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Overview

  • 49 references 28 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Indonesian, Javanese; learning Spanish
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • student
  • university
  • From Central Java, Indonesia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see the world from the eyes of its occupants

ABOUT ME

I'm a petite girl in the big world. I would like to know new places, new people and new culture more than my country wants to know how to cope with recession and rising oil price. Taking part in someone's journey will be a bonus to me.

PHILOSOPHY

I love Desiderata.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

"Every country is a foreign land" Let's make it our home. I will befriend and welcome everyone just like I want to be treated

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just got one. But it proved that this project is unbelievably cool. I sat in the dining table with friends from Belgium, US, Australia, Poland and Switzerland. Talking about the weather.
Well, I have some now. Some are memorable, unforgettably funny. E.g. when the host's cat jumped to my bed/head early in the morning (I'd only been sleeping for 2 hrs thanks to jetlag)

Interests

off-beaten tracks traveling, how people live and think, books, cooking vegetables, musical, movies. Recently I'm interested in making my paper published, wish me luck!

  • cats
  • culture
  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • flowers
  • movies
  • traveling
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Big fish, the cider house rules, little miss sunshine, grey's anatomy.

Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk, Saman (all Indonesian books)

Cobie Cooliat, Michael Buble, Norah Jones (these are the music I will never get bored with)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am not big on nature but I spent a year in the forest. It was unforgettable. There I met a lot of incredible people who teach me things I thought never existed. I couldn't swim in the ocean but one day I put my mask, fin, and dove. This is the decision I would never regret. Recently I found out that to see a flower or bird in your garden is as magical as everything else. Magical things happen everyday in my life. I don't think I notice these before.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to see the world, people's different and interesting worlds and I don't mind to share a little piece of mine

What I Can Share with Hosts

Indonesian hospitality: one that taste like sweet soya sauce!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Indonesia, Tanzania, United Kingdom

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