I am struggling to be the perfect version of me. Always almost getting closer and closer but never there.

I believe that this life is the final extent of our being. My goal is to live broadly, deeply, and deliberately. Hence traveling is a one fine choice but without meeting people is futile, and empty so I am here. My late father was a farmer. He taught me the virtue of patience, essence of toiling, and that simplicity is beauty often overlooked. My mother is a gradeschool teacher. I learned from her the habit of reading, listening intently, importance of self-restraint, and keeping connections with people.

One of my interests in learning different languages. Not serious about this but I appreciate learning some words or phrases, sometimes of deep meaning. I have always believed that words are powerful and not meaningless.

I am fluent with English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Pangasinan. While I barely understand Cebuano, and Kapampangan because of my varying work assignments.

Call me Carl/Carlo/Carlos. I am often called by those names. Although my Japanese friends call me Hiroshi ヒロシ. My friend Seigo gave me that name because it means "wide" and he sees me as a man with wide knowledge, according to him. I kind of love that, now.

You can send me a message on instagram @thatbooksniffer. However, always use a couch request form if you wish to stay.

PS: I usually don't reply to aimless and/or blank messages. Also, i do NOT use couchsurfing for hookups. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To create time wealth.

Interests

Outdoors, Adrenaline, Nothingness, Existentialism, Atheism, Minimalism

• books
• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• yoga
• marathon
• traveling
• minimalism
• hiking
• snowboarding
• astronomy
• history
• philosophy
• science
• civil engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

These are some but my liked and adornment aren't limited to these:

Pachelbel, 3EB, Radiohead, Dashboard Confessional, Beatles, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Oliver Heldens, Zedd, Greenday, Bastille, among others

Love Me If You Dare (France), Spirited Away, 5 Centimeters Per Second, Pursuit of Happyness, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Taxi Driver, 3 Idiots, Ploning (2008)

Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Haruki Murakami, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Isaac Asimov, and Michio Kaku

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Couchsurfing

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a basic knowledge about astronomy: i own a Newtonian telescope with field of observation on the Orion, and Jupiter's moons.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share stories, and time. Aside from that I would happily bring any souvenir or things you want from where I come from as long as it is okay with the customs. Haha

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Philippines