CURRENT MISSION

Travel the World, Meet People from Around the World

ABOUT ME

Most people call me by my American name "Andrew" since its a lot easier to say than my Thai name. I was born in Laguna Beach of Orange County, California. I moved to Bangkok, Thailand for several years, then came back to America at about the age of 6. I lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for several years, and then attended High School in Orange County. I recently graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and currently work for a management consulting firm.

PHILOSOPHY

Optimism will always lead you to something meaningful and worthwhile, regardless of circumstances. Nobody gets exactly what they want out of life. But if you stay positive, work hard at something you love and open your eyes to the silver linings; amazing, wonderful things will happen. I promise you that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

People I have hosted thus far:
- Nolwenn and Anais (France)
- Jasmin and Carolin (Germany)
- Xun Chi (China)
- Manuela Müller (Switzerland)
- Katharina and Nathalie (Germany)
- Laura and Annelies (Belgium)
- Bruno and Maly (France)
- Chloe Atherden (Australia)
- Friederike Lehmann (Norway)
- Sarah Nadya (Singapore)

People I have surfed with thus far:
- Yuri Kye (San Francisco, USA)
- Julianna Marczali (Paris, France)
- Asma Derja (Paris, France)
- Vlad and Dea (Brussels, Belgium)
- Annelies Van De Walle (Mechelen, Belgium)
- Niek and Tadzio (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Sterre de Jong (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Fenneke Sysling (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Malin Bronse (Stockholm, Sweden)

Interests

Traveling, Music, Films, Literature, Photography, Martial Arts, Cooking...

Music, Movies, and Books

FAVORITE FILMS :: A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Chungking Express by Wong Kar Wai, Fallen Angels by Wong Kar Wai, Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino, Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola, Masculin Féminin by Jean-Luc Godard, Pusher by Nicholas Winding Refn, The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton, The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, Across the Universe by Julie Taymor, Collateral by Michael Mann, Fight Club by David Fincher, The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Chan Wook Park, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, L'Auberge Espagnole by Cédric Klapisch...

FAVORITE MUSIC :: Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Refused, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, Nirvana, The Strokes, The Blood Brothers, Bright Eyes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Belle and Sebastian, FM Belfast, The Shins, The Decemberists, Beck, Sigur Rós, Wilco, Tokyo Police Club, Muse, New Order, Broken Bells, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Elliot Smith, Justice, Air, Polysics, M83, My Bloody Valentine...

FAVORITE BOOKS :: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Euginides, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Anything by Charles Bukowski...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some of the Major Foreign Cities I Have Traveled To:
London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stockholm, Paris, Marseille, Nice, Corsica, Monaco, Lisbon, Barcelona, Sevilla, Madrid, Marrakech, Brussels, Amsterdam, Prague, Budapest, Berlin, Dresden, Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phnom Penh, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul...list goes on...

Teach, Learn, Share

I was raised mostly in the United States my whole life so I am most familiar with the California area and lifestyle. I love learning and hearing experiences from people of all backgrounds, so I would be glad to share my experiences as well!

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