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Overview

  • 6 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Korean; learning Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Student
  • Law
  • From Seoul, Korea
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Licking my elbow.

ABOUT ME

Graduate student in NYC. I've lived in Korea and Scotland before working as a geneticist, english teacher and bartender. Right now I'm 100% focused on my study, but normally im very laid back & always up for having a good time with friends.

PHILOSOPHY

If life gives you lemon, keep it, because hey, free lemon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meet crazy, unusual people and spread love in the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

04/11 couch surfed in London.
07/11 joined couch surfing group for Global Gathering UK 2011, and it was AWESOME.
09/11 couch surfed in Vienna.

Interests

Beer. tech/deep house. vintage custom motor bikes. single malt. scuba diving. anything purple. music festivals. guitar. yoga. getting around in NYC. learning how to say random shit in random languages.

  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • yoga
  • technology
  • traveling
  • juggling
  • music
  • guitar
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • biology
  • teaching
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

There are literally tons but here it goes;movie - American Psycho/Science of Sleep/V for Vendetta/Zazie dans le Métro/Pan's Labyrinth/The Fall/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Alice in Wonderland(and we all know there's only one REAL Alice in Wonderland movie; Disney classic from 1950s)/The Motorcycle Diaries/In the Mood for Love/Fight Club/Lord of War/There will be Blood/...Music - Above and Beyond, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Ratatat, Glitch Mob, Muse, Tim Minchin, The View, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Justice, Robyn, Radiohead, The Strokes, RHCP, Beirut, Magda, Adam Beyer, Gogol Bordello, Jack Beats, Dumbfoundead, Belle and Sebastian, The smiths, etcBooks - I got a Kindle for my birthday and it's changed my life. now i'm just re-reading classic books in English cuz 1. they are free of charge 2. I read them in Korean previously and i'd like to see how the same story feels different when reading in other language.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visited 18 states (8%)Create your own visited map of The World or Triposo world travel guide for Android

Teach, Learn, Share

can teach yoga, korean, english, biology, cooking korean food. and a bit of bartending maybe.

wanna learn how to play guitar and how to juggle.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

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