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Overview

  • 21 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese; learning English, Japanese
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Student
  • 4-year college education plus 1-year exchange student life!
  • From Chiayi before age12. Now Taipei , Taiwan
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Work and Travel!! This is how life should be!!!

ABOUT ME

My high school is HSNU, the best school in the world.
Graduated from National Taiwan University. I was in UW-Madison as an exchange student and it was so much fun there!
When I was in the US, I traveled a lot and met a lot of wonderful people from all over the world! So now travel became one of my life mission.
I have five people in my lovely family: My Dad and Mom, my younger sister and brother. And my pet Rabbit. I love to play sports and watch movies. I don't smoke. I used to think alcohol was not tasty at all but after a year staying in the beer city--Madison, I drink sometimes now.

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is the most important thing in the world. What will make you happy? Go for it! Don't do anything that you don't even want to do and regret at the end. Don't convince yourself to do things you hate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I was in US, I traveled to many states mostly by couchsurfing.
So I know how fun this is! I even have friends who I met during the trip we're still in contact with. I surf a lot comparing to hosting people. I do want to host people but I still live with my parents. I can take people to a temple near my home and even my grandpa's farm.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Seattle was the first city I surfed. Larry Stone was the best host ever! I was so lucky to stay with him! He built his own house and there were many rooms. My friends and I, guess what, we three people got our own private rooms! He's like a big Dad and took us to a lot of places! We even went to a skii resort! I just want to say that was my best experience in couch surfing! But after that I still met some really amazing hosts! Too many stories! If you wanna know more, you can host me when I go to your city or come to Taiwan I will tell you!!

Interests

I love to sing and play sports. Actually I love cooking way more than anything. So definitely I love eating.
I love all animals except some bugs, like cockroaches(Yuck!) I can observe animals for a very long time. I really love to play with them. That's why I study life science. And 2011~2012 I was even a biology teacher. What a wonderful job!

  • animals
  • pets
  • singing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • sports
  • biology
  • computer science
  • teaching
  • science
  • toefl

Music, Movies, and Books

Adele is now my favorite. Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, and Kelly Klarkson are all amazing singers.
I love the movie Life of Pi(the director is a Taiwanese! I went to the cinema to see this movie twice), inception, three idiots, and the movies in which Leonardo Dicaprio had a role. Black swan is also a good one. Not to mention Titanic.
Onepiece is my favorite comic book. I also like Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got an AB in computer science class. I finished some programs by myself and I was very proud of it.
I got 101 points in TOEFL when I only had two weeks studying.
I stretched my arm into a cow's stomach to feel it's squeezing while she was still eating grass; she's alive!
Help a sheep trim it's hooves.
The most amazing thing I've seen is a cow fetus just taken out from its mother's womb...It was only palm big.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to teach people what I know. I am a teacher so that's what I do. People have to know me for a longer time so they can dig more out from me.
But also I'd love to be a humble student and learn everything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking skills.
Couchsurfing fun stories.
Warm smiles.
Gifts from Taiwan.
And of course return the favor when hosts visit my country.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United States

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