CURRENT MISSION

carpe the diem

ABOUT ME

I grew up all around the world. i have to keep moving. i think it is in my blood. i love to travel and meeting new people. i have many scars, i have brown hair.
how does one adequtely describe themselves? isn´t there always a certain subjectiveness in description?
i would say i am a kind person. i have a big heart and coming from such a mixture of backgrounds, i have an affinity to diversity and contrasts.

my favorite things are:
the sound of popcorn popping in the microwave (salty NOT sweet)
wet grass between my toes
climbing trees

PHILOSOPHY

I am trying to live life with more awareness. Our world is always moving faster and I think very often it is easy to miss things that are going on around us. The reason for living must have something to do with love. I think if you love your life, you can love everyone. The key to loving your life is embracing it, realizing that most things have their place. We are the master of our lives, however very often, necessary things occur so that other happenings can follow...
another thing i believe is that language can often hinder communication, or rather, very often language and culture barriers can be overcome if people open themselves.
silent communication can be so explicit and expressive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hmm...i host, i surf.
:-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i heard about couchsurfing through a friend who i traveled with this summer. we were hitchhiking from germany to portugal in the summer of 2008. we covered 4000 km, 5 countries in 4 weeks. this experience was truly inspiring. we couch surfed with a many people and i am still fascinated at the kindness shown to me by complete strangers.

Interests

TRAVELLING, philosophizing, snowboarding, reading, being outside, politics, psychology,

• culture
• perfumes
• meditation
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• psychology
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: true romance, amelie, Lola Rennt, Bellevue Rendezvous, das leben der anderen, die fetten jahre sind vorbei, planet terror, deathproof, sin city, the lion king, lost in translation, the royal tennenbaums, darjeeling limited, you me and everyone we know, eagle v.s. shark, napoleon dynamite, the wizard of oz,

music: architecture in helsinki ani di franco beach boys bob dylan bruce sprinsteen cocorosie counting crows death cab for cutie dire straits ELECTRONIC BEATS funky tunes gggg iiiiiiiiii joy division joanna newsom johnny cash the knife les savy fav moldy peaches meat loaf olafur arnalds the pogues the postal service Q not U the rolling stones red hot chili peppers ramones sublime simon and garfunkel tom petty and the heartbreakers tracy chapman uffie vvvvvvvv whites boy alive xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyy zzzzzzzz

books: "Of Human Bondage" by Somerset Maugham,
"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

when i was working in israel in the hospital i met a lot of children who were very very sick with cancer.
this experience definitely affected me. i saw bravery in its essence.
i also found a ghosthouse.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can do a hand-stand, if you would like to learn! :)

i am trying to do more meditation. if you come stay with me, and if you are interested, i can show you what i know about it (not too much!) some ways of breathing and visualizing pictures and colors.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States

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