Coco

Macau
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Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
I love learning different cultures and speaking a lot of languages.
I can speak German, Portuguese, English, Chinese and some French
Description
Love travelling, culture exchange and willing to learn different languages
Interests
Outdoor activities
Winter sports
Movies & TV
Events & social
Drawing & painting
Hiking
Sustainability
Mountain
Gardening
Camping
Fitness
Languages
Performing arts
Self development
Writing
Plant care
Music
History
Cooking & food
Beach

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Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
Chinese (Cantonese): Fluent
French: Intermediate
Korean: Beginner
More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Being an elderly companion
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Some knowledge of:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Languages
Teaching
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Age
21
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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4 Jan 2024

Left by host (Help with traditional ...) for Workawayer (Coco)

Coco is a city-girl and it is very brave that she consciously aimed and wanted to confront and challenge her self with this very, very different lifestyle and world here.
Due to her studies at university she had only about two weeks time for her stay here. That means she had only two weeks to adjust and get used to this museum-like lifestyle and… read more she managed greatly.
Coco can speak astonishing good English and German, knowing that she also can speak perfect Mandarin, Cantonese and Portuguese as well, she is definitely really gifted in languages.
She was pretty frank and honest in telling me already in our first contact on workaway that she has no experience in practical things, that she would not know how much she could help, but that she would do her best.
This honest and frank way and same time the will to challenge herself and give her best, made me to invite her in a time German families mostly like to be with them selves without foreigners. (By the way, like every Christmas there where a lot of workawayer requests from people who searched for a place to stay during Christmas. Coco was the only one I excepted)
I did not regret to invite her. Even everything was new to her, she really always put all her will and power into her work. As she stayed for such short time and during the busy Christmas time, I could not find much time to teach any specific building techniques. Instead she willingly took the challenge to carry building-materials to the building site. She worked with an amazing endurance and always finished her tasks successfully as agreed before. Her work was very, very helpful and will save me and coming workawayers a lot of time on the building-site.
Coco is a person who really take responsibility for everything she causes.
she loves a warm surrounding and it is years ago that the oven in the house-part of the workawayer was heated such intensively. This is actually doing the house good but the stock of firewood next to the oven was gone fast. She took it as a matter of course that she filled up the stock she emptied for the next workawayer to come.
Coco told me that her real skill is to produce films unfortunately I had no task for her in this field. But I'm sure, as I learned about her that she is not the show-of -type of person, she must be really good in it.
As a host it made me happy that she showed interest to the German books and literature in general, as I'm always happy to find people who find a use of my library. It is the same with the music and the instruments. I enjoyed a lot to listen to Cocos beautiful piano-play, while I was cooking.
Coco showed also real interest in the building history of the house and the culture of the region. Unfortunately she stayed in a time of the year many museums are closed.
I suggest every host who want an honest, interested, motivated and humble helper who puts amazing endurance in what she is doing to invite Coco in his or her home.

(Excellent )

4 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Coco) for host (Help with traditional ...)

I stayed for about two weeks in Johannes' house. He is a good father with a mixed Asian and German background. Most importantly, he is a very nice householder who always cares about people's feelings and needs. For example, he recognized that I like to drink water and noticed that I always had to go up and down to get water from the house to the… read more working place. So, he gave me a warm water bottle, saying that he knows the Chinese like to drink warm water. Furthermore, before deciding to come to this place, the household sent a list of rules mainly about his lifestyle and background information. It really felt like a big drama or novel, which helped us get used to living in the house. I really love the real story of how he started to build everything with his hands, literally from the basement of the house to the rooftop. It is my first time meeting a "builder" like in the fairytale...

I also want to mention that we cannot use or bring any digital devices out of the workawayer region, so yes, I can only use my phone in my room. It was a great digital detox as well. Or have a simple lifestyle to have a clear mind and body detox. From food to digital devices. After living there for 2 weeks, I found what the real need in my life and body is. I would say that it is a whole new experience in my entire life! And I learned how to wash dishes with less water, using a sponge. It made me realize we don't need much water for survival, especially considering how much I used to waste in the city where I live. And Johannes has a large wardrobe for workawayers! We can use all of them so we don’t really need to bring so many clothes! And he always helps us to do the laundry. 🧺

For heating, we had to use firewood to warm up the house. It was a very nice experience for me because normally we just turn on the heater in our home but not using 🪵 wood. Moreover, I have learned that it is not easy to get warm because I have to use some time to make the fire (which I am not used to doing), so we have to treasure what we have in our life.

Moreover, my work is during the Christmas period, and I observed the change in daytime and nighttime. I opened the doors of the chickens, ducks, and cocks in the garden to feed them. In the twilight time, I closed the animals' doors in the garden. It was interesting, chasing the shy and cheeky ducks and observing the elegant walking of the cocks. After finishing the animal tasks, I lit up the fire to warm the house. It was also my first time having a Christmas dinner with a German family! It was so nice!!!! Afterward, in my free time, I love to play many instruments because in the house, there are so many instruments, e.g., guitar, piano, accordion, some Chinese instruments... and there is a large bookshelf in our workawayer region!! There are so many classical German books and some bilingual English and German books as well! Johannes also suggested me some great German books to learn German!

And Johannes always gives me suggestions to visit the Black Forest or other cities nearby. He suggested me to go to Tübingen and drove me to the nearest train station!

To sum up, if you want to challenge yourself and reach your best version, just come here and don't give up! Since I had hesitation to leave the house in the first week that I arrived. But I insisted on staying more to help him more and trying to see how far I can go. Anyway, I did it, and I had a very special experience in my life! I learned a lot as well. It is my first experience participating in a German family during the Christmas time. I really appreciate his well-planned schedule for everything. I will never regret this period of time in my life.

(Excellent )

20 Jun 2023

Left by host (Help around our home at a ...) for Workawayer (Coco)

Coco stayed with us for two weeks in April 2023 and helped us very patiently with keeping the yard nice and tidy.
She swept away the leaves all around the Mill and helped with preparing the flower beds for spring time. Coco is very open and interested in music and other people and easily got in contact with other helpers and guests.
She… read more

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