CURRENT MISSION

Tto explore the European continent!

ABOUT ME

I'm a freelance translator/interpreter. I love my work and think it's the best job in the world because I don't get stuck in an office from 9am-6pm during the week. However, when the deadline is around the corner and the editor keeps bombarding me with e-mails threatening/begging me to turn in my translation...well, that's another story.

Here's the list of the books I have translated:

1. A Very Lonely Planet: Love, Sex, and the Single Guy
2. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4)
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, Book 5)
4. Sundays at Tiffanyâ

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that if I try hard enough, I can do almost anything!

Keyword: ALMOST

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Guess I should starting with...hosting and surfing???

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a new-comer and have yet done any couchsurfing. I heard it's a lot of fun and the best way to travel. Hope I get to enjoy it as much as my friends did!

Interests

clubbing:
I love hip-hop. I won't call myself a great dancer, but I enjoy it.

Learning a foreign language:
When I try to say the French "U" sound, my French friends always laugh. But now I think about it, when they try to say words in Mandarin Chinese, they never get the tones right, either...

Meeting people from different parts of the world:
I believe travel is not really about where you've taken pictures, but the people you meet on the way. And that's exactly why I signed up for CS!

• books
• dancing
• beer
• drinking
• clubbing
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• freelancing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Hayao Miyazaki's works. Though his works appear to be cartoons for kids, each title really has a lot more to tell. I love Wong Kar Wai's films as well. Films that tell you more with very few words are always the best.

My all-time favorite film, though, is a Japanese one called "Love Letter." It's a sad story about a boy and a girl who have the same name and run into each other in the same classroom. Years later, the girl receives a letter from the boy's fiancée...It's a lovely work. Absolutely beautiful.

When I was young, I read a lot of books for fun. Now I still read a lot...for work! I guess it's not too bad to be paid to do something you love, isn't it?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was 18, I set my mind to become a freelance translator/interpreter and a student at the same time. I DID IT! YEAH!!!

Dancing on the SUBWAY (both the subway platform and the car): I have a very low tolerance of alcohol, but my friends always made me drink, and when I get drunk (i.e. after ONE beer)...

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe that only when you make friends with local people have you actually been to a place.

Just taking pictures of all the major tourist attractions and showing off to your friends when you're home, at least to me, is boring and pointless!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Taiwan, United States