Hi! I'm a med student from the UK about to go into my third year, living in London and trying to understand myself and the world. I spent the first half of my life in London, then second half in York and I moved back to London to go to University. I'm ethnically Tamil, and I lived in Sri Lanka for a little while in my childhood.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As well as being a Tamil med student, I'm also broke. I've couchsurfed casually before, but never with people I've never met. I'm a little nervous, but excited too; meeting people is always fun, and hopefully I'll get to know some interesting folk while travelling at the same time.

Interests

I travel, eat, cook, read, write, run, cycle and generally arse around.

• poetry
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• running
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• boxing
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Either Laura Marling (Once I Was An Eagle) or Nitin Sawhney (Philtre).

Movies - The Grand Budapest Hotel (at the moment at least)

Books - The Grapes of Wrath or One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked in a small clinic in Sri Lanka after the Boxing Day Tsunami. I was just a small idiot who ran around packing up medicines and cleaning the place up, but our group had an impact on hundreds of people over the weeks. It's the reason I went into medicine, and why I think we have a responsibility to help people beyond the borders of our own countries.

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't know what this means. What can I teach? I can teach very, VERY basic Spanish, Latin or Tamil, and a little about the human body too (being a medical student and all). I'm willing to learn basically anything, although my hand-to-eye coordination isn't too excellent. I'll share anything I happen to have to hand, especially if it's edible.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food. Washing up services. A smile. Passionate discussions about human rights, politics and poetry.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sri Lanka, United Kingdom