CURRENT MISSION
https://instagram.com/_baklavabaklava_/

ABOUT ME

i work as a university professor... i am not very fussy and will tell you entertaining stories!

PHILOSOPHY

be nice...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

ive been a member for 13 years (!!!)and made many lovely friends. I used to host people in Seattle. can't at the moment, but I can sure meet up or show people around, etc... and meet people everywhere. I hope to host again when I live somewhere suitable...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

wonderful people everywhere... as above!

Interests

• cats
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• coffee
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• painting
• drawing
• music
• punk music
• electronic music
• history
• languages
• tea
• indie music
• india
• turkey
• french
• particle physics
• naps
• houseplants
• mysteries
• motorbikes
• vinyl records
• post-punk
• street photography

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: new order, the smiths, siouxsie & the banshees, the fall, jawbreaker, the cure, replacements, teengenerate, coltrane, moonshake, u.o.a., , joy division, moss icon, etc, ...
AUTHORS: mary roberts rinehart, premchand, amitav ghosh, stendhal, thomas hardy, somerset maugham, rk narayan, orwell, vs naipaul, flaubert, ramachandra guha, john buchan, ellery queen, riad sattouf, naguib mahfouz, maupassant, paul theroux, anthony trollope, rupa bajwa, etc
MOVIES I lack the patience for in general, but I tend to be fond of movies from the 50s, esp. french, Indian (Bengali mostly), British and American.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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Teach, Learn, Share

I work as a teacher but yes I tend to spend more time learning. I'm not sure I have any special skills except bending my elbows backwards.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States