CURRENT MISSION

To become a great and knowledgeable person and explore the world
Bring the truth to the public

ABOUT ME

Positive, easy-going, have my own opinion and love knowing about different cultures. I am a person with diverse interests, reading, playing instruments, watching movies, listening to musics, arts, travelling... You may see me as a quiet person from the first sight, but I am talkative and is always up for a new conversation on anything with people from all walks of life, from serious topics to casual chats (especially with my occupation). Feeling the kindness and beauty in the world is of utmost important to me. Learn as much from reading a book and reading a person.

PHILOSOPHY

I love to be intellectually inspired, that's why talking to people interests me so much as if every time I am treading a path that leads to somewhere unknown, somewhere new.
Reading is like breathing to me, it opens my eyes and connects me to great minds.
Wherever I travel, I always prefer to dig deeper into the history, the formation of culture so to grasp the essence of the place a little bit more as I can. I don't usually just stop and take photos at each touristic spot.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just started to couchsurf with my more-experienced friend in a ten-day trip and meet 5 hosts respectively in Dublin, Oslo, Basel and Strasbourg two years ago. They are all very nice people, unique in their own way and inspirational!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One host in Oslo has taken black-and-white photos for me with old cameras from 1920s. That's one of the most unique experiences in my life! Now I own a film camera, totally inspired by that.

Interests

Travelling, food, music, reading, literature, arts, foreign cultures

• arts
• culture
• literature
• beauty
• perfumes
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• piano
• history
• jounalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Usually I am more particular to books, and my favorite will always be of literary kind. For music I am open to all kinda genres, independent musics, rock and roll, R&B, pop musics OST from movies, classical musics, country, alternative rock... with fairly trained ears I enjoy listening to different sounds.

Wong Kar Wai, Wes Anderson, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Abdellatif Kechiche, Resnais, Fellini...and my absolute favourite: Paolo Sorrentino

Kafka, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Albert Camus, Edward Said, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Susan Sontag..etc The Book of Disquiet

Coldplay, Radiohead, Angus and Julia Stone, Joe Hisaishi, Ludovicia Einaudi, The Pretty Reckless, Carla Bruni, Deserts Chang, Claude Debussy

In the Mood for Love, Grandmaster, The Grand Budapest, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Godfather, Blue is the warmest colour, Hunger Games, Midnight in Paris, Before Midnight, Amour

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked on a 40-page cover story on Botswana, visited the San people and interviewed their leader

Teach, Learn, Share

I can do interviews in 3 languages

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experience working on cover stories for the magazine, e.g. muslims in Hong Kong, travel story in Strasbourg, Botswana's 50 year of independence

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Hong Kong