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Overview

  • 20 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Yue (Cantonese); learning French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • globetrekker
  • statistics, winemaking
  • From Hong Kong
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

experience as much as possible of what life has to offer

ABOUT ME

You mean besides easy-going, open-minded, like to travel, and the 13 other things you could find in 99% of all profiles??

I try to keep a balance between craziness & sanity, having fun & reliability. I also try to keep my awareness on my spirituality.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short and live the fullest. We only live once, right? might as well make the most of it.
Stay young at heart, be active, be willing to try.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

few years ago I had to find a short-term living arrangement in San Francisco for several months, and I randomly moved into the BaseCamp for CouchSurfing office. It opened my eyes to the world of communal living, and loving & caring. Since, I have had CS experience in South America, North America, Asia, Europe...and counting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's overwhelmingly good. Great way to meet people and people are usually very polite, friendly and ready to communicate. It's amazing how people are willing to give/help without asking for a return.

I've had awesome experience cooking with my hosts/guests.

Interests

I'm a bit of a wine enthusiast and it's something that gives me a lot of pleasure. I have learnt wines in 5 continents and it's brought me to many different corners of the world.
I also enjoy music a lot, especially the raw emotions of live music, be it Rock, Jazz, DJ set, Drummings, etc...
I also appreciate art stuff such as music, craftsmanship, jewelry, dancing.
I also love cats :)

  • cats
  • arts
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • wine
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • live music
  • jazz
  • cycling
  • skydiving

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Air, Amy Winehouse, Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beats Antique, Bjork, BlackEyedPeas, BT, Chemical Bros, Devendra Banhart, FatBoySlim, Garbage, Glen Velez, Gorillaz, GreenDay, HumanExperience, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, KingsofConvenience, LimpBizkit, Mamady Keita, MassiveAttack, New Order, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Radiohead, Random Rab, Ray LaMontagne, RedHotChilliPepper, StoneTemplePilot, STS9, ThieveryCorporation, Timo Maas, White Stripe.

Movie: I like storytellings and I found these directors I like Christopher Nolan, Coen Bros, Guy Ritchie, Kubrick, Park Chan-wook, Pedro Almodova, Tarantino, Wong Kar-wai.

Books: Eckhart Tolle, Haruki Murakami, Paulo Coelho, Give and Take by Adam Grant

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I have a bit of vertigo but went for skydiving
- learnt how to ride a bike at Burning Man
- survived a near death experience
- my lovely and amazing friends
- watching sunrises with beautiful souls

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about wine, and perhaps a pan fried salmon

I want to learn from you something interesting that I don't know much about. whatever.

What I Can Share with Hosts

open conversations, share knowledge and point of views on life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Guam, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Northern Mariana Islands, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Italy, United States

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