Hello!

My name is Syauqi. Professionally I'm mainly a translator and interpreter, but I'm also a foodie, a traveller, a glossophile, and The Little Prince enthusiast! I like to eat and discover great foods wherever I go, I'd love to practice my languages (sometimes), and I collect The Little Prince in various languages! I would love to trade and/or buy The Little Prince in your languages, if you have one that is not on my collection yet :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to understand other people through their culture, languages, and foods. I believe, by getting to know with locals I can achieve this mission and I believe that Couchsurfing is one of the places to meet people who would be happy to share their life and their culture with me.

Interests

I can talk endlessly about language and writing systems. I also can talk a lot about foods and places I've been to! I have read The Little Prince in various languages, and I could talk about this on and on :)

• culture
• traveling
• music
• languages
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Day6, Queen, The Rose, Lucy, N.Flying, CNBLUE, Hoppipolla, Onewe, FT Island, Air Supply, Westlife, JJ Lin, Eric Chou. My fav genres include K-pop, K-rock, slow rock, pop, classical music, keroncong.

Movies: Star Trek, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Ghibli movies.

Books: The Little Prince, Tintin, Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I translated Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince into my mother tongue, Sundanese, and I delivered a TEDx Talk about this project.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach my language(s) to you, if you want to hang out with me, I can show you to landmarks of Bandung and I can share the history of the landmarks, that other people might not know about (I was an intern in the Department of Cultural and Tourism Affairs, so I know a lot of history about Bandung landmarks).

I would be happy to learn other people's languages and culture to understand them better.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share stories and facts about Indonesia in general, my hometown Bandung, and basically everything about me. I also might be able to bring some foods/snacks/drinks or souvenirs to represent my culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia