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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese (Simplified)
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • I study behavioral and cognitive science. Used to be in t...
  • I can count to 100
  • From San Francisco, CA, USA
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About Me

Design, hip-hop dance, photography, architecture, good vibes. I’m a startup founder and designer in San Francisco.

ABOUT ME

Seasoned traveler that still gets second thoughts the night before the trip. I left university when I was 19, started a company in NYC, and then left to do a round-the-world trip at 20 (during 2012–2013). It was awesome.

I now live in San Francisco.

My favorite thing to do when I travel is to take the subway/bus to a random place that nobody goes to and walk around and see what it's like.

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
—Plato

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing when I can, grabbing coffee with people, hosting when I finally settle down!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Buenos Aires.

I've gone to a bunch of CS events, including a salsa night in Tokyo.

Interests

I spend most of my free time at home improving at hip-hop and kpop dance. I’ve performed twice and hopefully twice more this year!

  • writing
  • dancing
  • dining
  • coffee
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music — I like to listen to nearly everything. Really into Disclosure and The Roots right now.

Movies — Favorites: Pulp Fiction, Primer, Blade Runner.

Books — Nonfiction; psychology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've got two:

1) The parts of Thailand that nobody goes to (northeast, Isaan region). Real rural life.

2) Hiking Torres del Paine in Chilean Patagonia on the W trail for five days. A physical but mostly mental struggle and it was incredible.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States

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