CURRENT MISSION

My mission is always the same. Keep smiling and dancing and it will all work out.

ABOUT ME

Hullo. I am an exchange student from Australia who is currently residing in Oulu, Finland. I enjoy happiness, as everyone does I guess. But I find it difficult to do anything that doesn't make me happy. Eg: a subject lecturer wants me to read a book on commerce - why would I do that? I wouldn't. Because it doesn't make me happy. I live my whole life by this philosophy, and it makes me a frighteningly happy and spontaneous person. I dance around alot, and find it difficult to take anything very seriously - which makes me a nightmare to employ, but entertaining to hang around.

PHILOSOPHY

I guess my life philosophy has never really changed. I remember when I was in the 8th grade, all of my teachers called a big scary conference to discuss my schoolwork, with me in the center of a room full of teachers. They were asking me why I was refusing to do any of my maths work. I shuffled awkwardly in my seat and I told them this:

"because it doesn't make me happy"

back then I couldn't understand why I would do anything that didn't make me happy, and that hasn't changed. So I live to travel, to dance, to laugh and to love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I am away from Melbourne, and imagine that I will be for quite some time. People are more than welcome to crash at my house in Oulu, although all I can really offer is one flimsy sofa and a blanket. But I would be more than willing to tell you what I know of the town, and teach you incredibly, incredibly bad Finnish. OR good english. Take your pick!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I don't really have much couchsurfing experience at all! I have informally (that is, not through CS), hosted a bunch of people around Melbourne who I have met through friends and whatnot, and I LOVED every minute of it. There is seriously nothing better in the world than sharing stories, singing, dancing, and laughing. That's what I hope CS will bring to the table for me :)

Interests

Music. Running. Running and listening to music. Dancing, dancing, dancing.

• books
• singing
• dancing
• running
• working out
• traveling
• music
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Mostly rap and indie? I dont know if that's a fashionable word anymore. Maybe I should ask Pitchfork. I also read books and watch movies. But I don't really know what listing them will achieve! I can promise you that we will probably have books and movies in common that we both enjoy :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lying out on a frozen lake last week in Oulu, drinkin' dark whiskey and watching the Northern Lights. That was, pretty great.

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak an appalling brand of french that is utterly worthless in any conversational context. But still, I can teach it to you if you would like. My dancing is equally bad.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Morocco, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Finland, France