CURRENT MISSION

Finding out what I want to do in life

ABOUT ME

I think I'm an easy-going person who can enjoy a philosofical or literary discussion as much as an evening of absurdity and decadent drinking and dancing (I really go nuts once I start dancing, be warned!).
I love listening to music, in fact it's my main occupation right now... Travelling through Brazil, I'm getting to know lots of new and refreshing music by Brazilian artists, a new world is opening itself to me!
I play the bass guitar in a rather amateuristic way, but, as with many things I'm bad at, I absolutely love it!

PHILOSOPHY

There's only a problem if you make one.
I know that's not true for all things in life, but I just mean that problems will come along anyways without you creating any.

Tolerance and respect for the otherness (?) of the other.
At the end of the day, we are still animals, we shouldn't pretend to be anything more just because we're on top of the food chain...
I think this is the only life we have, so I try and do good not for the reward of heaven, but because it feels good to act good.
I believe in the power of the human mind, if we are capable of imagining we are ill and actually become ill, we should be able to reverse that process and become more healthy just by believing we are. I try and try to tune mind, body and soul, but perfection is still far away...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just parasiting for the moment, I'm afraid. But I'll restore my Karma as soon as I go back to Belgium, I promise. You're all welcome to stay in my appartment from April 2008 on!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only one so far, in Ilheus. It was a fantastic experience in all its simplicity. I got to know some really good and honest people, with whom I'll probably go celebrating Carnaval in Salvador! Hang on to your diapers!

Interests

Music (really, too much to mention),

Languages (I love to learn new languages, in fact, it seems to be my only real talent...)

Dancing, freestyle that is, but I'm planning on taking an Afro-dance and samba course here in Brazil to improve my bootyshaking capabilities...

Reading and writing. Being on the road, I'm rediscovering the pleasure of writing about the simple things in my life and reading mostly fiction books.

• animals
• writing
• books
• dancing
• dining
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Haven't seen that many movies lately, but everybody's telling me I should definetely see "Tropa de Elite" so I guess that's my next movie project...

My music taste is very diverse, I still love to discover new and fresh tunes and artists. Amongst my favourite artists are (in no particular order)
Ben Harper
Tool
The Future Sound of London
Banco de Gaia
The Orb
Nightmares on Wax
Stevie Wonder
Aphex Twin
David Bowie
Arcade Fire
Roots Manuva
Black Sun Empire
Black Uhuru
Sergent Garcia
The James Taylor Quartet
Booker T
Bonobo
etc etc etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Maybe pretty plain for the average Brazilian, but a trekking in the Chapada Diamantina is on top of my "fantastic-experience-list" right now.

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