Hello there, my name is Sandy (Qihui) Qian. I am from Macau but grew up in Mainland China before attending high school in. I am now doing an undergraduate degree in London.

Aside from student, I will identify myself an artist, although not professional. I love art and create artworks myself. Most of the time I create my art pieces using watercolour, graphite pencils or computer (I do digital painting).

Personally I am an open-minded person and like to listen to stories from different people. I have been so experienced in sitting in classrooms worrying about equations and marks, but I want myself at my 20s and my artworks to be more than. And that is why I decided to step out for travel, to learn different people, lives and cultures. I hope I could explore more about the world as well as more about myself during the journey, while getting some inspiration for my artworks.

For those who are reading my profile, you might be my friend, my potential host or travellers that I have never met. Whoever you are, nice to meet you on Couchsurfing. Wish you good luck in your journey and hopefully we could meet someday somewhere on the Earth (or maybe in outerspace, I don't know :)).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have recently started to plan to travel to different places around the world. Experiencing cultures more deeply and meeting different people, rather than simply getting a place to stay, is the main reason I am Coushsurfing. (Travelling with lower cost is also a hope honestly!)

Interests

• culture
• photography
• yoga
• anime
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• hiking
• nature
• movie
• mountain
• art and design
• visiting galleries and exhibitions

Music, Movies, and Books

My Favorite Artist is a Japanese band called Yorushika （ヨルシカ）.I like many of the songs written by them.

There are quite a lot of movies that are my favorite. Here are some of them: "The Dead Poetry Society", "The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl （夜は短し歩けよ乙女）”, "The Eleventh Chapter (第十一回)"). Recently I watched and was quite impressed by the Hong Kong biographical movie "Center Stage (阮玲玉)". Aside from watching movie, sometimes I like to read about the article scholars write in films studies about the movies and think about the implication of screen images.

I love reading, although usually the rate of my reading never keeps up with the rate of purchasing haha. Eventually I have a long book list and stacks of book at home. My favorite book: " Night on the Galactic Railroad" by Miyazawa Kenji.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did the 233m Macau Tower Bungy Jump when I was 18.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to teach Cantonese and Mandarin as I am a native speaker of both.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share you my life story. (If might not be that impressive but a bit unusual as a student haha) And since I am good at life-sketching, I could always draw you a portrait or landscape of your city if you like.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Macao, United Kingdom