CURRENT MISSION

To keep passion for my job without forgetting simple but most important things in life.

ABOUT ME

I am a doctoral student in the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. This means that I have to cope with information and the challenge to write down my ideas.

Listening to classical music is one of my great pleasures in life as well as eating. When I mention eating I mean the enjoyment of preparing food and the complete disposition to eat without rushing myself. I particularly love vegetables.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to be honest with myself, to be kind with others and to accept that change is a permanent possibility. People may remain in touch or may not, and I enjoy friendship being aware of the rewards of getting the best of present circumstances.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just surf by now because I am getting to know the Couchsurfing system.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just beginning but with great expectations.

Interests

Music, history, politics, cinema, international cuisine, literature...

• literature
• dining
• politics
• movies
• painting
• drawing
• music
• classical music
• history
• international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Dead Ringers, Gattaca, Away from Her, The Godfather series, Inherit the Wind, Dangerous Liaisons, Lawrence of Arabia, The Queen, La Reine Margot.........

Books: Memoires d'Hadrien (Yourcenar), 1984 (Orwell), Aura (Fuentes), God's Chinese Son (Spence), The Black Death (Gottfried)

Music: Corelli, Haydn, Handel, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Glass, Rozsa... John Barry, Eleni Karaindrou, Badelt, John Williams... Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Creedence CR... Carlos Gardel, Eugenia Leon, Amparo Ochoa

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I prefer to keep such an interesting topic for real conversations.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am specially good for drawing and for teaching how to draw and paint in watercolour.

I have taught Spanish several times and usually bear with me electronic versions of study manuals.

I can talk for hours about the politics of China, its history and international relations.

I can do the same if conversation ("lecture") gets into the history of infectious diseases and policy making (not an usual subject matter, I guess).