CURRENT MISSION

to weave words for the intangibles of traveling

ABOUT ME

Ariane. Twenty-something. Filipino expat to New Zealand. Now lving in a beachside shack somewhere in Australia. Registered Nurse. Writer. Photographer. Traveler. Blogger since 2004.

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In a world where everybody claims to be a photographer, I grow eyes in my heart. It sees secrets in blurs and stories in rough edges. It recognizes worlds within worlds– wonderlands that even the fullest frame or the largest lens cannot catch.

I travel to gather stories and am not even halfway there. But Here, is a stopover, where I empty my heart so it can take more.

PHILOSOPHY

style, grace, rocknroll

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, meet people up for coffee, show people around my city, join CS-based communities, give insider tips to CSers visiting my city. Hopefully, I could surf in one of my future travels and/or find people of like minds. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Was neck-deep with work and can't travel so I decided to open my doors to a traveler. He came from halfway across the world and had loads of stories to share. The travel bug was satiated right in the comforts of my home. win-win situation <3

Interests

Travel, Photography (Analog and otherwise), Writing, Vintage, Typography, Films, Books, Rock Music, Postcards

• writing
• books
• photography
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• rock music
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Fight Club, BigFish, Almost Famous, 500 Days of Summer
MUSIC: Alternative, Glam Rock; Regina Spektor's; Guns N' Roses; Nirvana's.
BOOKS: Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things, JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bungy Jumping In New Zealand; Ziplining between two cities (the highest and longest in Asia); Standing on the literal edge of a country, with a continent visible from a not-so-distant horizon, cruising on the hem between Tasman and the Pacific

Teach, Learn, Share

madmen. poets. rockstars. broken people. kindred.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Fiji, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Philippines