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Overview

  • 22 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Creole, English, French, Spanish; learning Arabic, Italian
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Student (medicine)
  • (4th year)
  • From Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Réunion
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

1) travelling ... through experiences, life and souvenirs
2) or first in my priorities : being a doctor through the world, where it's needed !
3) trying to stop smoking

ABOUT ME

I'm a paediatrician from and based in Reunion.
I'm dynamic, reliable, curious, independent

I've got a particuliar sensitivity to the language (spoken, feeled, body-expressed) : I come from a place where some language is struggling just to be reknown as a language.

Travelling helped me getting more confidence in life in general, more serenity in daily life and help of course putting some perspective.

I love my work and was very dedicated to it until recently when a lot of deadlines were over. I now have more time, but I still work long hours at the hospital. I love sleeping even though I wish I didn't need it to function, so a good rest is important.

PHILOSOPHY

Never do to other what you would'nt like to experience. And smiling is free :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to be the most trustworthy as possible to welcome people. Because reliability is one of the quality I think necessary to this project. So are sincerity, good will and confidence.
A positive attitude, and you will receive just the same!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in Italy in 2008 and just resumed couchsurfing now in 2016. I hosted people from France, India, Belgium, Poland, Greece and Spain so far

Interests

Travels,books,my studies,dance(s),the world and its inhabitants.
I'm really fond of work, but how I live it is quite human-dependant.Good team, good time, or I should close myself onto work only.

TRAVEL: see my list and ask if curious!

DANSE: curiosity ++ but practiced Salsa, tango, modern jazz, rockn roll.Would like to learn some types of Flammenco, and really wish I could afford more dance classes during the year (applied for kizomba!)

  • books
  • dancing
  • tango
  • traveling
  • socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

Depends on my mood, but I'm opened to discover anything:

MUSIC
Neurosis (favorite), Philip Glass, Isis, Boby Lapointe, Piaf, Emperor, Finntroll, Mendelssohn, Gojira, Hendrix, Brel, Louis Armstrong, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Punish yourself, My dying bride, Shora, Therion, Couperin, Cult of Luna, Danyel Waro, the Gathering, Ousanousava, Celtic Frost, Pelican, Portishead, Jesu, Ghinzu, Nat King Cole, Ziskakan, Radiohead,Cesaria Evora,Llhasa, Amenra, Hans Zimmer, John Murphy, General Lee

BOOKS: preference to classics but opening to recent authors.

Kundera (favorite), Camus, Sartre, Zelazny (3rd favorite I'd say), Tolkien, Dante, Montherlant, Zola, Eco, Anouilh, Boulle, Brussolo, Queffelec, Rostand,Stieg Larsson, Amin Maalouf, Robin Hobb (probably second favorite), R. R. Martin.

FILMS: not a special film maker although I like Almodovar and C. Nolan.
Mood-dependant too, so I can only give samples. The 6 firsts are in my best top 10 ever:
Donnie Darko, 28 days later, in the mood for love,2046, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, Batman
Some animations (shrek, indestructibles, ice age, ...), fight club, Harry Potter, LOTR, some disneys, natural born killers, la science des rêves,short bus, cash back, ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good beer (we are in the place to be)
A good chat (let's share our experiences)
A good time : I try to host when I can really spend time with people which isn't always easy with my work
A good cat : sorry in advance for his tendency to walk on people but he is a good story teller and has a truly adventurous life he can share with you. Also at night when you sleep.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Réunion, Scotland, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Réunion, Spain, Viet Nam

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