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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Indonesian; learning English
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • As a computer teacher in international school
  • Graduated from IT major in Petra Christian University
  • From Surabaya
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I'd like to enhance the lives of people I meet.

ABOUT ME

Hi. I thought I will be active on this couchsurfing community, but the fact is this my tertiary social network, and I don't open this web so much. So, while I'm eager to host someone in my place, sometimes the couch request got slipped off because I just almost never open this web. So, if you really want to be hosted in my place, it's better if your itinerary is still far away, so that I'll have chance to look upon the request before the date was passed.

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I'm a little introvert person, who's more like to listen than talk. But when discussing something that I like, I can be very chatty.

PHILOSOPHY

You can't live 5 years later with who yourself right now. You have to change. I have to change. That's for a better future.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can accompany and share stories about the city where I grew up, Surabaya. I can provide transportation, and I can show you around in Surabaya, even though right now I still can't host you in my home. I can show great places to eat, visit, take picture, and have fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Never have one, but eager to.

Interests

Computer, film, anime/manga, philosophy, design art, music art.

  • arts
  • design
  • chinese new year
  • anime
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Religious, Anime, Classic, Movie soundtrack, Easy listening.
Books: Comic, Philosophy, Easy reading.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hours of fireworks in Shanghai, China, at the Chinese New Year. In my country, the price of fireworks is considered expensive, not like in China. So, for me, it's a wonderful thing to see things that I can't see everyday, right in front of my eyes.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love philosophy, so I will share something about philosophy that shape me most.

Nobody will listen to you when you never show that you really live what you said to them. No child will ever listen what their father's said about not smoking, if the children saw him smoke everyday.
But, being someone who know everything that needed to motivate oneself to doing everything diligently and rightfully, doesn't always guarantee that one will always live his life that way. I'm not saying that because I love philosophy, I'm perfect. So are you. Everybody have to change everyday, so that one's become perfected day by day. But to expect someone to be without mistake, is just like hoping the sun risen from the west.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia

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