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  • 73 references 26 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Japanese, Malay, Spanish, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • teacher
  • No education listed
  • From Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

In short Im a Shanghainese with a passion for the outdoors/indoors and touching new things/different culture/new languages/exploring new places.
Let's see, I'm a typical chinese boy with black hair and coffee eyes. I like to travel, I like to party, I like to laugh. When I meet people for the first time I might be a little shy to talk... and I prefer to listen what others has to say more than to talk myself anyway. My sense of humor is twisted, and could surprise you how dirty it can be :D I like to take it easy! I'm very adventurous, I would do nearly anything, how else you can feel to be alive? My zodiac sign is cancer, and if you read my character, that pretty much is me. You don't get to know me in one day, not two, not month, not a year, it's a lifetime process. I can always surprise you because of so many sides that I have and because I don't show you everything about me right here right now. So I think that you should be patient with me. I get along with nearly everyone, just be yourself. This is very hard for me to describe myself, just write me an e-mail, meet me, get to know me. cooooooooooooool.....

PHILOSOPHY

I live day at a time, and hope for the best! I don't like to do long term plans, ex-tempore things have always been the funniest things. I usually agree with every proposal that my friends throw at me and just do it.Do everything i try my best.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i know CS from a amazing newspaper and first fall in love with it. my CS experiences have just begun but have been extremely varied. The first was a small yet wonderful meet with Daniel. That boosted my interest and trust in the CS project overall for my trip to other countries.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surf a lots couch already! All over asia!Give me a good chance to learn local culture and have a channel to share my stories and collect others wonderful stories. Let me feel im coming back home or visit a old friend and long time no see each other.
Host several people in shanghai. My parents have a good time with those travellers who bring a new concpet of life to us!

Interests

food/tramp /reading travelblog/photography

Desire to taste all kinds of food and plan to write down the details thus I can try it at home.

Photography: Good memory! Great momnet during the travelling. A good way to kill time specially when I travel alone!

Reading travelblog: Good guide before you arrive a totally strange country! And more reality than some flack.

  • culture
  • photography
  • dining
  • coffee
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • outdoor activities
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: Into the wild

01. It's good to be at home.
02. Music was always the best something in life.
03. Poor girl wants rich toys.
04. Friends are people who will never leave you.
05. There are days that we should remember in life.
06. Never betray yourself, trust yourself.
07. It's more blessed to give than to receive.
08. We grow old & grow up.
09. Time goes and never comes back.
10. It always feels good when you go back to places to find your sense of belonging.
11. Coffee & tea are things we can't live without.
12. Face the truth and accept things that we could not accept.
13. Work out was the coolest thing to freshen your mind.
14. We can't buy happiness.
15. Take it or leave it.
16. You never knew smth cus you never tried to remember it.
17. Don't make promises that you can't keep.
18. It's hard to sleep at night when you're not in sleep mode. Insomnia sucks.
19. Things will never be the same again
20. Don't waste no more time.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

在南非,大象会游泳!

Teach, Learn, Share

What is a journey? 何为旅行?
A journey is not a trip. 旅行不是一次出行,
It’s not a vacation. 也不只是一次假期。
It’s a process. A Discovery. 旅行是一次过程,一次发现。
It’s a process of self-discovery. 一次自我发现的过程。
A journey brings us face to face with ourselves. 真正的旅行让我们直面自我。
A journey shows us not only the world. 旅行,不仅让我看到了世界,
But how we fit in it. 更让我们看到自己在其中的位置。
Does the person create the journey 是我们创造了旅行?
Or does the journey create the person? 还是旅行造就了我们?
The journey is life itself. 生命本身就是一场旅行。
Where will life take you. 生命将引领你走向何方?

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China

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