CURRENT MISSION

To understand and be understood

ABOUT ME

I'm an open-minded, easy-going, and uncomplicated person, interested in what life has to offer. Currently on my research fellowship at Free University in Berlin. Before this I studied History/Politics during college. I grew up in Shanghai China, and have travelled a bit in US and Europe.

PHILOSOPHY

You only live once.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Helping to build CS as a community of friendship and trust.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed: Potsdam, Riga, Tallinn, Oxford, Cambridge
Hosted: Berlin for friends from Prague, Paris, and China

Interests

Read a good book, untangle twist of thoughts, struggle with language learning, spend time with serious and fun-loving people, movie watching/concert going/museum visiting, be grateful, humble and be helpful.

• books
• concerts
• politics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I like rock and classical music, and remain open to what others introduce me to.

East-Central European cinema attracts me like no other. Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Akira Kurosawa are my all time favorite.

Books: Odyssey, the Moon and Sixpence, George Orwell, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, Chinese essayist Lu Xun and poet Gu Chen, Polish/Czech literature, German philosophy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to Prague as an exchange student at the age of 20. In retrospect it's a life-changing experience to me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a bit mandarin Chinese if you are interested. I can share studying/living abroad experience, and basically any topics one should openly talk and critically reflect about.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Czech Republic, United States

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