CURRENT MISSION

I am looking to move Paris!! I have visited the city twice in the last few years and truly believe that the city is for me!

ABOUT ME

Well what can I say? I am me. I'm extremely easy going and a good person to be around. I just graduated from Concordia University here in Montreal, Quebec with a degree in finance but I am no where near ready to working the 9-5 bit nor am I sure that I even want to work in finance. So I am packing my things and heading to Paris towards the end of January in serach of a new life. I have registered to take photography classes at Parsons Paris (a design school) and am looking to exercise my creativity through photography. I also love French and am looking to submerse myself in a true French culture. I love wine - especially champagne, I love cheese, I love art, and I love people. I am ideally looking for a place where I can stay for a bit (perhaps 2 weeks MAX) where I can have the time to find a place. I am also hoping that the person with whom I surf with will want to keep in touch and be friends :)

PHILOSOPHY

I am a work in process, so are you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Haven't couch surfed just yet but hopefully, I soon will.

Interests

black and white photography
arts - from renaissance paintings to culinary arts
wine tasting - CHAMPAGNE!
educating the mind and heart
Peace in the middle east - foreign affairs
Music - rock, house, rap
Dancing - I will go to the club and shake my body down to the ground lol.
Reading - business magazines such as monocle, classic novels, whatever comes my way...
Running.

• arts
• culture
• design
• photography
• dancing
• wine
• cheese
• cocktails
• wine tasting
• exercise
• running
• drinking
• clubbing
• reading
• music
• business
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - ok the first 10 songs that come up on my ipod when I press "shuffle" are as follows:

1. Happiness - Superpitcher
2. Memory Motel - Rolling Stones
3. Sinnerman - Nina Simone (remix by felix da housecat)
4. Dream Machine - Mark Farina
5. All Eyez On Me - Tupac
6. Spottieottiedopalicous - Outkast
7. Ojos Asi - Shakira
8. Yma Sumac - Pitch Pine Torches
9. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
10. If You Want To - Dwele

Last 5 book I read:
1. Champagne - Don & Peter Kladstrup
2. Media Monoliths - Mark Tungate
3. Moderato Cantabile - Marguerite Duras
4. La Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
5. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Movies - I can't handle typical hollywood movies anymore... too predictable.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked in Yoho National Park which is in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and have to say that life seemed 10 times more beautiful on top of a mountain.
Autobahn driving...WOOOO!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a thing or two about investments (I know, boring stuff).
I can also teach you a little bit about Eritrea - where my parents are from.
I can also teach you how to make amazing drinks as I bartended my way through university. And I am not just talking about Manhattans and Cosmopolitans; rather cocktails with fresh ingredients, homemade syrups, and exquisite cordials.

What I would like to learn
I'd like to learn about photography, arts, practice my French and perhaps practice my Italian ;)