Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.

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Update in 2022

Moved to Singapore with my husband so sorry surfers, I can’t host for a while :( but would love to meet and hang out and share fun things together!

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Updates in 2019

READ THIS BEFORE SENDING REQUEST:
Due to bunches of requests, busy work and frequent travel in 2019, I may not respond to some requests in time. Please do understand:)

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ABOUT ME

I am Doris from Shandong Province, China, after a four-year uni study in Tianjin, I settled in Beijing with my husband Harry and two lovely cats.

I used to work as human resources manager in a WOFE based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from Oct 2018, I moved forward to another startup (a free video streaming platform headquartered in San Francisco) My husband and I both work in the IT industry because we love its flexibility and vitality. It’s also the most trending (and money-driven? Lol) industry in China.

I like to make contact with different kinds of people and open to new minds/ lifestyles. In traditional Chinese Taoism they say people has innate evilness, while I presuppose innate kindness!

I love exploration, not only geographically, but spiritually. My husband and I used to talk a lot about the meaning of life, and I got obsessed about the universe by reading “Three Bodies” series!

I can be a social person while I need to save myself some quietness every day too. So you can both find me dancing/laughing at a party, and laying on the sofa/beach reading or just doing nothing.

My husband said I’m good at observing small things that people usually tend to ignore, I guess that’s from my profession 🤭

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem 😉

Here is my Ins link: https://www.instagram.com/floatingdoris_inbj/?hl=en

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I went to Taiwan in 2013 and one of my friend recommended CS to me

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

4/10-4/13/2014, surf in Nanjing, it's my first surf experience and I still keep in touch with my host friend until now!

I don’t usually surf a lot but I do host a lot and organize CS events, check my references :)

Interests

Cook
Travel
Music
Jogging
Exploring
Zumba dance
Sci-fi
Nintendo switch games
Now learning roller skating

• salsa dancing
• cooking
• zumba
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sci-fi
• nintendo
• steam games

Music, Movies, and Books

🎵 Avril Lavigne, Alan Walker, Coldplay, IU, Backstreet Boys
My favorite Chinese singer 莫文蔚

🎬 I watch a lot of movies in all genres (no horror though 🈲️) because I work in the steaming and entertainment industry so I got resources to find movies for free lol
movies I’ve watched for more than 5 times: Titanic; Harry Potter series; Avatar.
Movie genres I’ll usually search for when I don’t know what to watch: any movie related to WW2
I’m into fantasy, sci-fi movies and books, sometimes documentaries too. Very picky about love&romance ones as some can be time-wasting and cliche 🤔

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

👶 To be born in the world
✈️ Travel alone to many places like LA, Japan, SF, Abu Dhabi, etc.
🎎 Marry my husband :)
🤿 Diving during our honeymoon in Bali island and see amazing underwater world. It was my first diving and we went to as deep as 18 meters underwater 😳
🥾 Tried to hike in Yunnan Yubeng with the highest altitude of 4000 meters but didn’t make it, that allowed me to know my body limit, so I usually hike at low altitude areas.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yep I can teach you Chinese cuisine cook which I'm quite good at
and share with you my life experience
I’m also a Zumba instructor, so maybe we can Zumba together :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

The big world in my little minds

Stories of working as an HR😂

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Singapore, Taiwan