CURRENT MISSION

live, and let live; love, and let love

ABOUT ME

I showed my hopeless curiosity when my parents had to repeatedly drive me away as a kid when adult guests visited home, and it was the same curiosity that led me to journalism. As a journalist, I feel grateful and previlidged for people who have generously opened their hearts and shared stories with me, and each one I encountered turned out to be a great book! I'm never short of curiosity to read on! My stories appeared on media outlets including BBC, South China Morning Post and China Central Television. In 2007 I contributed a feature story to Lonely Planet China guide about how a young migrant worker in Beijing chased after his dream of a professional photographer.

UPDATES: ordained as a monk in East Tibet since 2016

PHILOSOPHY

life is neither beautiful nor ugly, but a surprising compromise.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

be brave to open, be generous to share, and be ready to smile...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

as a professional backpacker, have couchsurfed with zillions of friends and friends' friends, but just a beginner with couchsurfing with "stranger friends"!

Interests

books, music, travel, deep, meaningful conversation

• books
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Shawshank Redemption -- unyielding triumph of freedom

Trueman show -- profound metaphor about faith,life and commercialism

Charlotte's Web, Hans Christian Anderson's work, Buddha's teachings

Secret Garden

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

always the next

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United Kingdom, United States

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