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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese (Simplified), English, Spanish, Yue (Cantonese); learning Portuguese
  • 27, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • Student
  • University
  • From London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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About Me

Globe trotter and always the risk-taking one. I joined the CS community when I was in college and met so many fantastic people along the way!

At this point in life I'm a big fan of jazz, funk and soul music. Might be Nina Simone's top 1% Spotify listener this year ;) I started lindy hop a year ago and a bouncy tune always perks me up.

When I am not on my feet, I'm a big nerd and love hearing people's stories. I have this unhealthy habit lately of reading too much Lonely Planet before trips - but it's so worth it, you learn so much about the culture and history and it's probably the best you can do if you feel guilty about your consumeristic indulgences ;)

I speak four languages (english, canto, mandarin, spanish). Getting very rusty for my Spanish so always appreciate practices! Also attempting to learn Japanese and Portuguese.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

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Interests

  • music festivals
  • italian food
  • mexican food
  • politics
  • live music
  • indie pop
  • economics
  • philosophy
  • food
  • tv series
  • contemporary dance
  • jamming
  • walking around
  • behavioral economics
  • black mirror
  • folk pop

Music, Movies, and Books

Current obsession is Nina Simone and all tunes funky and jazzy. Generally, avid fan of both slow pop with Coldplay and electronic with Sia. Medasin is my go-to for chill vibes.

Love Rick and Morty and Black Mirror (season 6 thoughts?). Also consume a healthy amount of Channel 4 shows like Travel Man.

Movie hands down for Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (nothing can beat that at the moment!). Also love Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom.

Books... currently trudging my way through Moby Dick! Also loved Catch-22 and Kafka's In the Penal Colony though that's not even a book hah. Am an unabashed non-fiction fan for many books on Economics/ Statistics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Opened my couchsurfing account and then left it there for one year

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, perspectives - and if you feel dorky and want to talk about ad tracking and how tech companies look at how you use your phone, let me be your guest :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom

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