A hermit, absolutely. I love it and kind of hate it, but mostly love it.
As cats are mostly little fellow feline hermits, we tend to get along rather well—I always find cats to befriend wherever I go. There’s nature’s magnetic force at play there.

Mellow settings are my favourite: winter nights to snuggle in a fluffy blanket with a good book or movies with a huge cup of mulled wine, rainy afternoon walk to hum along a tune under the umbrella. You get the idea: a lazy ass.

I tend to have serial love affairs with hobbies throughout my life. We sometimes break up abruptly, but some affairs lasted longer than others. One that lasts longer than others, through on-and-offs, is my affair with illustration. We’ve known each other since we were kids, and now I get to fund a living from my collaboration with this little hobby of mine. Lately, I’ve also been seeing traditional leather crafting and a bit of rogue cooking on the side. At times, sporadic language learning also joins the quiet party.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's pretty cool.

Interests

• animals
• cats
• arts
• books
• design
• illustrations
• seafood
• cooking
• japanese food
• movies
• leatherworking
• music
• backpacking
• history
• beaches
• mountains
• nature
• german
• french
• roadtrips
• german language
• japanese language
• french movies
• french language
• culinary trip
• red wine and brie

Music, Movies, and Books

With no particular grouping:

Shawshank Redemption, The Stranger, Snatch, Lock-Stock-and-Two-Smoking-Barrels, Herman Hesse, Bon Iver, Fight Club, Into the Wild, Billie Holiday, George Carlin, MILK, the Kinks, Amelie, Giuseppe Tornatore, Jimmy Carr, die Edukators, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Game of Thrones, Submarine by Joe Dunthorne, Trainspotting, Sufjan Stevens, The first two trilogies of Star Wars, Romain Gary, Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg, Omid Djalili, The Slits, The Big Bang Theory, Casablanca, Cocteau Twins, La Vita e Bella, The Royal Tennenbaums, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Hannah Gadsby, Nico and The Velvet Underground, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sofia Coppola, Cat Power, Led Zeppelin, Blair Witch Project, Dylan Moran, The Family of Pascual Duarte, Life of Pi, Gitanjali.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Actually, accidentally: got caught in the middle of a riot in Jakarta in May 1998. The time point in this sentence used to feel fairly recent to me, but now I realise 1998 is getting a bit ancient.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you basic Indonesia cuisine (oh such confidence!).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook you Indonesian cuisine (again! Cooonfidence!).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand

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