CURRENT MISSION

breathe... and smile

ABOUT ME

I try to enjoy life, every moment, to the maximum. I grew up dreaming about being a pirate. Then life thaught me that it's both -simpler and more complicated- than that. In any case, I keep dreaming with red sunsets and wild places. I write as much as I can. I work as a scientist. I dance the rest of the time. I grow tomatoes in my window. I am a butterfly, my friends say.

PHILOSOPHY

neither yielding to rain
nor yielding to wind
yielding neither to
snow nor to summer heat
with a stout body
like that
without greed
never getting angry
always smiling quiet-
ly
eating one and a half pieces of brown rice
and bean paste and a bit of
vegetables a day
in everything
not taking oneself
into account
looking listening understanding well
and not forgetting
living in the shadow of pine trees in a field
in a small
hut thatched with miscanthus
if in the east there's a
sick child
going and nursing
him
if in the west there is a tired mother
going and for her
carrying
bundles of rice
if in the south
there's someone
dying
going
and saying
you don't have to be
afraid
if in the north
there's a quarrel
or a lawsuit
saying it's not worth it
stop it
in a drought
shedding tears
in a cold summer
pacing back and forth lost
called
a good-for-nothing
by everyone
neither praised
nor thought a pain
someone
like that
is what I want
to be

(Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933))

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have always liked to know other cultures, other languages, other countries... my home was always open to host many different people, and it was a real pleasure to spend time with them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted people sometimes, even though I never really had a couch available. I just happened like that, and we found the way and the place for them to stay. It was always awesome.

Interests

Zen
Literature
Dance
Cooking
Thai massage
Art in general
Travelling

• arts
• books
• literature
• dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• traveling
• languages
• nursing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

A few of my favourite writers...

Alessandro Baricco
Italo Calvino
Truman Capote
Federico Garcia Lorca
Viktor Pelevine
Salman Rushdie
Emily Dickinson
Angeles Mastretta
Victor Hugo
Mario Vargas Llosa
Julio Cortazar
Marguerite Duras
Ernesto Saramago
Rudyard Kipling
Vicente Huidobro

I'm not really an expert in movies, but I enjoy japanese animation, specially Miyazaki's films; otherwise, I have followed directors like Kitano, Kusturica, Kurosawa, Almodovar...

In music my taste is VERY eclectic. Really.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I gave birth to the sweetest thing ever: my daughter Catalina. And I rode an elephant. Not at the same time, of course.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing knowledge is wonderful.
I can share what I know about science, about the books I've read, about the places I've visited and the things I've seen, and, specially, the recipes I've learnt. I would like to learn anything you would like to share with me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, France, Hungary, Thailand, United Kingdom

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