CURRENT MISSION

open our eyes to see the world in our retirement

ABOUT ME

We(me and my wife) like to travel, take photo, make friends, and love to learn from other people about their countries

PHILOSOPHY

see the world, help other people when it is needed.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

we could host people and show them around in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia where we currently work and live.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have a few years experience and just love it. We are able to make lots of friends around the world, and looking forward to meet them too.

Hosted the following person:
1) Hassan Shawky(in August 2009), we have a good time traveling from Riyadh to Dhahran. Showed him around our company compound and it's museum, did some golfing, bowling , cooking and go to our company's private beach. We have a good time.

Surfed the following:
1) Hassan Shawky
2) Hel Sam
3) Cheryl Colin
4) Sinan
5) Jim
6) Lawson
7) Maye &Omar
.... and many more fantastic hosts!

Interests

taking photo, work with computers, woodworking to build my own furniture, computer modeling, 3D printing and modeling, traveling. Beside my full time job in computer, I also teach digital photography class in my company's evening school.

*** As of March-2017, for the past 7 years, I have conducted over 250+ classes to over 1800+ students in photography, computer, PHOTOSHOP , and Chinese cooking, and that is in my "free-time" addition to my regular day-time job in super computers.

• culture
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• chinese food
• modeling
• traveling
• woodworking
• bowling
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Star Wars, Somewhere-in-Time, Yo-yo-ma, Beatles, God Father

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*** go to a special place in the Saudi Arabia desert and "hunt/dig" up the "Sand-Rose"--- I have a picture of this sand crystals in my CS Saudi Arabia folder ***

*** I also volunteered to teach a group of elementary students in Petra(Jordon), and also gave free lectures in a Jordan university (Al Hussein University near Petra) in the summer of 2007. *** an very good experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my photography skill with my hosts and guests, do computer teaching, share Chinese culture and info, and travel experience over 30 countries, such as China, Saudi Arabia and USA.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Shared my skills to take good photo with your mobile phone or digital camera. Also show you how to cook Chinese food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Jordan, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, United States