CURRENT MISSION

Learn and Laugh :)

ABOUT ME

My wife and I are teachers and we love to travel on the school holidays to meet new people and explore new places.

PHILOSOPHY
Be Kind

Also

Sai Weng Shi Ma (塞翁失马）

http://www.chinese-chengyu.com/saiwengshima-a-blessing-in-disguise.html

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm open to meeting new friends and helping out fellow travelers explore Northern California. The couchsurfers who have hosted me on my travels have been so kind and have made my trips such special experiences that I would like to pay that forward.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had an amazing Summer tour through Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Thailand. On the hosting side, I've had the good fortune to show some amazing people around the Bay area in California.

Failed travel blog!
Blog: http://zhuangzidreaming.tumblr.com/

Interests

Photography, Travel, Guitar, Martial Arts, Random Festivals and Experiences

• arts
• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• drinking
• shopping
• traveling
• guitar
• karaoke
• snowboarding
• fencing
• martial arts
• archery
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock such as The Blackjacks/Beatles/Incubus/Soul Coughing, Breaking Pangaea. Hip hop that has some depth like Common/ A tribe called quest. Joe Hisaishi to chill out

Movies - Life is Beautiful , Harry Potter Series, Life of Pi, Pushing Hands 推手, All the Ghibli Movies, Fist of Legend, Shaw Brothers Movies ...

Books - Lost Horizon , Harry Potter Series, Noli me Tangere, The Shining, Speaker of the Dead, Fight Club...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Going to a waterpark rave in Beijing's Olympic Water Cube

-Planting a coconut tree on my family's ancestral land in Panay

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn how to cook any regional dishes of the places I visit. Especially family recipes!

I'm always looking to train and learn from other martial artists and I'm more than happy to share/teach. My current focus is Muay Thai, Serrada Escrima, and Chen Tai Chi but I am open to and have experience in other styles.

I also want to improve my Mandarin/Spanish to the mid intermediate level or my Tagalog/Burmese/Japanese to the mid beginner level.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some local sights and unique Bay Area activities

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States