medical anthropologist and historian, professor and researcher, author, amateur chef, world traveler

Currently, I teach history at the University of Asia and the Pacific. I am presently the Chair of the History Department and the Director of Korean Studies. From time to time, I conduct research on the history and anthropology of health and medicine and anything related to East Asian Studies. I am a student of Korean cooking, Korean and Japanese languages, and taekwondo. I travel to different countries for the purpose of presenting papers in conferences and for tourism and exploration.

At the moment, I cannot yet host anybody because my apartment is rather too small and I am honestly too busy with work and commitments to even schedule a meet up. I will be hosting in the future time though. I am quite serious when it comes to personal space and private property. This must be taken into consideration when I start hosting guests. For those who will host me, this means that I respect your peace of mind when it comes to quietude and cleanliness - and since I value my own private property, I value and respect yours too.

I do not assert or impose my beliefs and prejudice to others. I respect everybody's opinions and preferences. I am very much open to hearing and learning from people. As a teacher, it comes with my profession. :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was asked by my friend, Rhymee Incoceno https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/rrrhyme to join..

Interests

• cooking
• chinese food
• japanese food
• running
• anime
• traveling
• catholic
• anthropology
• astronomy
• history
• medicine
• religion
• historic sites
• tea
• manga
• jogging
• kpop
• ancient history
• alternative medicine
• cultural anthropology
• taekwondo
• local history
• korean food
• weight training
• herbal medicine
• star wars
• weightlifting
• christianity
• korean culture
• japanese culture
• cathedrals
• chinese culture
• religious studies
• japanese language
• healthy cooking
• teaching english
• lifting weights
• chinese medicine
• korean drama
• angels
• medical science

Music, Movies, and Books

all music related to TVXQ/DBSK/THSK - JYJ, Star Trek (everything: movies, series, books, comics) Star Wars (everything: movies and books), books related to history and anthropology of medicine (they automatically become my favourite), Harry Potter (books and movies), Lord of the Rings (books and movies), Twilight (books and movies)

Teach, Learn, Share

Can Teach: Taekwondo, weight lifting, Korean language, Korean cooking

Want to Learn: Chinese language, Japanese cooking, karate, swimming, football

Will Share: infos about countries and cities I have visited

What I Can Share with Hosts

a healthy conversation and exchange of ideas and information on matters related to the Philippines, Korea, Japan, China, etc. anything related to my interests above

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines