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Retrophile. Isolophile. Solivagant. Minimalism and stoicism fan.

Major sights and attractions are at the last of my list, or at times, not even in my list. However, any spots that strike my fancy (mostly the offbeat and the obscure ones), with or without any companions, I WILL put it in my to-do list, plan for it, save up for it and go to it NO MATTER WHAT.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Same reason why the utter introverted side of me was able to do cliff jumping, rappelling, paragliding, kayaking, ziplines, etc --- trying stuff :)

Interests

Others:
- apart from obscure places, I also ache for obscure words (eg, sophrosyne, luftmensch, onism)
- the nonchalance of cats
- the cuteness of dolphins
- number 8
- blue roses (the color basically)
- horror games (but not into first person shooters as they cause me motion sickness)
- life and money hacks

• reading
• minimalism
• volunteering
• learning new things
• stoicism
• offbeat travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
- alt rock / soft rock / pop rock / post grunge / heavy metal (at times)
- 90s and a bit of 80s and jazz
- MLTR, RATM, RHCP, Matchbox20, The Calling, The Killers, Foo Fighters, Incubus and the like

Movies:
- psychological horrors or thrillers (but not into gore)
- mystery or suspense
- documentaries
- coming-of-age films such as The Breakfast Club
- Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli films
- Bong Joon Ho films, Park Chan Wook's Vengeance trilogy, Polanski's Apartment trilogy
- The Invisible Guest, The Usual Suspects, Fincher's Seven, Fight Club and Gone Girl, Kubrick's Clockwork Orange and The Shining, Spielberg's Schindler's List, King's Shawshank Redemption, Hitchcock's Psycho, Zemeckis' Back to the Future, Miller's Mad Max, Tarantino's Django Unchained, Cameron's Avatar
- Rec, Get Out, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Jacob's Ladder, Insidious, and the like

Series
- Rick and Morty, Westworld, Stranger Things, Black Mirror, The Alienist, Mindhunter, Unabomber, Hannibal, Fringe, Attack on Titan

Books:
- psychological horrors or thrillers
- mystery or suspense
- history, literature, mythology, philosophy, psychology
- Sidney Sheldon, Haruki Murakami, Tolstoy, Rilke, Gibran

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Embraced wonders of minimalism and challenges of solo travel (just count them as one) :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Thailand