CURRENT MISSION

Insect Dreams / にっぽん虫の眼紀行 / Forestilling om det Tyvende århundrede

ABOUT ME

I'm a 'botanist of the sidewalk', violinist of the tramway, gourmet of the nocturnal air, painter of the urban noise, and zenist of the butterfly wings.

A Scorpio, but a kind one :-)

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting experience:
Hangzhou (CN): numerous times ('03-'06);
Leiden (NL): friends from Germany (pre-Koninginnedag, '08)

Surfing via friends' networks:
Summer '06: Boston/Cambridge (MA), DC/Arlington (VA), LA/Orange County (CA), USA
Summer '07: Mainz, Germany
Summer '08: Prague, Czech Republic
Spring '10: London, UK

Surfing via CS (est '07):
2007- i. Verona (Hallowmas); ii. Brussels (pre-Xmas); iii. Frankfurt (post-Xmas);
2008- iv. Berlin (post-Spring-Festival, during Berlinale and Biennale); v. Utrecht (post-Easter); vi. Vienna (pre-Euro2008); vii. Budapest (Robert's Day); viii. Nijmegen (Vierdaagse); ix. Lubeck (on my way to conference); x. Copenhagen (Hamlet Summer); xi. Aarhus (conference); xii. Cologne (pre-Judith's-wedding); xiii+xiv. London (Doris Lessing and theatres); xv. Paris (birthday); xvi. Krakow (pre-Christmas);
2009- xvii+xviii. Izmir (conference); xix. Istanbul (Asia->Europe); xx. Barcelona (birthday); xxi. London (Old Vic, pre-Christmas);
2011- xxii. Tallinn (Baltic trip); xxiii. Tainan (Formosa trip);
2012- xxiv. Madrid (museums); xxv. Lisboa (pastéis); xxvi. Shanghai (Biennale);
2015- xxvii. Seattle (a weekend en route to Victoria BC); xxviii. NYC (pre-Christmas exhibition spree);
2016- xxix. San Francisco (pre-Chinese-New-Year)

Surfing via HC (HospitalityClub):
2009- i. Salzburg (Bavarian hiking); ii. Paris (free museum Sunday and Puces)

... so far so ... fantastic

兴趣

Art and artists (my first solo exhibition: westlaker.org)
Museums and galleries (ICOM member: icom.museum)
Cuisines (huge fan of "Cooking with Dog": bit.ly/chefdog)
Languages and cultures (pronunciation editor: forvo.com)
...anything that touches my heart, or taste buds :P

• dogs
• arts
• perfumes
• festivals
• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• history
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: early films (prior to 1940s), everything by Kubrick, Hitchcock, the Coen brothers, Ang Lee, Wenders, Altman, Polanski, Edward Yang, everything starring Daniel-Day Lewis, Kevin Spacey, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Music: classical (Chinese guqin music, Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Mieczysław Weinberg, Stravinsky, Debussy...), film music by Nino Rota, Philip Glass, Ennio Morricone, Dario Marianelli, Alexandre Desplat, etc. I generally prefer instrumental to vocal.

Books: The Story of the Stone (by Cao Xueqin) -- the greatest novel in human history, and stream-of-consciousness writers like Woolf and Proust are always my epiphany.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Now I should update this section:
Trekked 200km (50km×4days, 15-18/07/2008) during the world's largest and most history-honored walking event Vierdaagse in Nijmegen (NL) and was proudly awarded the coveted royal medal Vierdaagsekruis

教，学，和分享

孔子曰：“三人行，必有我師。”
(Confucius says, "There must be a mentor for me among any three travel companions.")

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Cultures inside out

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Macao, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

我居住过的国家

Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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