ABOUT ME

I am Alex, a 25 year old bloke from north London. Technically I'm from a place called Watford but its easier to say north London, plus it sounds cooler to say north London, anyway I digress. I graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2010 after finishing my degree in Business Management, yawn. I wasn't always that boring. I first got my taste for the wider world when I was 18 and got myself on a plane to Oz & Nz. It was here I developed a taste for the past time otherwise known as travelling. I loved it! I loved meeting new people, I loved the prospect of being in place one day and somewhere completely different the next, I loved not being in wet, grey England. I took the stakes a little higher next time round with a life changing trip to India. It was here that I lost my interest in the 'Business Management' world, which was terrible timing as I was about to enter my all important third year. Hey you live and learn. Personal highlight was living on a house boat in Kashmir, despite the warnings from the Home Office, what do they know anyway!
Fast forward a couple of years and another degree, this time in Psychology, and I find myself in Medellin, Colombia. And wow. What a beautiful part of the world. So beautiful in fact I want to stay here as long as possible. Therefore to achieve this dream I need one thing, a teaching job. I am fully CELTA qualified and raring to go. I have experience of teaching in India which inspired me to do the CELTA. I love what I have seen so far in Medellin and won't go home until every penny in my account has escaped. Thanks for reading.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is like an ice cream, you must enjoy it before it melts.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

With bad jokes, English wit, great one liners and hopefully a couch when I get an apartment out in Medellin.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It was only 3 hours ago that I first heard the words couch surfing muttered. I enquired what this might be, a first I thought it was a state of mind but I soon found out it was actually a web based community where cool stuff happens. I guess it could also be a state of mind.

Interests

I'm a typical bloke I love football. I love all sport but I am a big football fan, part of the reason I came to South America was to sample the legendary atomsphere at the games.
I love music. All music. Live music. Back home i make sure I go to at least 2 gigs a month, otherwise I'm not happy. In the words of Johnny Cash get rythm when you get the blues...god bless that gentleman.

• boating
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• blues
• surfing
• sports
• soccer
• business
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite film: Fight Club
Favourite book: The Godfather
Favourite album: Varies from day to day, but if you held a gun to my head i'd say Nas Illmatic