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Overview

  • 28 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Dutch, Taiwanese
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • researcher (in any interesting phenomenon)
  • well educated, I would say
  • From Taiwan! the most beautiful island in the world!
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

digging out interesting people, things, and cultures

ABOUT ME

I am an Asian female, who grew up in a beautiful island named Taiwan. I used to want to become a talented artist, a powerful guitar player, a sweet singer (with my own band of course), a creative architect, an enthusiastic community planner…Now I am a researcher in social science, who enjoys the issues about people, cultures and environment. Besides a researcher, sometimes I am also a traveler. Mostly I feel like to be BOTH- as a researcher and traveler at the same time. So, if you feel that I show too much interest in YOU- my surfers, hosts or coffee mates, please take easy; I am just doing my job unconsciously ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Fate is moving you toward your destiny.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I DO believe that tourism is not (only) a type of consumption on holidays, but a kind of practice in daily life—CouchSurfing.org realizes my belief. So I decided to join.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started my CS experience by being a host. Cosmina is my first guest in Amsterdam. After this nice hosting experience, I continued hosting surfers from many places in Amsterdam, and also I traveled with Couchsurfing to meet people in Europe. Now I move back to my home country. Yes, it is time for Couchsurfing in Asia!

Interests

I like to listen to lovely stories, which can be told by a novel, a movie, a picture, or a song. Among these stories, the most beautiful one may be from a traveler.
Sometimes food also tells a story! I started to love cooking after I study abroad. Food is fantastic; it may cure the homesick of a traveler, and it can present the proud of a culture.

  • culture
  • architecture
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • flying
  • music
  • guitar
  • social science
  • study abroad
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC-
There are TOO MANY~~~!! It depends on my mood.
Normally I love female vocal more; sweet cardigans fit coffee, beautiful Jewel fits a poem, and I like to sing out Alanis Morissette loudly when I bike home. The music of finger-style guitar‚€ Andy McKee, Don, Yun-Chang is also great--the guitar solo always calms me down.
I also enjoyTaiwanese pop music. Tizzy Bac and 陳昇 are my favorite.
But definitely, QUEEN is the best!! Brian May is the greatest guitar player of this planet!

BOOKS-
I the books with different topics, such as history, map, travel, food, et cetera. And national geographic is my favorite magazine.

MOVIES-
I love documentary. My favorite is Sugar Man, Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara. Some simple stories with deep discussion are also great, like Perfect stranger/Perfetti sconosciuti, which is the best in 2016.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

FLYING is the most amazing thing I have experienced! I went parasailing in Catalonia, in a beautiful day with bright blue sky. I experience the mountains, the basin and the landscape of Catalonia from a totally different angle— I would like to be a Catalan bird if there’s next life.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach-
I can teach you how to make "Taiwanese dishes".

Learn-
I would like to listen to your favorite band(s) or singer(s)' music! It's even better if you can bring it to me!

Share-
I believe that we can always share the warm atmosphere of CouchSurfing together.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Taiwanese dishes, and the stories behind the food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Taiwan

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