CURRENT MISSION

To have life as my teacher, and to avoid being hit by its ruler if possible...

ABOUT ME

I am a kind and gentle person who loves talking, learning, traveling, and experiencing new things. I appreciate small pleasures in life, and want to see the world and meet as many new and interesting people as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is meant to be lived, thoughts are meant to be shared, people are meant to be respected and cared for.

Interests

I'm interested in drawing, photography, culture, international relations, and understanding other people. I love animals and a good beer or coffee.

• animals
• culture
• photography
• beer
• coffee
• running
• traveling
• drawing
• teaching
• international relations
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Found my way to a hotel in a country whose language I didn't speak, when my phone didn't work, the person meeting me didn't show up, I was carrying five months worth of baggage, and was working on two days without sleep.

Climbed up beautiful mountains in Zhejiang, China. They had huge granite rocks, were green, and had fog rolling down them and clouds around them. It was also sprinkling rain.

Seen a hamster use its front legs to scale its cage wall and monkey-bar across the ceiling of its cage at an unbelievable speed.

Caught a poisonous centipede (mukade) that was running away with chopsticks. Proceeded to flush it down the toilette.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, United States