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Overview

  • 18 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • I run a small business of my own to export bags while wor...
  • Vocational College
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Central and South America!

ABOUT ME

Young, energetic and love to be called a self-made man as I have a small business of my own.I am very lucky as I am surrounded with good people. Confucius used to say that a great leader always surrounded himself with great people. This is why I love CS and I am never tired of traveling because I get to meet wonderful friends all over the world.

I speak good English and I am very proud of China and my own culture. People always tell me China has a lot of issues but I believe things have gotten a lot better since Mao's revolution. China is developing in its warp speed and I have great faith in her future.

I am crazy about good food. I spent two days in Hanoi just to try all the wonderful street food. Everywhere I travel I would leave some special time for the local cuisines. Good food, like good alcohol ( I love belguim beer!) are all made with ppl's devotion to the love of life, and appreciation makes them taste even better.!

I haven't got the time to travel around the world too much but certainly I have gained wonderful stories along the way. I intend to do a lot more traveling in the next few years.

I enjoy playing basketball, swimming and cycling.

I strongly believe in serendipity as people are brought together for good reasons. I hope my appearance in your life can bring you a nice surprise.

PHILOSOPHY

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Work to live don't live to work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The regular stuff.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted and surfed. CS also helped me finding so many wonderful friends especially when I first moved to Nanjing after working in Xiamen for 2.5 years. Thanks to them moving to a strange new city was much easier than I thought. The best experience I had so far was that I found the coolest roommate ever through CS.

Interests

Movies, Traveling, History

  • culture
  • dining
  • beer
  • movies
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • basketball
  • swimming
  • business
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

The intouchables, The moon and six pence.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I won an English contest which got me the chance to visit London for free when I was 17. I have started my own business. I met a French girl on a bus in Vietnam and she knows a friend of mine back in Xiamen where I used to work! We became very good friend after, cheers to serendipity and randomness of life!

Teach, Learn, Share

It's funny that I think a lot of people are in the school of hard knocks. At least I am still here. But through the hardest time in my life so far I have seen the most courage and strength brought to my life by my family and friends. The good people I met along the way taught me great deals in life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China

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