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Overview

  • 20 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Hungarian
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Product Development
  • Degree in Actuarial Science
  • From Malaysia
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About Me

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I can be very funny, yet I can be very serious. I laugh, I cry. Talk to me about travelling, I would love to share my experience. Yea, I am a simple girl who likes travelling!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I first tried CS in Taiwan, staying with 5 hosts during my 30-day TW trip. I found that Coachsurfing is an amazing platform for the host and the travelers to get to know each other.

When I was at Sydney for 11 days, I was staying with 4 hosts. When I first arrived New Zealand, I was staying with 4 hosts as well. Big thanks to them who made me felt warm.

Here's the time to pay back! I open my house at Motueka and welcome the travelers!!

Interests

Backpacking, reading, playing piano, hiking.

  • reading
  • traveling
  • piano
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • tourism
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
No particular. Sometimes it's the singer makes me like a song. Sometimes it's because of the music or the lyric. But I like to sing! ^^

Movies:
Not a movie lover, only go to cinema once in a blue moon. Recently just watched Everest, and I hope I have the chance to go to EBC one day.
Old movie? Yea, I just watched Schindler's List, an insightful, powerful, touching and thought provoking movie. Jane Eyre and Pride And Prejudice opened my eyes to early England in the early 19th century.

Books:
Dan Brown!! I have ALL his books!!! Digital Fortress, Deception Point, The Lost Symbol, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Inferno. All are my favorite.
I also read Jin Yong's wuxia novels. XD

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't be just one right? Let me just put three. Haha.

First, I quit my job and go backpacking to live the life I want.
Second, I donated my blood!! My close friends know that I'm in a not-that-good-health situation to donate my blood but I still did. And I really proud of it.
Third, I climbed up to the peak of Mt. Jade by my own, neither hiring any guide nor joining any hiking group. Of course, I'm not alone the whole journey, the hikers on the road are always friends.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach? Hmmmm... What about teaching you how to use the chopsticks? Welcome to learn if you are troubled with it. n_n

Learn? Learning scuba diving and surfing are in my top list.

Well, if want to talk about the language that I want to learn, it would be French or German language. Then I'll find a way to live in these countries for a period.

Share? Sharing is caring! <3

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would LOVE to share with you the countries that I have visited. If you are a budgeted backpacker just like me, I would be very happy to give you some tips on how to spend lesser.

MY JOURNEY

*2014*

[25.2-1.3] Cambodia (Siem Reap)
[3-7.5] KK, Sabah
[2-14.10] Korea (Busan + Jeju + Seoul)
[27-30.11] Thailand (Koh Lipe)

*2015*

[13-18.1] KK, Sabah (TAR islands + Mt Kinabalu)
[29.1-3.2] Medan Trip (Lake Toba + Mt Sibayak)
[2-9.3] Vietnam Trip (Danang + Hoi An + Hue)
[18.3-16.4] Taiwan Trip (30 days!!)
[9-16.6] Phillippines Trip (Cebu + Bohol island)
[3-17.8] China Trip (Yunnan)
[3-10.9] Lombok, Indonesia (Mt. Rinjani + Senggigi beach)
[29.11-9.12] Sydney
[10.12.15-10.9.16] New Zealand (WH for 9 months)

*2016*
[11.9-20.10] Brisbane, Gold Coast
[20.10.16-16.1.17] New Zealand

*2017*
[16-23.1] Melbourne

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand

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