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Overview

  • 41 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, Portuguese; learning English
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Medical doctor,
  • mom, dad, school, life
  • From Jilin, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it - Chris Mccandless

ABOUT ME

Born in China, been living in Portugal since 92'. I used to live in Braga and in Caparica, near Lisbon. The moved to Porto in 2006 for 7 years and now back to Braga for work issues.

Some random trivia about me

1- I don't smoke
2- I love meat (chicken, turkey, chicken, chicken)
3- I don't drink milk or cheese or dairy products except butter
4- I go to mcdonalds between 1 and 14 (yes, fourteen) times a week(usually between 1-2times)
5- I love macdonalds (i think you can assume that reading number 4:P)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to travel and CS is a way for me to travel from home, meeting people from the places id love to go, but I can't afford the time or money to, so, I host a little when I can, sometimes I surf.
2012 in particular was a very difficult year. Finishing school, board exams, finding a job... hope to travel more in 2013!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm really happy and proud of hosting 41 CSurfers so far:
Reet Tsupilo from Estonia for 3nights
Antra Celmins from Canada for 2 nights
Christa Ritter from Switzerland for 3 nights
Ben Kessel from United States for 1 night
Joel Mason from United States for 3 nights (x2)
Juan Andres Lanfranco from Uruguay for 2 nightd
Sascha Burgess from Australia for 2 nights
David Ferreira Barata from Lisbon for 1 night
Sarah Tanzer from Austria for 1 night
Emma Patterson from Australia for 2 nights
Hannahfrom United States for 3 nights
Camilo Garcia from Spain for 1 night x2
Sarah Tanzer and Stefan Sametinger from Austria for 1 night
Eloise Stevens from England for 5 nights
Kamil Kwiatkowski from Poland for 2 nights
Aleksandria Perezfrom USA for 1 night
Nicolau Rolofrom Portugal for 4 nights
Sanda Undzenafrom Latvia for 5 nights
Rachel Healow from USA for 1 night
Marcin Kus and Anna From Poland for 1 night (x2)
Igor Petrov from Germany/Ukraine for 2 nights
Yasmin Igne Sevilha/Germany for 2nights
Justine Nainyte from Lithuania for 1 night
Angeline Drouant from Madrid/France for 2 nights
Andrei Fedoreev from Moldavia for 2 nights
Bea Garcia from Spain for 2 nights
Agathe Garnier from France for 2 nights
Daniel Gomesfrom Lisbon for 1 night
Irina Kyrishevafrom Russia for 1 night
Jake Moriatyfrom USA for 2 nights
Susan Breyer from USA for 2 nights
Lenny Lei from China for 2 nights
Simon Tournerie from France for 1 night
Amanda Bell from USA for 2 nights
Alex Kreymer from USA for 3 nights
Juanjo Pons from Valencia for 2 nights
Sergio Cortes from USA for 2 nights
Ondrej Vesely and her high majesty mamacitafrom Czech Rep for 2nights
Laura Bueno & Jesus Tordesilhasfrom Spain for 2 nights

And im really happy to had the chance to surf with:
Rafael Novielli in London for 3 nights
Ed Ley in London for 2 nights
Camilo Garcia in Madrid for ? nights (x4)Florian Ehrbar in Basel for 2 nights
Christa Ritter in Naters for 1 night
Carlos Moreira in Coimbra for 2 nights
Alessandro Baldaccini in Milan for 2 nights
Tomas Matuzonis in Kaunas for 2 nights
Stephan Trommsdorf in Berlin for 2 nights
The Amazing Chris in Seattle for 11 nights

Interests

Friends| Meet people| Travel| Music| Photography| Food and Wine|

  • photography
  • dining
  • wine
  • cheese
  • drinking
  • trivia
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • origami
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Crash, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, Before Sunset/before Sunrise, Memento

Music - My dearest Gotan Project. Yann Tiersen, Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie

Books - I don't read that often(other than school books, and those are more than enough to keep me busy:(). But I used to read a lot before university, Jodi Picoult, and some portuguese ones - Tiago Rebelo, Fernando Pessoa.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you know to tie a double windsor, or basically how to tie a tie, although I have some doubts if you're going to bring one during your trip.. Or how to fold a kawasaki rose from a blank sheet of paper, or some other origami stuff. But I'm always willing to learn about everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Portugal

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