CURRENT MISSION

To make a new life in Melbourne

ABOUT ME

I'm spontaneous and crazy. I've been known to just scoot off somewhere and not be heard from for months, it's great. I've travelled a bit and I think it has made me a better architect, not to mention a better person. I believe there is no such thing as "you must be crazy to do that" or "I wouldn't touch it if I were you."I'll roll with the cliches: I think I'm easy going, chilled and confident. But I'm also a bit of a softy at heart... I've once spent a week camping in a forest with a French poet, we drank rum, shared our views on life and really connected. That's the kind of connection I'm looking for in people I meet, sans rum (or copious amount of). I think I am fun to be around, I wear my heart on my sleeve, have a wicked sense of humour and can laugh at myself, on the flip side, I can discuss film, design and current events with easeMy profile is a bit weird, I've left bits from 2009 as a "time capsule", my grandad died when I was travelling and couch surfing and I miss him dearly. My current mission: I've just moved to Melbourne, it's all new and sparkly and exciting and I want to meet everyone! I want more fffrrriiieeeennndddsss

PHILOSOPHY

I want to make the most of my time and talent, so I'm always reading, learning new things and starting projects (and not necessarily finishing them). I am out there to treat people with all the kindness I can muster, and I don't care what I get in return. Work hard, play hard, travel the world and give everything a go.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After I've settled a bit I'm planning to show people the interesting architecture on offer in Melbourne. I have an ambition to start a little walking tour. Time capsule bit: After my travels I will be settling down in Hong Kong and making a couch available. Looking forward to showing people from around the world my favourite city and birthplace!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met a Londoner named Mark in KL and he said he would be happy for me to stay at his place for a while if I ever travel to London. I've only really spoken to him a couple of times so I wasn't quite sure how serious he was but when I showed up in London he waited at the bus stop for me for THREE hours (there was a tube strike, I wasn't to know a trip to Victoria station will end up taking that long) and I ended up staying with him for 2 weeks and this wasn't even through CS!

Centres d'intérêt

Architecture, art, travel, music, books, good food, good wine, intelligent conversation, culture, games, sci fi, movies.

• arts
• culture
• books
• architecture
• design
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• running
• walking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• camping
• surfing

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Movies: Bladerunner, Superbad, Castle of Calistro, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Ethenal Sunshine of the Spotless mind.
Music: Foo Fighters, TV on the radio, Sufjan Stevens, The Avalanches, Pink Floyd, Green Day, Ben Fold, Bon Iver.
Books: Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (all 5), Hi Fidelity, The place of houses.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Travel related: running away from herds of bulls, driving to places I've read about when I was in architecture school, staying in a forest with a french poet was a life changer too.Non travel related: actually finishing my degree was a pretty big deal, 6 years of my best years, phew.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I can teach you Chinese, I can also probably teach you a bit of chinese cooking too. I can point out pieces of architecture in your city that you probably don't know about. I have a mac so I can show you cool mac-ky type stuff.

Pays que j'ai visités

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Australia

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