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Overview

  • 10 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Bachelor of Geology and preparing full time for a world trip
  • at school...
  • From Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

With only one life to live, see and learn all you can!

ABOUT ME

I just graduated from a Bachelor of Geology.

Next plan is to go around the world with my girlfriend Kathleen (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/pumpkincashew/). We're leaving Montreal on the 1st of September and head out toward Canada's west coast where we'll stay for about two weeks. Then we're flying to China. From there the plan is to go down south-east Asia in about 3½ months and then work in Australia. From there, we'll see! ;)

I don't really like the idea of having everything planned in advance since, anyways, you'll have to improvise and change some things once there. So we'll see what happens and where life's gonna take us!

PHILOSOPHY

I really like the proverb : Akkuna matata.

It means to just take life easy, as it comes. Don't get upset with every litte things. You only have one life, enjoy it and try to see and learn all that you can!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I find that the CS project is a very good initiative! It's a very nice way to meet new and interesting people while traveling or even staying at home! :D

For a year I hosted people at my place, and now I'm gonna visit people and discover their reality.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At the moment (August 2011)I only couchsurfed 3 times, but for next year, I'm travelling and I hope to do as much couchsurfing as I can! :D

Since last July (2010), I've hosted about 30 people. I think I might like even better to host than to surf! You meet SO MANY interesting people and you can learn so much!

Interests

I love music (listening and playing), reading, sports of all kind, science, psychology, environmental studies...

I love to learn in general...

  • flying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • sports
  • environmental studies
  • geology
  • physics
  • psychology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books :
Death gate cycle (Margareth Weis and Tracy Hickman)
Hitchhiker guide to the galaxy (Douglas Adams)
Gunnm and Gunnm last order (Yukito Kishiro)
Astérix et Obélix (Uderzo et Goscinny)
L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être (Milan Kundera)
Novecento pianiste (Alessandro Barrico)

Music:
Tom waits
Les colocs
Mes aieux
White stripes

Movies:
Harry Potters
Aladdin
Sin city

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A 600km cycling trip through Nederlands, Belgium and a part of France. It was the first time I went out of my country and it was incredible! :D

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach :
I've been in physics for a little while, then changed to geology. I'm mostly interested in climate change.

Learn :
Pretty much everything! :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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