CURRENT MISSION

Finding a place under the sun.

WHERE I SEE MYSELF IN THE FUTURE:

Publishing a lousy book with zero to no profit and going to pretentious parties; eating all the free food there, chugging wine like there's no tomorrow and causing a scene.

ABOUT ME

Name: Barbara Mal

Nickname: Barbie (kinda ironical, because i don’t look like one)

Age: Currently reached a very unnecessary age #youngwildandnotfree 23

Current occupation: Full-time procrastinator and also Communications Executive (writing, photography, etc.)

PHILOSOPHY

Double cheesburger, please

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was couch-surfing in Paris once, and it was a wicked experience. Fantastic hosts made me see the city from another angle. Also found new love - snails (yuum).

Then I was Travelling around Italy with the help of couchsurfers. Graci for those who let us in their houses in Venice, Florence & Rome.

Interests

Dancing, Singing (currently shower is the main performance stage ), Indie Rock, Jazz, Boys, Food and lots of it, Wine with cheese, coffee, tea, Paris, Japan, sushi, movies, music, books, photography, psychology, cuddling, Andy Warhol, Audrey Hepburn, summer, Vladimir Nabokov, sea, Haruki Murakami, being sarcastic little fuck, sleeping, philosophy, Frédéric Beigbeder and perhaps few paragraphs of other stuff.

• writing
• books
• singing
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• coffee
• partying
• pub crawls
• movies
• traveling
• poker
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• surfing
• communications
• law
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: major taste fluctuations
Books: Antoine de Saint-Exupery 'The Little Prince'; Camus Albert 'Stranger'; Haruki Murakami 'Afterdark','1Q82','Norvegian Wood', 'Kafka on the Shore'; Vladimir Nabokov 'Lolita'; Frederic Beigbeder '14,99', 'Love lasts 3 years';Franz Kafka 'metamorphosis'; Erich Maria Remarque 'all quiet on the western front'' Oscar Wilde 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', etc.
Movies:Requiem For a Dream; Kidulthood; Trainspotting; Fish Tank; The Boy in the Striped pyjamas; The dreammers; Candy; Factory Girl; The Butterfly Effect; Fight club, Dog pound, The Clockwork Orange, Shawshank Redemption, etc.
Never-ending-list

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Won poker like a badass against local Spanish mafia in a not-so-legal pub

Teach, Learn, Share

I have few tricks up my sleeve and i would definitely like to learn how to play guitar a bit better. I would also love to learn Japanese or French (at least the greetings will do), and finally maybe few tips regarding exotic cuisines (or general cooking, because I am terrible at it) would be great.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A shoulder to cry on.

They say I am a good listener.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, India, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Lithuania, United Kingdom