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Overview

  • 75 references 61 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, Taiwanese; learning English, French, Japanese, Sign Language - Taiwanese, Spanish
  • 104, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Writer/ Working holiday-er :)
  • college
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

"Update: Traveling in Latin America at the moment."

To my dear previous hosts and friends who have met me through CS,
I have been and will still be trying to show you Taipei or host you in Kaohsiung even though I can't host most of times as I live in Taipei now. (It's not my own place)

Sorry for the new surfers, I will start to host once I move back to Kaohsiung.

ABOUT ME

"Maybe my references can give you better ideas!? :)"

Hi all the possible hosts and guests,
I am easygoing and down to earth. I like reading, watching movie, exercising and couchsurfing!! I love making new friends. I have been meeting a lot of great people through this community. It really changed my life. :)
Anyone wants to visit Taiwan can always ask if my couch is available. Even it is not, a cup of coffee can be enjoyable.
BTW, I love animals but I am really afraid of cats.(Ailurophobia) I try to overcome it though...but not working yet. :(

PHILOSOPHY

Life is like cooking, before choosing what you like, try everything.

The more you learn, the less you know.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING


Couchsurfing is a lot more than just a free accommodation, so if you are only looking for a couch to crash, I am not the host for you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I enjoy hosting, it's a different kind of travelling when I don't have time to go on a real trip myself, and it's always a pleasure to show my guests around.

I have actually hosted more surfers/friends than the reviews on my profile as they were all hosts/friends from my previous trip.

I have surfed in United States, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, UK, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, Denmark, Czech republic, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Canada, Peru and Chile, Colombia and Panama! Those were great experiences that I will never forget. Travelling for me is more to meet people than to see places now!

Interests

Movies, Books, Travel, anything.

  • hiking
  • skiing
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Boyhood, The broken circle breakdown, The lovely bones,The Dreamers,Chance and Coincidence, Amelie, Brokeback mountain, Babel, Notes on a scandal, Pan's Labyrinth, Breakfast on Pluto, Little Miss Sunshine, Eternal Summer, Before sunset, Before sunrise, Into the wild....and lots more. All of Richard Linklater, Wong Kar-Wai,Kim Ki-duk and Ang Lee's films.
Books: If I could only recommand one book to anyone in my life, "Far from the tree" would be it...at least by now.
TV: 我可能不會愛妳,刺蝟男孩,Bojack horseman, Game of thrones, 2 broke girls, Entourage, Six feet under, Girls, House, Veep, House of cards, Friends and lots more..
Music: AVICII, a little bit of everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Haha, too many!! Ask me when we meet in person!:)

Teach, Learn, Share

You wanna learn Mandarin or Taiwanese or my new found love--Taiwanese sign language??

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Ireland, Taiwan, United States

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