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Overview

  • 13 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Professional Student
  • PhD
  • From Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Still thinking...

ABOUT ME

I was borned in HK, immigrated to Vancouver (Canada) during my elementary school years, and moved to Toronto (Canada) for college. I spent a lot of time in Norway while I was in graduate school in Toronto. Later, I moved to Charlottesville and now in Blacksburg. I am friendly but frank (sometimes overly so). I often try to be optimistic and encouraging while I am sometimes a true pessimist...

PHILOSOPHY

Not so much my personal philosophy but just a reminder I borrow from Senna - "Being second is like being the first to lose".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I had a lot of fun meeting many cool Couchsurfers, many of them are just pursuing their dreams through traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few people, often present with people ready to throw a potluck.

Interests

Travel, Socializing, Performance & Visual Arts (theatre, ballet, opera, fine arts ...), Architecture & Design, Film, Photography, Fine dining, Snowboarding, Basketball

  • arts
  • humanities
  • performing arts
  • architecture
  • design
  • photography
  • ballet dancing
  • dining
  • potluck
  • fine dining
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • opera
  • snowboarding
  • basketball
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: In the Mood for Love, White, Blue, Red, Good Bye Lenin, ... many more...
Books: 1984, Voltaire, Little Prince, Immortality... a few more though I don't consider myself most literate

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is nothing special to people who love nature. For me, a city person, I hiked up to the top of a mountain (Loftet) with some Norwegians and snowboarded down. That was quite something for me ...

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't know much. You are welcome to ask and I will try to tell you the little that I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Norway, United States

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