ABOUT ME

I'd say I'm a laid-back person, a bit on the quiet side and it might take me a while to warm up to people. I enjoy meeting any type of person as I believe everyone of us is interesting!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by surfing and hosting, or if I'm not available to host, I could show surfers around my town. Or if anyone wants tips travelling in Malaysia, I'd be happy to provide them. As a somewhat outdoorsy person, I can bring you for hikes, or mountain biking.

Interests

- Music (drums, guitar, piano)
- Cycling (mountain biking, bike-touring)
- Kayaking
- Hiking
- Watching movies and football (Gooner here :))
- Stoicism
- Meditation (Vipassana)
- Yoga

• dining
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• soccer
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies :
Motorcycle Diaries, Deer Hunter, Into The Wild, Mean Streets, In Bruges, Godfather, Arranged, About Elly, Das Boot,; play-based movies like Glengarry Glen Ross, 12 Angry Men, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Noises Off; movies by Lukas Moodysson, Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Aki Kaurismäki, Martin Scorsese, Asghar Farhadi

Books :
Into Thin Air, Seabiscuit, In Cold Blood, Down and Out in Paris and London, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Count of Monte Cristo, Papillon, Animal Farm

Music :
I try to listen to everything. Currently interested in jazz fusion-y stuff (Incognito, New Mastersounds, Herbie Hancock), post-rock (sleepmakeswaves, Overhead, The Albatross, Hammock, This Will Destroy You) and chillhop.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Did a solo cycling trip across Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

- Climbed Mt. Fuji in the middle of a typhoon! Didn't get to the summit though :(

- Travelled around Europe participating in working/travelling programmes such as WWOOF and Workaway (i.e. work in farms in exchange for accommodation and meals)

- Seen: Couchsurfers! I find it amazing how CS-ers offer their place to stay to other CS-ers who are strangers, whom they haven't even met face-to-face. Kindness is universal!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play guitar or drums if you want!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I wish I could offer to cook some decent Malaysian food :( I just learned how to cook and am still a beginner. I can make 'kaya' though (Malaysian coconut jam)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Malaysia