I am ... unfortunately suited to academia but sick of uni; love travelling; think too much; always ready for an adventure or a challenge; responsible; interested in too many things to list and happy to discuss any topic at all. I'm Australian more than anything, but was born in Malaysia, am of Chinese heritage, love living in Spain and Ecuador, and now Bolivia. I've also spent time in Indonesia and Timor-Leste and would love to be truly cosmopolitan by adding to that list!!

Toda la información aquí la he escrito en inglés, si te manejas mejor en español y quieres saber algo acerca de mí, pues mándame un mensaje y ya te contestaré :) Podría traducirlo todo, pero da flojera ...

Dalam bahasa Indonesia bisa jadi. Tapi aku kurang lancar, masih lebih gampang berbicara daripada menulis ... Kalo kamu mengirimkan mail kepada aku, tentu saja aku bisa bercerita sedikit!!

Ha'u gosta lian Tetun, sei kontenta tebetebes se bele hetan ho Timor-oan iha CouchSurfing!! Ka karik ita husi rai seluk i serbisu tiha iha Timor? Ha'u la os experta maibe bele ko'alia i halo konversa ki'ik :)

... I also BLOG at www.suansita.com if you wanna check it out!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people and hearing their stories and dreams :)

Joined CS ages ago but haven't been all that active even though I travel a lot. Still, I've met some pretty awesome people through CS, and hope to do more hosting and surfing :)

Interests

- social justice, volunteering and regular people getting involved!
- coffee and wine
- singing (for fun, not professionally), including but not limited to karaoke
- daggy, nostalgic pop from the '80s and '90s (see below)
- going for walks, wandering with no set destination
- morning twilight, before sunrise, and sunrises
- writing bad poetry
- ducks
- string instruments, especially the violin and cello, and I play some guitar
- art history
- cheese
- peanut butter
- the Spanish language, it's lovely
- HUGS, even though sometimes I'm too shy to give them ...
- volleyball
- irony, tragic or otherwise; paradoxes; other abstract concepts
- listening to your heart, hearing about anything you care about or care to talk about

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• wine
• cheese
• coffee
• boating
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• guitar
• violin
• karaoke
• surfing
• scuba diving
• boxing
• volleyball
• art history
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Generally pop rock, daggy 80s and 90s pop-rock and power ballads, Australian (indie) music, melancholy acoustic type stuff, fun stuff with a beat, a good melody, string instruments. Most other types of music :) Currently obsessed with Chet Faker, Ed Sheeran and James Bay.

10 Things I Hate About You, Aladdin; All About My Mother; Amelie; Batman Begins; Beauty & the Beast; Before Sunset; Casablanca; The Constant Gardener; The Darjeeling Limited; Gladiator; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Inception; Interstellar; The Lion King; Mean Girls; The Motorcycle Diaries; The Princess Bride; Rocco & His Brothers; Singing in the Rain; Zoolander

The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje); Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Gabriel García Márquez); The Obernewtyn Chronicles (Isobelle Carmody); Niebla (Miguel de Unamuno); The Journey Home (Alison Lester); Hamlet (Shakespeare, duh); The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Identity (Milan Kundera); Noli Me Tangere (José Rizal); Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges); The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman); Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen); North & South (Elizabeth Gaskell); La loca de la casa (Rosa Montero); the NKJV Bible (God)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in Madrid when Spain won the Eurocopa in 2008.

Boating and scuba diving in Karimunjawa, Indonesia.

Going to Dili, Timor-Leste and writing a report about the assassination attempts on the president and prime minister.

Living in a super small village in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Machu Picchu and Iguazu Falls - they totally live up to the hype!

Scaling Charquini glacier near La Paz, Bolivia.

Getting cast as a Chinese femme fatale in a Bolivian TV commercial.

I think the everyday can be amazing if you think outside the box and learn to appreciate what you've got and what's around you :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak and have taught Spanish, and also have enough Indonesian and Tetum (East Timor) to teach you basics or help you improve your language skills. I particularly love the chance to chat in Spanish. And there's English of course!

I am a poor singer, dancer and guitarist but love music and am not ashamed to give all three of those things a go regardless!!

What I Can Share with Hosts

English, Spanish and/or Indonesian. Cross-cultural experience. How to judge a good cup of coffee. Volleyball basics. Quality conversation and a listening ear. I'm always up for a jam session, voice and guitar.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Bolivia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Ecuador, Malaysia, Spain

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