偉建 . ケン . 위건 . เหว่ยเจี้ยน. وى جيان

IG: @naijiew87

Lefthander. INFJ. PADI AOW. Coffee.

Malaysian living in Singapore.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people. To understand and live the local culture. To know more perspectives. and to share mine.

Interests

Learning. Photography. Languages. Cultures. Food. Traveling.

• culture
• photography
• coffee
• traveling
• eating out
• food
• learning languages
• people
• asian culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Music stores memory so sometimes I repeat a track for a period of time before switching to the next. I played the harmonica when i was in high school and university - we held concerts playing ensemble pieces. Joe Hisaishi. Jay Chou. Hebe. Yoga Lin. GReeeeN.

Movies: Action. Horror. Studio Ghibi. Those adapted from novel/manga. Stephen Chow.

Books: Manga/Comics mostly. Books on travel, food, language & culture. Giddens Ko. One Piece. Shingeki no Kyojin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

May 2013: Hosted by MGTO on Surprising Moments in Macau as one of the five bloggers from Singapore
http://blog.omy.sg/experience-macau/who-are-the-bloggers-2013/

Autumn 2014: 3 weeks WWOOFing in Taiwan + 6 weeks WWOOFing in Japan after I quit my job + 1 week round-Kyushu solo trip

Winter 2015: 3 weeks WWOOFing in Japan + 3 nights Hoshino resort 100th anniversary reporter
http://hoshinoresort.com/100stories/reports/022/

Spring 2015: 3 camps in rural areas of Sarawak with Impian Sarawak Edu-team to engage the children of Dayak (Iban & Bidayuh) to spark their interest in learning and continued education

Dec 2016 : Travelled to Iran and it is one of my best trips to date.

June 2017: Volunteered in Kent Public School, Nargakot, Nepal for two weeks.

Currently back to the workforce. In-between-travels.

Teach, Learn, Share

Often told by friends that I am a great teacher but a lousy storyteller. I enjoy doing both.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with you my travel stories, my eventful journey as a salaryman, tips for learning languages that I know and more about cultures in Malaysia and Singapore .. and maybe a bit of Japan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, England, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Malaysia, Singapore