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Hey travellers and hosts!
I am a fresh graduate from university with no career plan set as I decided to switch path.
I am looking to do a few Workaways around Europe from June 2023 for a few months to a year, to take some time off, to see how people in different European countries live and to learn more about the real world.
I have used Workaway a few times in the past. First few times within my 4 months gap year bikepacking trip in rural Japan, 2019. In Devon, UK for a summer Workaway in 2020. A winter experience in Oklahoma, US, during my 2021-22 year abroad in Illinois, US. And as the first Workaway after graduation, I spent 6 weeks at a permaculture intentional community in Scotland and learnt many new skills (detailed in skills section). After a few more Workaways in Ireland, Sweden and Sicily, I am currently on a Workaway in Cyprus.
Websites like Workaway mean so much to me, and imaginably, to people who like to travel in the way that I do. I've always loved meeting and getting to know people who live in different corners of the world. People around the world live such different lives and I have this unsettling curiosity to see how they differ. That was what I couldn't do much of during my physics degree, and part of the reason why I decided to pursue a different path, even though I also had a passion for it.
Now that I am released from my 20 years' worth of studenthood, I can't wait to see more of the world, learn more about the world and get to know more of the world's occupants!Interesses
Faça você mesmoYoga/bem-estarTrabalho beneficenteVegetariano/veganoAutodesenvolvimentoSustentabilidadeEsportes de equipeEscreverAtividades ao ar livreNaturalezaMochilãoCulturaCiclismoDesenho e pinturaEventos e socialCulinária e comidaCampingLivrosPraiaArte e design
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Inglês: Fluente
Japonês: Fluente
Chinês (mandarim): Fluente
Chinese (Cantonese): Fluente
Francês: Iniciante
Korean: InicianteHabilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender
Tenho interesse em:
Manutenção geralTrabalho beneficenteConhecimento de:
JardinagemProjetos de construção/faça você mesmoVida na fazendaProjetos ambientaisAjuda a cuidar da casaCuidar de animaisProjetos artísticosAjuda com computadores/internetEnsinoPoso ensinar:
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseirasIdiomasQuais são suas habilidades?
Cooking plant-based meals - Vegan food is very interesting and delicious when recipes from other nationalities are involved (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, American). I have cooked for groups of people (up to 11) in the co-op house I lived in and a permaculture community.
Sports - (volleyball, cycling, swimming, basketball, boxing, Muay Thai) I am fit for physical work.
Art - I enjoy sketching and occasionally painting, especially people, animals and buildings.
Writing - I like writing articles and writing in general.
Taking care of animals - I have a soft spot for animals and I also know how to take care of them - have 2 dogs and 3 (now 2) cats growing up, Workawayed at a donkey sanctuary (Devon), a horse rehabilitation centre (Oklahoma) in recent years, and took care of 5 ducks at a permaculture community recently.
STEM - I have great numerical senses - I have always been good at maths and sciences, I am passionate about physics, just graduated from a Masters in theoretical physics and had frequently coded for scientific simulations.
Teaching - I have taught primary school children in my gap year as a part time job, which involves looking after them and making sure they finish their assignments of the day as they come in after school.
Serving - I have worked part time at 2 restaurants in Hong Kong.
Basic bike repairing - I've gotten a few flattened tires when I was travelling with my bike alone, thus I learnt how to repair them. Not really much more that I can do about bikes rather than that though.
Learning - I am a quick learner and I am eager to learn useful skills (handy work, engineering, maintenance work, sailing...) !
Skills learnt from projects worked on in recent permaculture community Workaway:
- Building a booking system for the website (WordPress)
- Painting and installing some new signs (Wood sanding)
- Welding a new wood burner (Metal cutting, metal grinding, stick welding)
- Designing and building a new front gate pole (Hole digging, concrete making)
- Replacing wooden stairs (Sawing, drilling)
- Watering the polytunnel
- Taking care of the ducks
Skills from three other recent workaways:
- Painting woodwork
- Preparing woodwork for painting (sanding, filling, scraping)
- Weeding
- Plastering, sanding and painting walls
- Insulating pipes
- Olive harvesting
- Fencing (with wooden posts and wire nets)
- Pruning olive treesIdade
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A bit about my background:
I spent the first 14 years of my life in Hong Kong and then moved to the UK. I finished my secondary school education there, took a gap year to work in Hong Kong and have a life-changing bikepacking trip in Southern Japan for 4 months, where I first used Workaway. I then returned to the UK for a theoretical physics degree at the University of York. I did a year abroad for the 3rd year of my degree at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, US, where I lived at a plant-based cooperative housing with 11 lovely housemates as I was curious about veganism. I finished the 4th and last year of my degree back in the UK whilst campaigning for a plant-based campus at my University. I have now graduated as a Master of theoretical physics, yet I do not plan to pursue that path any further. I wish to spend this part of my 20s to more hands-on experiences of the world and with people.
I became a vegan after researching about the whys and hows, and after a year of living in the co-op house. I am passionate about a plant-based future and will be happy to discuss this topic, although I am also curious to hear about what people think of this movement in different parts of the world and backgrounds!Mais algumas informações
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Carteira de motorista
Alergias
Cat (mildly!)Dietas especiais
Vegan
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The first 5-6 weeks Kei was involved in the olive harvest, laying out the nets, harvesting olives by hand and also with our new machine. She was an… read more
Everyone is so welcoming. There are so many members living in the collective to get to know and spend time with, each with their own character and story. They took such great care of the Workawayers from our first days. Apart from the extra delicious… read more
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The first 5-6 weeks Kei was involved in the olive harvest, laying out the nets, harvesting olives by hand and also with our new machine. She was an… read more
Everyone is so welcoming. There are so many members living in the collective to get to know and spend time with, each with their own character and story. They took such great care of the Workawayers from our first days. Apart from the extra delicious… read more
The first in person meeting Otter had with me was on the beach. With a heart stone, he asked me questions and listened attentively to understand who I am and the aim of my visit. Then he tried very hard to make sure that I was able to take away whatever I wanted to get out of this experience by the day I… read more