CURRENT MISSION

surviving scottish winter!

ABOUT ME

I'm friendly, easy-going, adventurous, full of laughter, sort of lazy, curious, honest person (I think...)

I am originally from South Korea but lived in various other places in the world. I'm currently doing a PhD in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. I have been in UK for 7 years now. I also studied and worked in Canada and the US.

PHILOSOPHY

Love one another... :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Oh. I'm just a beginner here but I would like to meet other people who loves travelling and learn more about the world!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well, I don't know if this counts... but when I was travelling around Germany in 2001, I met a really nice girl Yara on my way to Frankfrut from Munich. She offered me to stay with her for a few days so I had the chance to stay with a nice German family for three days. It's a shame that I lost her contact detail. She was such a nice person and I had great fun!

I guess this has led me finally couchsurfing... I'll have to see how it goes

Interests

I like travelling, cooking, sleeping, watching movies and going for a walk at night. I took piano lessons for ten yearsI swim and I'm taking golf since I moved to St Andrews. I'm hoping to try diving or sailing soon.

• dining
• cooking
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• piano
• scuba diving
• sailing
• swimming
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Costume dramas from any country, KOREAN FILM, ET, Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, Gattaca, The Mission, Dangerous liaisons, I am Cuba, Wong Kar-wai, Kieslowski, Anne of Green Gable Series, Breaking the Waves, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Pawnbroker, Iwai Shunji, Hiroshiman Mon Amour, Hitchcock, Woody Allen and Bollywood!

Music: George Michael, Elton John, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houson, Aimee Mann, Police, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Jamiroquai, Debussy, Mahler, Bach, Jazz, Dave Matthews, Simply Red

Norwegian Woods and all things written by Haruki Murakami, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Alias Grace, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Mitte des Lebens, Perfume, Of Mice and Men, Amy Tan, Greek/Roman Mythology, Shakespeare, Poetry, and lots of Korean stuff

Paintings: Ingres, Gogh, Pre-Raphaelites, Beardsley, Klimt, JMW Turner, Egon Schiele, Waterhouse, Vermeer and other Flemish stuff, Chagall, Chungkyungja

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked for a non-profit, religious organization for a year, travelling 5000 miles across Canada and meeting hundreds of people.

I have also completed the Camino Santiago Compostela (The French Way) in 2011, walking 900kms in 38 days. A truly amazing and growing experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

hmmm. I know how to make some very authentic Korean food, which involves a lot of vegetable chopping.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

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