Amy

From: Hong Kong

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Greenland, Netherlands, Poland, Russia
Travel dates
02/01/2020 - 01/06/2020
Nº of Facebook friends
366
Badges

My status
Travelling
Description
I was born in Hong Kong and have taught business subjects and English for more than 20 years in secondary schools there. I quitted my job more than 8 years ago and have travelled to 43 countries. I enjoy traveling very, very much! In addition to sightseeing, I am also very interested in understanding the culture of foreign countries and cooking Chinese dishes for foreigners as well as sharing the Chinese culture with them. Moreover, I would like to gain experience on working in animal or organic farms and being a baby, pet or house sitter, etc.
From 2016 onwards, I have been a volunteer for many times in animal farms, fruit farms, organic farms, restaurants, hostels, a local tour company and families in Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Faroe Islands, etc. For details, please refer to the feedbacks from my previous hosts in my personal profile below.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Being an elderly companion
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Language practice
Teaching
More details about your skills
I got my BA (Hons) Degree in Business Studies (major: Banking) and teachers' training certificate (major: Commercial subjects; minor: English) in Hong Kong. I have been a teacher for more than 20 years in Hong Kong. I gained experience on teaching business subjects upto high school level and English upto junior secondary school level. Besides, I am used to and interested in communicating with teenagers. Moreover, I am familiar with organizing activities. Furthermore, I can manage clerical work.

Being a Christian, I have been a volunteer of my church. So, I had experience on charity work.

Since I do my own housework everyday, I am familiar with cleaning, cooking and shopping.

As my parents were vegetable farmers and we had a garden as well, I gained a bit experience on farming and gardening when I was young. I found such work very interesting!

My family kept two dogs when I was young. l loved playing and looking after them very much! I think I can manage to be a pet sitter.

Although I am single and do not have any children of my own, I sometimes helped my sisters and brothers look after their children. I loved babysitting and child care very much!

Before my parents passing away, I always looked after them. Hence, I got hands-on experience on taking care of elderly.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Chinese (Cantonese): Fluent
Age
58
Nationality
China (Hong Kong)
What else ...
Other than sightseeing during my trips, I am eager to understand the culture of foreign countries. Therefore, I would like to stay in host families and do what the local people do.

For more information about me, please refer to my interview conducted by Go Explore (in English & French): "Interview d' Amy, Woofeuse de Hong Kong" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohbpqxelex8
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no
- Special dietary requirements
  no

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Feedback

06/01/2020

Left by host (Experience family life in the ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy is an exciting and kind lady. She was very helpful, both with outdoor work (hard work, removing many bags of mud from the area around the rabbits) and with indoor work, where she was good at seeing what needed to be done everywhere in the house. We all like her.
I highly recommend cooking. Probably the best Cantonese food, we ever had (and it… read more

(Excellent )

07/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Experience family life in the ...)

I am sorry for leaving my feedback so late! Faroe Islands was a mysterious country for me which motivated me to visit it. I stayed at Sidsel's apartment from 31/3/2019 to 9/4/2019 in Torshavn, Faroe Islands. As it was located in the capital, going for sight-seeing was very convenient. She was sometimes my tourist guide. Thanks a lot!

I found… read more

(Excellent )

10/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Help in the daily household ...)

I am very sorry for leaving my feedback too late!

It was my first time to visit Faroe Islands which was a mysterious country for me! My first stop was Rituvik where Ken and Maria lived. I stayed with them from 3rd March to 31st March, 2019. Rituvik was a very peaceful village. There were not so many people and houses which was completely… read more

(Excellent )

28/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy has a great level of experience and a very high level of communication skills. We were very happy with her services.
Preparation of meals was a very big help in the house. Trying new recipes also from Hong Kong made every day special. Implementing her English language skills in her work helped our children to better understand the language.… read more

(Excellent )

16/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Help us to build our family ...)

I stayed in Mbark's camp in the Sahara Desert of Morocco on 7-16/2/2019. It was really an extraordinary and challenging adventure! The gorgeous starry sky, romantic sunset and beautiful dunes were so amazing! Besides, riding camel in the desert was absoultely unforgettable! In addition, I also enjoyed the silence in the desert. Moreover, Rasta,… read more

(Very good )

07/01/2019

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Take part to revitalize a ...)

I stayed at Maria and Adley's house on 6-13/5/2018. They live in Lai Chi Wo where I had never been even though I am a Hong Kong people because it is located in a remote island. As there were only about 20-30 residents in this Hakka Village, it was very quiet during weekdays but busy with tourists in weekends. Thus, I felt very relaxing when… read more

(Very good )

22/05/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

We thank Amy for helping in the farm. She was curious of our new lifestyle and our parenting style. We are fine answering her questions, though time is too short for her to fully involve to understand, given her predisposed experience. It is a good cultural exchange with her because of her vast touristic experience. We wish her more innovative… read more

(Very good )

03/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Come help on a NZ Farm in ...)

I stayed at Uncle Dave and Aunty Nikki's place in Geraldine from 13/11/2017 to 11/12/2017. Their house is located in a very, very large farm. I saw cows, sheeps, lambs and deers running on the huge green hills. It was very exciting to drive 4x4 quad bike there!

During my stay, I was responsible for gardening, weeding, cleaning, vacuuming and… read more

(Excellent )

13/12/2017

Left by host (Come help on a NZ Farm in ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy was a pleasure to have around and worked carefully at many different tasks
Such as painting, gardening, weeding, laundry, cleaning, cooking, vacuuming and lawn mowing.

Amy also enjoyed many adventure trips and treks, and is fit and energetic.
We wish you all the best Amy, hope you do get to spend sometime in Fiji and hope you'll come stay… read more

(Excellent )

22/11/2017

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Help us doing up an 1870's ...)

I stayed at Janel and Tim's place in Lumsden from 20/10/2017 to 12/11/2017. Janel was a person of principle of doing things. I did not work more than 5 hours per day and had 2
day offs per week.

Hence, I had spare time to walk around even in working days. There were many farms in Lumsden. I took a lot of pictures of the lovely lambs following… read more

(Excellent )

03/11/2017

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Come and share in my ...)

I stayed at Robyn's house from 22/9/2017 to 15/10/2017. Robyn is a health professional and lives healthily. She is a vegetarian and always does exercise. Uku, her dog, is very cute. He draws everyone's attention. He is the prince of the family!

In addition to gardening and cleaning the BnB, I did housework including cleaning the house and… read more

(Very good )

02/11/2017

Left by host (Come and share in my ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy was a very nice person to have come and stay in my home - she cooked lots of lovely meals, kept the house clean & tidy , and helped in the garden- we had many interesting conversations over the dinner table. I admire her enthusiasm for travel and experiencing other cultures.

(Good )

19/09/2017

Left by host (Wildlife, the outdoors, great ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

It was a pleasure to have Amy stay on our farm. She was a hard worker and cooked well. She would be welcome back anytime. we wish her well with her travels

(Very good )

19/09/2017

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Wildlife, the outdoors, great ...)

I stayed at Ann and Peter's farm from 22/8/2017 to 10/9/2017. Peter was a humorous man. Hence, it was full of laughter and joyfulness in these three weeks!

There were totally six volunteers. Peter allocated work according to our personal skills. We co-operated happily! In addition to weeding, watering, fertilizing and harvesting, I sometimes… read more

(Very good )

28/08/2017

Left by host (Volunteer on an aquatic farm ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy was such a pleasure to have here , very helpful and would have a go at any job around the house and farm . Amy cooked many times for us and it was so yummy and so nice to have someone cook for me . A Very good experience having Amy here and she is welcome back any time and if you have the opportunity to have Amy stay will you , you will be… read more

(Excellent )

22/08/2017

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Volunteer on an aquatic farm ...)

I stayed in Nicole and Joel's farm from 31/7/2017 to 21/8/2017. They had 30 ponds for growing aquatic plants. Moreover, they had 5 lovely pets including 2 dogs, 1 goat, 1 cat and 1 guinea pig. They loved them very much! They walked with the dogs and goat every early morning and evening. The house was full of fun and joy.

In addition to bunch… read more

(Excellent )

25/07/2017

Left by host (Help our family to renovate a ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

We enjoyed Amy's visit with us. She was a great help in our household - she did lots of laundry for us (with 3 boys we have a lot of laundry!), cleaning and meals. We were busy with the garden while Amy was here and she helped out with lots of weeding also.
We loved the dumplings and meals Amy cooked for us.
It was a little odd to wake this… read more

(Very good )

25/07/2017

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Help our family to renovate a ...)

I stayed at the Roth's family from 3/7/2017 to 24/7/2017. The Roth couple has 3 small, energetic and sporty boys. Viktor, the smallest 5-year-old boy, always drew his parents' attention. The parents were very patient and cared their kids. Hence, this family was full of love and laughter.

In addition to do housework and gardening, the couple… read more

(Very good )

21/04/2016

Left by host (Come and help our family with ...) for Workawayer (Amy)

Thank you Amy for your pleasant stay with us :)

Amy both helped us with the baby, keeping the house clean and cooking. She is very organized and hard working and easy to welcome in your home since she is very social but also independent. We actually never had to ask her to do anything because she was always one step ahead of us ;)

We… read more

(Excellent )

17/04/2016

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Come and help our family with ...)

I stayed with Anna and Simmi as well as Atlas, their 9-month-old baby and Thurma, their hunting dog on 7/3-10/4/2016. It was really unforgettable for me in these 5 weeks!

I was welcome by Atlas's smile every morning! He was so cute, lovely and clever that I couldn't stop playing with him!

The farm where I stayed was huge. It took me two… read more

(Excellent )

18/03/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy is a fantastic person, never tired to help around the place.
Amy is always welcome at my place.

(Excellent )

12/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Cultural exchange and ...)

I worked as a volunteer here from 19/2/2016 to 7/3/2016. In addition to cleaning the hostel and restaurant, I learned and helped to make home-made breads, pizza, pasta and spaghetti which was very, very interesting!

All volunteers from different countries and Matthew, the CEO here, had dinner together in the evening. We took turns to cook the… read more

(Very good )

15/02/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

She is very good and kid's love her. She make you home look great.

(Excellent )

15/02/2016

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host for (Come and help on dairy farm ...)

I stayed in this lovely farm from 22/1/2016 to 9/2/2016. There were full of fun and laughter in these 19 days!

Each of the kids has different personality and characteristics. Although Lilja is only 12 years old, she is a good cook as well as my good assistant when I cooked. Anna Jona helps her parents in the farm and works skillfully even… read more

(Very good )

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