I was born in Taiwan, then moved to New Zealand when I was six. After University (History, Japanese), I worked in Japan as an English teacher for a few years; after that, I went to Germany to do a Masters (Transcultural Studies). When I finished that, I came to the Netherlands and recently finished a research project on North Korea. I know, it's pretty convoluted.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet interesting people!

Interests

There are quite a few things I can talk endlessly about: history, culture, writing, video games, languages, cooking... I've been told I'm a natural professor, so if you don't stop me, I'm liable to go on forever.

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• board games
• house work
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite authors: David Mitchell, Neil Gaiman, Vladimir Nabokov, Donna Tartt, China Mieville. I also do a bit of writing myself.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I began 2016 on an island of 600 people in Okinawa, where I spent my time herding goats and snorkelling with sea turtles, and I ended it as a Masters student in the other side of the world in Heidelberg, Germany.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm curious about people, and always happy to learn about them. I'm quite happy to teach any of the languages I know, or history, or culture, or just share great stories and good times!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, food, contact in places you might want to visit, wine, lame jokes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Taiwan