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Overview

  • 8 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Taiwanese; learning Portuguese
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Living in a haunted village of Portugal
  • Bachelor degree in Biotechnology
  • From Fujian, China
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning to balance and live my life as I enjoy

ABOUT ME

I am a Chinese who is easy going, curious, adventurous, dare to try things she never tried. That is why I am working in a haunted village in the middle of nowhere in Portugal.

PHILOSOPHY

Everyone is like a book, I want to learn and experience as much as possible, to try to break my limits again and again, to be a upgrading person that remains refreshing herself and interesting even known for decades.

I want myself to be able to take good care of myself and be happy, no matter where I am living, what job I am taking, how much I earn, with someone or by myself, 30 or 80 years old.

It doesn´t matter where you are from, what you have and where we meet. The only thing matters is who you are now.

This life is properly one and only life I have, so I want and need to live it in my ways, not in the ways I am expected to.

Make choices and don´t look back.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New experience in 2017

March: Slept on the mattress in the living room of my boyfriend after our first met on local meetup event and went for hiking trip together with the meetup group members on the second day.

June: Traveled from 10th to 17th to Belgium and Romania with my Portuguese boyfriend, we were staying in three houses with awesome hosts in Brugge and Brussels, Belgium, Brasov, Romania. We enjoyed much talking, cooking and hanging out with our hosts. It was our first trip together and my first experience about couchsurfing, and I enjoyed it very much.

Before 2017:

Enjoyed couchsurfing activities occasionally and couched for twice. The first time was a few days before 2011 Christmas after joining someone's birthday, watching TV and talking with a guy from USA until sunrise. The second time was Valentine's day in 2012 after joining CS meeting, going back at around 2 am and talking until 4 am. Never hosted anyone cause I have been living very far away from major tourist attractions.

The reason I am on Couchsurfing:

I believe more in experience and humanity than in god. So I hope to experience more or meet more new people to share our experiences.

Interests

1. Chatting and socializing: I love communicating, meeting new people and chatting with people who have good experience or special angles of seeing things.

2. Outdoor activities: Traveling, hiking, wild swimming, BBQ, camping, fireworks, and badminton.

3. TV and movies: I have particular appetites on TV and movies about ancient history, royal, horror, parallel world and super nature.

Favourite list:
TV:
Fringe
2017: Game of Thrones

Movies:
Coherence
The Man from Earth
Predestination
The Skeleton Key
Shutter Island
Triangle
Gone Girl

Few movies and TV about romance:
Before Sunrise Before Sunset Before Midnight
Pride and Prejudice
僕のヤバイ妻
私 結婚できないんじゃなくて、しないんです

4. Party, dancing and singing

5. Ancient history, physics, Egypt

  • books
  • singing
  • dancing
  • partying
  • shopping
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • camping
  • swimming
  • physics
  • time travel
  • ancient history
  • space
  • aliens
  • wild swimming
  • egypt
  • parallel worlds

Music, Movies, and Books

I am interested in cultures, traditional buildings, traveling, physics, space, ET, UFO so I read a lot of books about them before.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Worked in a hostel for about half a year.
2. Bicycle cycled with friends for three days in Hainan Island, China.
3. Worked in 5 industries at different positions.
4. Met many friends from all over the world.
5. Arranged business and leisure trips for friends and colleagues.
6. Chose to work in Portugal last July.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Chinese and English, share some experience about exporting condition and logisitics in China, travel and cultures.

What I Can Share with Hosts

1. Good moments sharing stories, experience and ideas.
2. I can buy a drink or a normal meal.
3. I am able to cook a decent Chinese dinner for up to 10 people independently. I can buy some simple materials in Chinese shop and cook a nice Chinese dinner for my hosts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Portugal, Romania, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Portugal

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