Connection #58

Junice

58. Junice

Malaysia, Ipoh, Perak, 31 years old, religion: none
Gift received: July 08, 2010

Junice is a teacher of mathematics and sport at a junior highschool (pupils aged 14-16). Much of her free time she dedicates to music, playing the violin, the keyboard, the guitar, and the clarinet at the Perak Wind Orchestra. Cycling is Junice big love. Besides minor bike tours, she has gone on a big one, "A Journey through Tea" from Yunnan (China) via Laos and Thailand to Malaysia in 2009. The Chinese book to this journey was published in Malaysia in 2010. Junice is a real treasure for humanity. She has a great understanding for other people's needs. The caring, helpful attitude makes her appear in place right at the moment the need arises. There is wise Chinese saying she once tells us, "It is sharing whatever you have to enrich a society - not selling (as we Westerners use to call it)."

Gift: A Journey through Tea sticker with link to her bike adventure in 2009

A Journey through Tea sticker with link to her bike adventure in 2009

Gift given: July 20, 2010

Step into the world of the unknown. All we have to do is do the first step.

How we met Junice

We contact Junice through CouchSurfing on a Saturday afternoon before coming to Ipoh. With her help we find a house for rent in Ipoh's outskirts for the following three months.