A nerdy British kid of Irish descent,

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Was recommended it by an associate. My interest is to understand the real Japan, or as much as is possible as a white man visiting periodically. Although my first time going will undoubtedly bring about a desire to gaze at the theme park attractions, I truly do wish to observe the living of the Japanese. I think couch surfing, as opposed to sleeping in hotels and hostels, could provide an innovative way of reaching that

Interests

Video Games, Exercise, Asian Culture, History and an interest in Architecture that curiously arose from an interest in parkour.

• culture
• literature
• architecture
• exercise
• video games
• surfing
• engineering
• history
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Hip Hop such as Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West. Japanese (Instrumental) such as Hip Hop artists DJ Krush, Nujabes and DJ Whitesmith.

Books: Nineteen Eighty Four, Kafka on the shore, The Flowers Of Evil (A manga about the journey of creative writing), Heisig's Remembering the Kanji,

Films: Old Boy (2003), Toy Story, Fight Club, Memento, Lust, Caution, 3-iron, The Ghost in the Shell et al

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Apart from getting a degree in Software Engineering...

Managing to drive through the biggest hump for any Japanese language learner: Learning to read the 2000+ basic Kanji in order to read Japanese literature.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A talent and imagination for telling tales taller than myself (I am a short man) and a bizarre breadth of knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain