I finished a Master is Physics and Astronomy at Master University in Hamilton, Ontario in 2014. I previously did my bachelor in Trois-Rivières, Québec.
I relocate in Taiwan for one year (in June 2015). I work as an English teacher (...of course) in Minxiong. I love it so much, I decide to get a TESOL certificate for Taipei.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because travel for free is the best!
Because meeting new people is awesome!
Because sleeping in hotels is the worst way to experience the culture of a city or country.

Interests

Artists and scientists at the same time, I am passionate about music, painting, travelling, science (especially astronomy) and learning languages.
If you are curious about astronomy and physics, I can help you. I am an expert on galaxy groups.
In my free time I like to dance. I did one year of Pole Dancing in Hamilton, I took some traditional dance classes in Montreal and since I am in Taiwan I've been learning Jive dance.
I have really good skill with acrylic painting. I paint over 50 canevas and own a Facebook page with all my creation (Marie-Pier Neault-small business).

I am currently planning to do the tour of Taiwan by bicycle, starting in Chiayi for the Chinese New Year 2016.

• culture
• chinese new year
• dancing
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• astronomy
• business
• teaching
• languages
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Everything! except country and jazz.
I am part of these weirdo people who love heavy metal especially death metal (Lamb of God, Anata, Quo Vadis, Augury, Darkest Hour...there is just too many ).
I love cultural music, underground, non mainstream music (Tom Peeping, Bad Uncle, soundtrack of Inception, ).
Good popular groups: Arcade fire, Daft Punk, Explosion in the Sky, Dead Mau5, Depeche Mode, Artic Monkey, Infected Mushroom...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to Mount Mauna Kea and visit the Keck telescope, visiting the Domion Astrophysical Observatory in British Colombia, doing a one week internship at the Pic-du-Midi observatories in France, working at the Observatoire de Meudon in France, working at the observatoire du Mont-Mégantic is Québec, and also working at the Observatory of Champlain in Québec.
Learning Python in 5 days...I did a very complex assignment which required good programming skilI, with knowing absolutely nothing from Python. Five days late, I was done, I am really proud of it.
Playing '11 hour' (Lamb of God) at the guitar.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teaching English and French and I want to learn Chinese, German and improve my Spanish so I can speak five languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a spare bedroom in Chiayi right now.
I love to play music, if you have a guitar, we can have a lot of fun!

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Taiwan