CURRENT MISSION

make a step at a time

ABOUT ME

I try everyday to take the ingredients I have and make the best meal I can... no simple task (Bernie Glassman, Instructions to the Cook).

PHILOSOPHY

Not that I don't have a "personal" philosophy, as anyone else, but here are some pearls of wisdom :)
"Live and let live." (the best!)
"Not all those who wander are lost" - ~Tolkien
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." ~Einstein
"I am too old to drink bad wine" Carlos do Carmo

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

spreading the word :)

I attended the following CS meetings and events:
33th CONFRARIA DINNER - Monday, 3th August "MIGALHAS2 RESTAURANT" (organized by Fernando)
Dinner at Taipas e Feijões, Thursday 6ht August, followed by Coffee & Drinks at Peter; pub crawling in Ribeira and dance in Mercedes (organized by Ricardo & Ricardo).
Peter's + Samba + Caipirinhas = Brazillian fun at Peter's, the 9th August 2009 (organized by Waldir Moreira)
6th and 7th Get Together at Susana's, the 12th and the 22th August.

I organized:
Meditation Workshop for Couch Surfers and friends Wednesday, the 12th August 2009
Introduction to Zen Meditation, the 22th August 2009
Vegetarian Dinner WEDNESDAY, the 26th August 2009
Vegetarian Dinner WEDNESDAY, the 30th June 2010

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I signed up the 27th of July 2009 and the 28 I was receiving my first couch surfer. Since then, it has been an amazing experience :)

I hosted:

2009
- Adi; Israel (July - August)
- Sofia + Paulo; Lisboa (August)
- Nicola + Mette; Denmark (August)
- Paulin + Adrien; France (August)
- Chiara; Italy (August)
- Émilie; France (August)
- Maxim; Siberia, Russia (August)
- An + Lies; Belgium (August)
- Simonas + Vestina; Lithuania (August)
- Andrea; Italy (August)
- Sarah + Verena; Germany (September)

See the album:
Couch Surfing Porto

2010
- Margarita Wenitzka; Siberia, Russia (June)
- Pierre-Olivier et Victorine; Canada, France (June)
- Marie et Julien; Canada (July)
- Rasa and Arnas; Lithuania (July)
- José Ricardo Ruiz; Mexico (July)
- Nick Wilsdon; England (July)
- Tanja and Björte; Germany (July)
- Ariane; France (July)
- Lena and Corinna; Germany (July)
- Ana da Silva; Brasil, France (July)
- Daniele Forno; Denmark (July)
- Lisa and Klaus; Austria (July)
- Cristina Ibarra; United States (July)
- Judith and Birte; Germany (August)
- Betty; France (August)
- Sebastian Cool; Belgium (August)
- Gosia and Pawel; Poland (August)
- Raphaël and Laurent; France (August)
- Michele; Brasil, France (September)
- Daniela and Julien; Germany (September)

2011
- Nora Fiedler; Germany (May)
- Simeon and Méguy; France (May)
- Camille Six; France (May)
- Lye-Ching Wong; United States (May)
- Erica and Joanne; Taiwan (May)
- Malgosia and Magda; Poland (June)

2013
- Nikola Benčová and Romana Brezovska; Czech Republic (June)
- Leah and Ceci; Germany - June, July
- Julie and Marina; France - July
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Interests

movies (love cinema, but I am not seeing as much as I would love to), art, painting, photo (actually all kind of visual arts), cooking, reading, net, blogging, haikae, tea, chocolate!!! being lazy when I can (not enough)

• arts
• dancing
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• coffee
• vegetarian
• meditation
• drinking
• pub crawls
• movies
• reading
• blogging
• painting
• surfing
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Lost in Translation, Gabbeh, Pulp Fiction, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Brazil, Kill Bill, Blade Runner, Star Wars, Terminator, Mad Max I, .........
Music: I'm very eclectic :) just leaving here something from a traveling troubadour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndjluWJSLw
Books: I mostly read non-fictionnal books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The very first time I saw my newborn baby boy.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I could teach meditation, vegetarian cooking and even astrology... but I am sure you have other plans for your staying in Porto :)
Ah, but I still could teach you some Furoshiki techniques :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Portugal

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