a place where you can learn, share and make the world a better place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nov 2007: Manila, Philippines - Wil and Toru.

Sep 2008: Liverpool, UK - Marnie.

Sep 2008: Nottingham, UK - Donika, Yiju, Jon and Nick.

Oct 2008: Newcastle, UK - Ellen and Alina

Oct 2008: Manchester, UK - Ming

Oct 2008: London, UK - Josh

Nov 2008: Sheffield, UK - Jon Goh

Nov 2008: Brugge, Belgium - Bert and Marieke

Dec 2008: Paris, France - Ken Lin

Dec 2008: Leiden, Netherlands - Josta

Dec 2008: Den Bosch, Netherlands - Thomas

Jan 2009: Rouen, France - Seb

Feb 2009: Vienna, Austria - Irina and Denny

Mar 2009: Madrid, Spain - Rafael, Miguel, Mija, and Momo

Mar 2009: Milan, Italy - Luca and Anna

Mar 2009: Seville, Spain - Olivier

April 2009: Cork, Ireland - Csabi :) I host him in Taiwan in Oct 2009!!

May 2009: Dublin, Ireland - PJ, Ken, Judy

May 2009: Athens, Greece - Ifi and Demetri

May 2009: Thessaloniki, Greece - Eleni

May 2009: Istanbul, Turkey - Ismail and Yucel

June 2009: Santiago, Chile - Christian, Ale, Joris, and Martin

July 2009: Salta, Argentina - Ani

August 2009: KL, Malaysia - Dan

August 2009: Singapore - Adrian

December 2009: Tokyo, Japan - Yoko (Host)

April 2010: New York City - Karl

June 2010: Cairo, Egypt - Emad

July 2010: Beijing, China - Maomao

May 2011: Madrid, Spain - Rafa and Miguel AGAIN :-)

Interests

Figure Skating(on ice), Magic Tricks, Running, Hiking, Photography, Making New Friend, and MAC...I love my Macbook. I also love to try NEW stuff. Anything seems interesting, I will give a try and see.

• culture
• performing arts
• photography
• running
• traveling
• magic
• hiking
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Celine Dion, Broadway Musical...etc. I am a soft rock kindda guy!
I like Romance movies but they have to be a good ending; otherwise, I will be in a bad mood for couple hours. HAHA....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1.My 6 months trip in Japan was amazing. I got to live like a Japanese. I toured 16 cities in Japan and really got a sense of feeling Japanese!

2.Two weeks trip to Philippine. We went to the northern part of Philippine and did a hardcore hiking. A 4 hours hike to a beautiful rice terrace village and got stuck there for 3 days because of Typhoon. How lucky? But we had a great time and wonderful memories!

3.My one month trip in Thailand and Laos. I skipped the big cities and get into the REAL life. I felt so lucky with what I got in life.

4.My 8 months European Tour with Disney on Ice. I met so many CS. I made so many valuable friendships.

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe the ideas of CS. It is not a place for free nights stay in a strangers' houses. However, it gives you the access to people around the world and you get the chance to explore the possibilities!! Understand the culture, the language, the people... make the world a better place.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guam, Taiwan, United States

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