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  • 28 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Abkhaz, Chinese, Japanese, Thai
  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • stained glass artist / part-time musician
  • Home-schooling and some college
  • From Kailua, Hawaii, Usa
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

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ABOUT ME

უნდა იყოს ლამაზი, რომ სამხრეთ ოსეთში
ترحيب إلى كلّ
歡迎所有說普通話的遊客
すべての日本語のスピーカーへの歓迎
모두 환영합니다
ยินดีต้อนรับทุกคน
स्वागत सबको
chào đón tất cả mọi người
Բարի գալուստ բոլորին
همه خوش آمدید

firstly, so i dont have to keep answering this;
yes, i really am a communist. ok, now that we got that out of the way....

我愛食物. 吃和烹調和收集新的食譜. 特別是泰國食物,印第安語和中東.
我愛武術. 我學習了 空手, 태권도 (跆拳 道), 太極拳 (楊氏,陳氏,吳氏), 北長拳, 形意拳 (山西, 河北), 八卦掌. 我在香港被證明教詠春.
并且我當前學習 มวยไทย & BJJ.

i love food. eating and cooking and collecting new recipes. especially thai food, indian and middle eastern.
i love martial arts. i have studied karate, tae kwon do, yang tai chi, wu tai chi, chen tai chi, northern long fist, muslim xing yi, shan xi xing yi, pa kua, i am certified in hong kong to teach wing chun, and i am currently studying muay thai and brazilian jiu jitsu.

PHILOSOPHY

It is better to know where to go and not know how, than it is to know how to go but not know where. - Jose Dolores.

Anywhere there is love, is heaven. - Me.

Is it enough for one to live within one's means, or do we need to live within the planet's means?

Live for yourself and you will live in vain,
Live for others, you will live again
Pass it on - Neville Livingston

Interests

clean living
mountain biking - long distance / technical
road biking - long distance , fixed-gear
bodysurfing
bodyboarding
surfing - long board @ waikiki
hiking
tennis
ultimate frisbee
swimming
walking
badminton
ping pong
hacky sack
soccer
photography
ceramics
night markets
buddha figures
yoga
meditation (without music or instruction)
star-gazing
making faces
laughing
caring
loving
"And love. Love above all. No... not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening, but love that... over-throws life. Unbiddable, ungovernable - like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture"

  • arts
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • walking
  • pottery
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • martial arts
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • table tennis
  • badminton
  • jiu jitsu
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Burn - Marlon Brando
Eternal Sunshine - Jim Carrey
The Girl Next Door - the juice is worth the squeeze
Lost in Translation - *whisper*
Groundhog Day - only god can make a tree
the Returner - 金城 武
Warriors of the Wind (Nausicaä) - 宮崎 駿
金玉滿堂 - 1995

Music:
Hard hard hard - Black Stalin
Equal Rights - Peter Tosh
Fight Apartheid - Peter Tosh
The Day the Dollar Die- Peter Tosh
Get up, Stand up - Peter Tosh
Stand Firm - Peter Tosh
Not Gonna Give it up - Peter Tosh
Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin - Peter Tosh
Fight On - Peter Tosh
Oh Bumba Klaat - Peter Tosh
Lessons in my Life - Peter Tosh
The Story - Brandi Carlile
Trance music (without the xtc and lights)

Plays:
alto saxophone
bass clarinet
ukulele
bass guitar
keyboards
fender rhodes
trumpet
drums
guitar
flute
ipu
tambourine
back-up vocals (falsetto)
melodica
accordion
caan (traditional thai)

Played with:
some crazy surf-punk trio
Sons of Tosh
Maacho and the new Cool Connection
Rockers' Rights
Voyajah

Sat in with:
Ooklah the Moc

Practiced with:
Dread Ashante

Did sound for:
Roots Natty Roots
Ooklah the Moc

Played at:
Jarron's
Anna Banana's
Moose McGillicudy's
Natsunoya Tea house
the Warped Tour (waimanalo polo field)

Books:
dialectical and historical materialism - stalin
communist manifesto - i forgot who wrote it
when serfs stood up in tibet - Anna Louise Strong
red star over china - edgar snow
ἠθικά - Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς
cars and trucks and things that go - richard scarry

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helped a hospital to bring free medicine and services to rural thailand. It's wonderful to see what people can do together to try to help others, with just a little time, effort, and heart.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Thailand, United States

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