CURRENT MISSION

友達募集！친구모집! Making friends! And sharing Chicago

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Nick! Im a graduate student living in Chicago. I've lived abroad in Japan and Korea for several years, so I speak both languages. I love living in Chicago and could offer some good advice for travelers looking to party in my city. I love music, so I know lots of good venues. And I know a decent amount of restaurants too! I also have a cat named Munji (먼지) and he loves to rock out.

PHILOSOPHY

渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず and 쥐구멍에도 볕들 날 있다! The first means don't drink from the burglars well even if you're thirsty- don't lower yourself to that level, etc. and the second means "Even light gets in the mouse's hole."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got a nice couch that pulls out in to a bed and a decent amount of space. If its the weekend I'll probably be down to clown around and show you a piece of Chicago.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just started!

Interests

Music, guitar, Japanese literature,

• cats
• culture
• literature
• partying
• drinking
• music
• guitar
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Rock, metal, hip-hop, country, jazz, orchestral, all sorts

MOVIES: Argo, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, LOTR Trilogy, The man from nowhere, Outrage, Django, Inglorious Bastards, Mother, Rashomon, Princess Mononoke, Norwegian Wood...to name a few.

Books: Murakami Haruki, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Kannai Mieko, Edogawa Rampo, Tanizaki Junichiro, J.R. Tolken, Barbara Demick, Kim Young-Ha, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, John Steinbeck, and I also love non-fiction war novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I drank whiskey from North Korea.

Teach, Learn, Share

Foreign language and culture and maybe some guitar!