1, Please read my profile 2, Please don’t sent me messages. I won’t be able to reply everyone. Only request, please. 3, Please don’t send request for more than 1 month ahead. My schedule is unpredictable because of work. Hey. My name is Yujia. I live in New York City. I love meeting people from all walks of life. I love travelling, and I've met many people who are really good at it-- Real naturals. My way of traveling is looking halfway normal where I go. In Turkey, I pray five times a day. In Cuba, I dance on the street. In Jamaica, I am suddenly a Rasta. The beauty of traveling is to help you make connections with the world and to form a sense of belonging to the common humanity. My life mottos are 1) Have stories to tell, not stuff to show. 2) Home is behind the world ahead. I live with a couple, who are my best friends. We are willinng to host people from all over the world. People normally request through my roomate's account (Co Coquito, NewYork, NY). Co is an expert on wine. She traveled more places than I did. She is planing to set up a cooking show/travel blog. Yan is from Puerto Rico. He is a musican. I work in international development with a focus on education sector. We have wine, a music booth and a king bed in our living room. Our place is not a free hotel. We appriciate good conversations. Ps: When you write the request,please answer the following questions: 1, What field/industry do you work at? or what is your majoy? We welcome people from all fields. 2. One thing you like about my profile, or one thing you want me to share with you .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For finding similarities/common interests among people with different background! For expanding (not only step out, just simply expand ) my comfort zone and meet awesome people from all over the beautiful world!

Interests

• culture
• education
• movies
• traveling
• international relations
• languages
• food
• international development

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Classic
Movie: High tech ; Humanity; Documentary
Books: The Little Prince

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I pick up the local language fast.

Only used body langurage and smiles to travel around non-english speaking countries and be friends with cool/friendly people.

Dropped out from a terrible high school education system, self-taught and got into a very good college. "Education is life itself"-- John Dewey

What I Can Share with Hosts

Culture, stories, laughs

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Switzerland, United States