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  • 61 references 51 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Portuguese; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • biologist and software developer
  • b. sc. (bio) & Ausbildung (IT)
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About Me

i'm pretty calm, but also like to chat.. ;)

i'm a peacefully oriented person...

for the people who are easy to suprise and are not used to tall people:
i'm 2,02 meters tall.. :)

some of my favorite quotes are:
"Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere.." Eddie Vedder

"That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest." Henry David Thoureau

"One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain" Bob Marley

"Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery." Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

-had only superb experiences..
-listened to tons of great stories..
-experienced a bunch own great stories..

Interests

enjoying nature / good movies / music / books,
hang out with friends,
playing all kinds of ball sports

  • books
  • festivals
  • movies
  • music
  • basketball
  • history
  • nature
  • adventures
  • nature conservation
  • friendly people
  • biodiversity
  • indie produdctions

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
reggae, hip hop, alternative, ska, funk, jazz, soul, cumbia, trip hop, bossa nova, afrobeat, dub,.. whatever, call it world... except mainstream-radio-hits!

some really good movies: princess mononoke, departed, the visitor, station agent, le scaphandre et le papillon, into the wild, diarios de motocicleta, slumdog millionaire, the machinist, children of men, the shining, ghandi, m, the matrix, star wars IV-VI, the godfather I & II, lord of the rings triology, das experiment, cidade de deus, brazil, fear and loathing in las vegas, absolute giganten, garden state, das leben der anderen, trois couleurs: rouge, be kind rewind, das boot, la double vie de véronique, blade runner, incendies, gegen die wand, auf der anderen seite, memento, inception, pi, requiem for a dream, amores perres, biutiful, fight club, ...

favorite-writers are: thoreau, emerson, dostojevski, rousseau, london, tolstoy, balzac, orwell, tolkien, melville, dick, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

these were my favorites before I met my wife:
-a bungee jump at a czech hip hop festival...
-born in a country, that no longer exists..
-catched a python-snake with barbecue-tongs and a pillowcase..
-hitchhiked over 920km in a day..
-swam in a croc-river in oz for over 2 mins (the only visible croc was only 3 meter away)

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm not born for TEACHing (well, I tried it and it made fun, but I guess it's not my destiny)
i have still so much to LEARN
there's always something to SHARE, sometimes it's just an idea like CS

What I Can Share with Hosts

-stories, laughter, company,..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand

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