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Overview

  • 10 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, Italian; learning French, German, Taiwanese
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2007
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  • University
  • From Kalken, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Pass Beijing winter in Bangkok Summer

ABOUT ME

After graduation last summer, we decided to move to Beijing to go on exploring the Sino-sphere. This city has so much to offer!! After quite some years abroad, i hope this will be the place to finally settle down for some years. I could describe myself as having a lot of ideals, interested in everyone's story, active and laid-back. Eating is my life! Hopefully I can find a job soon over here, than i can find out more fancy restaurants!

PHILOSOPHY

Trial and error.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I read about CS in the newspaper some years ago.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Robertos Bologna (Italy), Tian Kais Beijing (China), Laurens, Dada and Duncans, Gins Hong Kong (China), Pats Macau (China), Sallys KL (Malaysia), Pradthanas Bangkok (Thailand), Has Hai Duong (Vietnam), Benoit en Jozefiens De Haan (Belgium),Wolfs Taipei and Tonys Taoyuan (Taiwan) and Evi and Micha's Tallinn (Estonia).

Set my Belgian couch for Cai Qianwei and Karolina (Taiwan - Poland), a whole bunch of Chinese, Sally (Malaysia), Stephano (Germany), Margaret (US), Nareth (Cambodia) and my lovely Jozefien.
Plus my Taipei couch for half of Taipei + Chris John (US), Nick (on tuesdays), 6 Belgians all over the floor, Ellen (Beijing), Takeshi (Japan), Shih Yun (Chili), Pradthana (Thailand), Charles (US) and Tess (Belgium)

Interests

-I'm crazy about good food, try to eat as much different stuff at even more different places! Always open to be introduced in another cuisine.
-Play football and prepare Dragon boating to compensate the huge amounts of food i consume.
- To be inspired by other people, and maybe to be able to inspire others.
- I love languages (Chinese ahead) and my favourite city is Hong Kong!
- Try to reduce my ecological footprint without being less happy.
- Combining 'Carpe Diem" with doing as much as possible

  • festivals
  • dining
  • boating
  • politics
  • camping
  • soccer
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Don't read anything but newspapers, hate Holywood movies and listen to the music my parents listened when they had my age.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Went camping in Shenyang's wintertime (freezing cold and the first snow) with 20 Chinese students only having one pair of short trousers to wear.
- Went posing for Spencer Tunick in Bruges, Belgium.
- Applied for a scholarship to Taipei.
- From dusk till dawn at 24h - Eslite bookstore
- Participate a semi-professional dragonboat team in preparation for Dragon boat festival.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll tell you the whole complex story on Belgian politics (as far as i understand it myself). I am very interested in cafe filosophies!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, China, Italy, Taiwan, Thailand

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