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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning French, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • freelance pattern/sample-maker
  • the usual, 4-years in college (Parsons School of Design)
  • From A remote fishing village in Southern China, and then New York!
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

take photos of numbers and compile a book from 1 to 1000 (hopefully)

ABOUT ME

I'm an easy-going person... I have high tolerance to many things.

I am also trying to be more spontaneous nowadays... just learned (the hard way) that life can turn 180 degrees over a day, so let's just go with the flow.

And sure, I'd love to be on a permanent vacation...

PHILOSOPHY

Not so much of "philosophy" per se, but here are some of my favorite quotes.

"Every beginning after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events, is always open in the middle." - Wislawa Szymborska.

"Au coeur valant rien d'impossible."

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same."

"Everything we humans like are either illegal, immoral, or fattening!" - Izaac Mizrahi

"The difference between 'ordinary' and 'extra-ordinary' is that little 'EXTRA'!" - high school math teacher...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My house is pretty full most of the time, but when it's empty I'd love to host.

And I try to be a pleasant guest when abroad.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Offered a room in my house once, stayed over several times abroad. Still a beginner. More to learn and see...

Interests

I would like to discover things that I didn't know I wanted to know...

castles, medieval things, Gothic cathedrals, coffee, elephants, ducks, nature, design, fashion, biking, pastry, clocks, time, and etc...

  • books
  • design
  • fashion
  • coffee
  • cycling
  • teaching
  • mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Science of Sleep, Amelie, KM-0, Presque Rien, Mysterious Skin, Tim Burton's, Bridge to Terabithia, Run Lola Run, Atonement, Miyazaki's works...

music: I like a variety of different music, from Nick Cave to Local Natives... sometimes something just tickles all the right spots at the right moment and then there it goes...

books: Came a Yeux/Drug for the Eye, The Giving Tree, The Missing Piece, Stormy Night, Sarah Plain & Tall, The Happy Prince, Rose & the Nightingale, Hans Christian Andersen's tales (The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, etc), Ai Yazawa's Nana, A Chance of Sunshine, Sempe's works (Everything is Complicated, Nothing is Simple), Running with Scissors, Dry, The Breadtree Diary, Wislawa Szymborska's poems, 84 Charing Cross Road...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

many, just small things in everyday life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn things that I don't even know I wanted to know.

Anyone wants to know about the big bad world of fashion just ask...

And I can bake some mean cheesecakes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, United States

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