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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Turkish; learning Arabic, German
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • Translator
  • Translation Studies for Chinese Language
  • From Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

I'm a part-time entrepreneur trying to improve myself everyday and chasing my dreams for making my own brands and products someday

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It was 2010, I was in Shenzhen for some reason, and it was almost midnight. I wanted to find myself a cheap hotel/hostel to stay that night and yet all the hotels were full, and the ones had room were extreamly expensive. So I decided to find a cafe/bar whatever I can find to spend the night till the morning and then look for a place to stay next day. I went to a 24h open McDonald's. Met 2 guys there one of them was from Canada, the other was from USA. They tried to help me and we found a place like a really cheap and really small room. Then some of my friends told me such adventures they had as well in different cities around the world.

In 2014 I was living in Guangzhou, I went to the meetings of couchsurfing, I wasn't a member of the website but most of my friends were. There was a Malaysian guy who needed a couch to stay, I told him he could stay at my couch, no problem. He came and stayed at my place, we became good friends, now I have a couch I can stay when I go to Malaysia.

I am living in TRNC now, I was planning to visit Switzerland for discovering more about the industry of cosmetics/skincare there. I just checked the prices of the hotels/hostels, and I found the prices really high. As I will be buying my ticket with my miles, I didn't care too much about the money I will give for the accomondation. But then I remembered about couchsurfing and I said "why not". So, We will see if I can find a couch for myself in Switzerland

Interests

  • skin care
  • business
  • entrepreneurship
  • business travel
  • humor
  • standup comedy
  • international business

Music, Movies, and Books

music: chill out
movies: comedy
books: underground literature

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One day I was in Macao and I didn't have a place to stay again:)) (it was my preference, I had only one day in the city, I didn't wanna waste a minute in a room, I wanted to see everywhere of the beautiful Macao)
it was the middle of the night
I have met a girl crying, and a boy who put his head between his hands. They obviously were Chinese, I told her and him like:
-Hey; do you love him?
-Girl: Yes
-And you love her?
-Guy: Yes
-Then why the fuck are you guys wasting your time argueing. You are in such a beautiful city, you are together with your partner, just enjoy every moment of this place. You will have a lot of time for argueing when you got back to your hometown.
And they started smiling, a little later they started hugging. I find it the most interesting/amazing thing I've done, I guess...

True Story!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a lot of analyses about the world economy and politics and I enjoy sharing them. I also enjoy learning more about those subjects a lot.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share a lot, I don't have any problem about sharing.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Macao

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Cyprus, Turkey

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