ATTENTION: Please read my profile and my couch conditions thoroughly, before asking for a request. I am not interested to the people who are just looking for a FREE accommodation. I am interested to the people who are game and up for adventure and be a friend for life! :)

CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world while touching people's lives and become an impact to the society. I love to inspire people through my life story. I want to finish my book about the adventures and life lessons in life that I had.

I would love to host people from around the world and show what our country really has to offer. I will give them a one of a kind and amazing experience! I will show them secret paradises and hidden gems just a few hours away from Manila!

P.S. I never plan to date someone here in couchsurfing. So if you just want to date me and have an interest with me that is more than a friend, then I am not the host that you are looking for. I am never interested of picking up a guy here. I am here in couchsurfing to make friends and connections around the world and to show other nations what Philippines has to offer. We want to give an adventure and a friendly bonding that will last a lifetime! :)

ABOUT ME

I am a self-made young entrepreneur, a product of bullying and poverty. I live to travel the world because the world is my home. I am the kind of person who only do what I love. And I believe that success is a product of love. I am a dreamer! I was once as poor as rat but today, I have several businesses including fashion design, a beauty and wellness product manufacturing, a travel agency, a transportation business, a salon and spa and an apartment. Expect that I have a lot of life lessons and business mentorship to share with you. hihi. :)

You can know more about me by browsing my
blog www.trishiedelacruz.com and our business website www.dlc-enterprise.com or my facebook profile www.facebook.com/trishiedc or my instagram @trishiedc or look for the hashtag #trishietravels

Oh by the way, I love adventures! And I love conquering heights and thrilling rides! I'm addicted to Hello Kitty and I love eating! Hihi..
I love nature and hidden paradises. I'm addicted to beaches and waterfalls!!

PHILOSOPHY

"If you understand life and love, you will become just like a child, playing the game of life."-Trishie dela Cruz(Me) :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to meet people and learn from their personal experiences and advices. I believe that there is always a reason on why you meet someone in your life. And I believe that there's a lesson from every people that you meet. I love to be friends from the people around the globe.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I experienced my very first couching experience when I was 19, in Singapore(wasn't able to get a reference though) And it was a very great experience! I've been also hosted in a loving grp of friends in Boston and they are like a family to me now! Todd also hosted me in New York and he is amazing!

Now, my boyfriend and I hosted 3 people already and the feeling is also great because you can share your life to a random stranger but become a meaningful person in their lives. Plus I really love meeting friends with the same passion :)

Interests

fashion, animals, dogs, travel, architecture, design, business, science, nature, mind, brain, life, adventure, heights, hello kitty, pink, girly stuff, shabby chic, interior design, crafts

• animals
• dogs
• books
• architecture
• design
• interior design
• fashion
• beauty
• crafts
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• business
• entrepreneurship
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I love books! Most especially books about life, and the human mind or brain. Books about leadership, science, conspiracies etc. But honestly, I don't finish book because I get bored easily whenever I already get the thoughts. That's the reason why I don't read novels. I love informative books. I love reading new informations but not fantasies. My favorite movies are Ex-machina, Lord of the rings, Armageddon, Titanic, Fast and the Furious, If Only, etc. My favorite singer is Avril Lavigne!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many to mention but one of the best things in my life is to travel alone while I was young, and to feed thousands of poor and hungry street children through the charity that I founded which is the #WeTouchPeople Charity. One of the best experience as well is when my family and I rode a Hot Air Balloon in Cambodia and we showered candies to the poor children. Another thing that I am proud of is that I was able to build a business to support my studies at a very young age of 19yrs old.

I was also got invited at Harvard University and I was able to go to United States for the first time, alone!!! I traveled for 4 days just traveling by different means just to reach my destination.. From New York, to Pennsylvania, to Toledo, to Chicago, to San Francisco, to Taiwan and then Back here in Manila :) it's amazing that technically, I was traveling back in time because of the time zone difference and I am just continuously moving for four days. Yes literally! It was a very long journey just to get back at home hehe..

Another amazing thing that I've done and is actually still doing is leading events and team buildings where I talk/speak about the wisdoms in life. I also do meditation and teach basic meditation and lead people(what I call my students) and they say that I touches and changes their lives. That's the best feeling that you could feel...

Teach, Learn, Share

My life is not a walk in the park. At this age, I am confident to say that I've been and will continue to become an inspiration of all ages. My advices are:

1.) Always reinvent your self
2.) Love everything you do because success is a product of love
3.) Everything happens for a reason
4.) Pay attention to details because everything is a lesson
5.) Life is not easy, but you have to keep going
6.) Always stay your feet on the ground
7.) Keep smiling and don't judge.
8.) Become someone's reason to smile, once a day
9.) Always have gratitude
10.) Travel the world while you're young!

Ughhh, I love talking to people with sense and I don't like talking to people who always talk about other people. I believe and strongly agree in the saying "Great minds talk about ideas, Average minds talk about events, and Small minds talk about other people"

What I Can Share with Hosts

A great and amazing life story to tell! Life lessons and inspirations. And a remote, not overrated, and secret paradises and hidden gems in the Philippines!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, United States