I only host people **WITH REFERENCES** i think least you can do is to spend sometime to ask your friends to write a few words so strangers can open up their homes comfortably to you :)

More about my work: www.rubysubramaniam.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Many kind souls offered their place to me while I was travelling and this is my way of returning the favour. Also because travellers are the best kinda people to hang out with!

I would love to host people who are working in the creative field, who knows if there's an opportunity to collaborate.

I wouldn't mind hosting you for longer if you can help me setup my house: painting the walls, furniture, drilling etc!

Interests

I love talking about philosophy, history, culture, world politics, feminism and adventures on the road.

I'm constantly pushing my boundaries with the work that I do, so I like hanging out with equally ambitious people.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• hiking
• backpacking
• freelancing
• geography
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” - George R.R. Martin.

Mostly a non-fiction reader. Some of my favourite books:
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
- Rising Strong by Brené Brown.
- Why Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman.
- Dreamseller by Brandon Novak.
- Alchemist & The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho.

Movies: Third Person, Begin Again, Limitless, Margarita with a straw, Into The Wild, Gone Girl, The Black Swan, Frequency, 3 Idiots.

Love live music, and admiring people who play instruments (though I cant).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spoken on TEDx twice!

Teach, Learn, Share

+ How to cook Malaysian food
+ How to draw/paint
+ Digital marketing
+ Malaysian History & Culture
+ My travelling stories

I wanna share culture influences & learn some history and share a good time!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia