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  • 64 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Belarusian, English, Russian; learning Chinese, French
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • volunteer, interpreter/translator, traveller, worldaholic:)
  • BA in Cross-Cultural Communication, Languages, PR
  • From Vitebsk, a cultural capital of Belarus
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Speak Chinese

ABOUT ME

I am from Belarus:
past present
capital city

I live in China now.

PHILOSOPHY

Every day is a journey. And the journey itself is home.

Well-behaved women rarely make history.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Interests

Journalism, languages, PR, advertising, event-management, yoga, meditation, healthy food, running, Asia, good wine, jazz, hiking, traveling, something that i havent tried yet

  • books
  • dining
  • wine
  • yoga
  • running
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • jazz
  • hiking
  • history
  • journalism
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

books:

Mikhail Bulgakov The Master and Margarita is my absolute favorite.

Charles Bukowski: Poems
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, L'identité;
Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore
Jorge Bucay y Silvia Salinas: Amarse con los ojos abiertos
Albert Camus, Francoise Sagan, Dale Carnegie, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Vero4ka Polozkova.

movies:

Best offer
Beautiful Mind
Comme les Gamins
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

music:

jazz, reggae

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1/ a car trip across the USA with my friends

2/ a 12-hour journey to the abandoned part of the Great Wall, China

Teach, Learn, Share

The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only a page. (c)

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Spain, United States

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