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Overview

  • 8 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese (Simplified), English, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • NGO management
  • bachelor graduate
  • From Zhanjiang ,China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

"What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” I ask myself this question quite often lately.

ABOUT ME

- An AIESECer. AIESEC is a student organization providing overseas exchange & leadership experience for youth. AIESEC is also the attitude of life. It’s about being curious, hungry, solution-oriented and socially responsible.

- A Chinese/Cantonese. Craving for good food, especially spicy one. Working hard, live with purpose. Open to economics/history/politics discussion. I appreciate open-minded conversation, instead of cliches and stereotypes.

- A Sagittarius. Easy-going, positive, adventurous. But can be very careless as well, so I am good at solving problems made by myself :P

- An introvert. Due to MBTI theory, I am between INTP and INFP, basically it means that I would appreciate intelligence, logic, empathy and authenticity :) Doesn’t necessarily mean that i can only get along with similar type, no, no.

PHILOSOPHY

- Make it happen attitude.
- Live with authenticity & purpose.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will start the very busy work in Warsaw on July, 2014, till June, 2015.
Before July I am very available, after July I can only participate on weekends.
Willing to: concerts / museum / movie / hangouts / outdoors activities and etc. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met friends in HK/Armenia/Egypt and etc.

I really love hearing all the historical details of this city, love listening to the sharing from local that why they have special connection with this spot, love discussing with hosts about all kinds of news around.

I believe people can connect with the city, and everywhere has a unique story of their own. Can't wait to know more :)

Interests

- Psychology (STRONGLY interested)
- Sexuality (more about sex therapist, it’s related with psychology.)
- Watching movies about Second World War/wars that US initiatived (I got this after finishing 2 seasons of Homeland... I dunno why :p But may be a good start to know some real history which Im not familiar with before)
- Get to know local history/economics/culture
- NGO/social enterprise/entrepreneurship (I work closely with startups)
- Music, movies, reading

  • culture
  • concerts
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chinese food
  • politics
  • news
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • economics
  • entrepreneurship
  • history
  • logic
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
Fantastic Mr Fox, Fight Club, 12 Angry Men, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Life in One Day(!!!), Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Juno, 500 Days of Summer, Godfather, House of Cards, Inception, The Normal Heart, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, Beginners, The Hurt Locker, Dallas Buyers Club, Lie with Me, Nine Songs and etc.

Music:
BACH/Beethoven/Paganini/Suede/Muse/Placebo/Eminem/Faye Wong/Florence and the machine/scissor sisters/Amy Winehouse/Kasabian/Oasis/M.I.A./Sparklehorse/Techno/House

Myfavorite book:
The Art of Love (Erich Fromn)
On Becoming A Person (Carl R. Rogers)
The Fifth Discipline (Peter M. Senge)
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
Poem of Wislawa Szymborska/Rumi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sounds cheesy but... I really enjoyed this experience:

My headhunter internship was super interesting experience, I got to know a lot different people intensively, and it empowered me to have more thoughts about life & career, and it made me really believe that everyone has his own unique talent, we just need to find a right place that’s suitable, instead of changing ourselves to meet external standards.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
I know Chinese & Cantonese and if you are interested, I can teach.
As a Cantonese, we can also discuss about food :)
I can cook some too.

Learn:
Your life stories, your opinion to local society/history/culture.

Share:
Polish vodka together?
Chinese food?
I would like to be a good listener.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, China, Egypt, Poland

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