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Overview

  • 30 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning German, Sign Language - Dutch (NGT)
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Teaching others, learning from others and pass that on again
  • I studied for P.E. teacher and developmental psychologist
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

love life

ABOUT ME

I think I'm an easy chat and always try to make everyone comfortable. Others will say I'm careful, considerate and honest. Just like every couchsurfer I love to travel. I really enjoy working with children
I try not to judge people just by their appearance.(I succeed most of the time) If you want to know more, just mail me.

PHILOSOPHY

Live your life the way you want, not the way others want you to. I think everybody should laugh more, that's healthy. I know I can't change the world, but you can change one persons world, or at least a day. Like when I ride to school on my bike and see a baby smiling on my way, that makes my day! Or the time that my backlight fell of my bike. The guy behind me stopt en picked it up, out of the water. Just the little things that make life so great.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This is a perfect opportunity to get to know a bit of another culture without going there myself. I would also like to show everybody how cool Amsterdam is. You should know that I don't smoke and don't allow it at home. Where ever I go I try to couchsurf.
We live in Manila for now, but still have a house in Amsterdam. We (my husband, two daughters (age 3 and 6) ans I live in Makati, Manila for a year now. We will be staying here for at least one more year. There ar a lot of things I love about living here, transportation and inequality are not one of them. It's great to have so many places to go to for holiday, I love the foodfusion, I love the weather (most of the time) and I love the people. If you are interested in staying at our place, you can always try to send me a message. I don't check this email regularly, so try sending me a message a few weeks before. Please use the subject "Corine can you host me?". I will try to respond as quick as possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted quite some people and loved doing it.
My surfing experience so far was great, I surfed in San Fransisco, Vienna, Helsinki, Bologna, Verona, Dusseldorf, Rovinj and a small town in Istrie. I even send my parents to Vienna and Thomas showed them around, my parents love the concept as well.

Interests

I like a lot sports, (bord)games, going out, dancing and talking. Having good conversations and I like to organize events for friends.

  • cats
  • culture
  • dancing
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • sports

Music, Movies, and Books

I have periods that I love reading books, other periods that I love going to the movie and I like music, nowadays a love to listen to Ludovico Einaudi, but also to Anouk, Vintage Trouble and other bands my music-loving-boyfriend shows to me. I love silence as wel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helping my cat giving birth to a kitten that was upside down, it was the fourth and she didn't have enough strength to do it on her own.

Giving birth to my daughters, Kaja and Malou. I delivered Malou at home, that was a great experience.

What I Can Share with Hosts

playing all sorts of games in groups.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Netherlands, Philippines

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