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Overview

  • 12 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Student
  • Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Psychology / East Asian...
  • From The prairies
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be hospitable. Open minds, open doors.

ABOUT ME

I have left a perfect life in Canada, where I lived on a beautiful farm with my family, to come to Taiwan in pursuit of a Masters degree in translation.

I plan to spend the next few years, happily, sorting out dissonance.
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I believe that camping in the mountains cures all.

PHILOSOPHY

To be positive, to be communal. I try to adapt my personal philosophies to those that are stated in the Bible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By offering open arms

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met-up, hosted, surfed, travelled at every place I have lived and been to.

Interests

Cooking and baking, cycling as transportation, pray every day, translation.

  • cooking
  • baking
  • cycling
  • camping
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Sin Nombre, Blow, Amelie, The Royal Tenenbaums

Andrew Bird, St. Vincent, Sunset Rubdown, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Sigur Ros

C.S. Lewis, Pearl Buck, Chuck Palahniuk, Lu Xun

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept on the streets of Hong Kong, been a farmer.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Cuba, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Taiwan

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