I love to try new things and travel. Lately I've been into rock-climbing .

I was born in Korea, but was adopted when I was very young and grew up with an American family in Michigan. So there's that. :-)

PHILOSOPHY

One of the best skills in life is to turn the negatives into positives.

Failure is the best way to learn how to be successful.

The friends that surround you define you and your future.

"Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." ~Albert Einstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I tell everyone I can, whenever I can about how awesome Couchsurfing and couchsurfers are!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some awesome people while couchsurfing and at meet-ups and I hope to meet more!

2010-11 Beijing, CN: Surfed at Ricardo Li's place. He showed me around and we went to a Mandarin Hip-Hop show.

2011-03 New York, NY: Surfed at Ashanti's place. Got there a bit late, but helped/ watched him make some cool armor. Seriously.

2012-02 San Francisco, CA: Surfed at Scott's place. Learned about hipster transients and chatted about medical product design and industrial design.

2012-03 San Francisco, CA: Surfed at Alex's place. Chatted about our different experience in adoption.
2012-03 Seoul, KR: Surfed at Hallie's place. Taught me to navigate Seoul and found a new place to live.

2012-05 Seoul, KR: Surfed at Tak's place. Walked in the Buddha's birthday parade. Impromptu and fun!

2012-11 Surfed in Japan. Kyoto, Tokyo, Yokohama. What a weird and wonderful land.

2014-01 Seoul, KR: Yusuke and Taro from Japan surfed at my place

2014-02 Seoul, KR: Renada and Madga from Poland surfed at my place. We got some delicious Korean BBQ by my place and joined some other couchsurfers for noraebang.

2014-02 Seoul, KR: Brenden (USA) and Nien (China) surfed at may place. Got some delicious Samkaetang (chicken soup) and did some pants shopping^^

2014-03 Seoul, KR, Mark and Beate from Austria surfed on their epic http://www.super-gsi.net/ring-of-fire.html adventure.

2014-09 Bangkok, TH, Freddy from Indonesia. Loved learning about Freddy's experience growing up in Indonesia and working in New Zealand

Interests

Self-improvement and helping others. Learning Korean. Making connections between different people. How to be 'successful' while having a positive impact..
Rock-climbing. Settlers of Catan and Dominion.

• design
• sketching
• bbq
• modeling
• shopping
• traveling
• rock climbing
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

To read: Strangers in a Strange Land, Catch-22 (again), 미운 오리 새끼Favorite movies: Requiem for a Dream, WALL-E

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010 and it was an amazing sight! The size and scale of the Expo was breathtaking; it was about two square miles of torn-down-and-purposely-rebuilt city-inside-a-city. And to think that it is almost all gone except for a few key buildings. Astonishing. As a bonus on that day, I accidentally met a couchsurfer while on the bus, who then introduced me to another couchsurfer that worked at the Expo. This connection gave us free VIP passes and was our guide to the city which led to an array of fun adventures in Shanghai.

Teach, Learn, Share

Professionally, I have experience in industrial design, interaction design, sketching (pen and paper), model making and human factors. Hit me up if you have a question. I can also teach proper beginning rock climbing (how to belay, climbing techique).My native language is English, and I am really looking for someone to help me learn Korean!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

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