CURRENT MISSION

Collect experiences. Collect stories.
Also, looking for a new job or volunteering opportunities in developing countries.
I'm quite skilled.
linkedin.com/crisvirgil

ABOUT ME

I'm a Filipino living in different parts of the country. I once lived in Agusan (hometown), Cebu, Manila, and Davao, and now back in Manila. Looking forward to more mobility, though. I like wakeboarding, climbing mountains, rugby, flag football, pub quizzes and basically learning something new every day.

I also founded/host Trivia Nights Pinas (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays). My brainchild, happy that it has ran for five years already and still is running (and growing in terms of number of teams and participants).

PHILOSOPHY

Collect stories. Create stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Since signing up last May 2013 I already hosted quite a number of surfers from different parts of the globe. I also do meet-ups, dinners, parties, etc.. Most of the time, I get my surfers to try wakeboarding as I enjoy the sport very much.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

June 2013 - Signed up for Couchsurfing Project
June 2013 - Hosted Ian (Manila)
June 2013 - Talikud Island Trip with Randy (US), Nicole (Germany) and Irena (Albania)
June 2013 - House Party at my place
July 2013 - House Party at Randy's (US)
July 2013 - Dahican Trip with Randy (US), Nicole (Germany), Irena (Albania), Starr (Iligan), Jasmin/Grace/Taz/Eiki (Davao) and Journeying James (Travel blogger)
July 2013 - Hosted Starr (Iligan)
July 2013 - Hosted Media/Rebecca/Laura/Erik (Germany)
July-Aug 2013 - Hosted Mike (US)
August 2013 - Durian with Grace (Davao), Sharon (US) and Ketty (Uganda)
August 2013 - Cebu Trip with Erik/Media/Laura/Rebecca (Germany)
September 2013 - Durian Eating Contest with CS Davao and Fredda (Manila)
September 2013 - Hosted Brent (US) + wakeboard with Aiyel (Davao)
October 2013 - Meet-up with Bilel (France) and various tours around the region for 5 days
October 2013 - Surfed at Patrick's (Cebu); pool party at Marj's (Cebu); dinner/bowling/drinks with Frank (Germany), Anton (Ukraine), Christine/Lynch/Gwen/Rhea/Vicky/Patrick (Cebu); and dinner/dessert/kinect with Estella/Kevin/Jason (Cebu)
December 2013 - short night-out with Charles (Davao) and Anthony (Belgium)
January 2014 - Kuala Lumpur trip. Hosted by Khairul (KL). Also surfed with Kik and Aditya (Jakarta and Bandung) and Matt (Seoul).
January 2014 - CS KL Meet-up, and meetup with Nicol (KL) and Joey (Davao)
January 2014 - Sinulog 2014. Surfed at Pat's. Surfed with Redj (Bacolod), Christian (Albay), Antonio (Italy) and Louis (Vietnam).
January 2014 - Dinagyang 2014. Met a lot of cool guys from CS Iloilo, Manila, Cebu and Bacolod, as well as CS peeps from France and US.
April 2014 - Summer Frolic at Dahican with Erin and Dave (Australia), Salome (France), Avie (Manila), Pet, Telai and Charles (Davao)
April 2014 - Bukidnon Roadtrip and Magic Farms getaway with Irina (Ukraine), Pet, Donna and Charles (Davao)
May 2014 - Hosted Irina (May 2014)
June 2014 - Inception of Davao Trivia Nights. I host the event and from then on, this has become the weekly meetup for CS Davao.
August 2014 - Kadayawan Festival with CSers from different parts of the country and the globe. Drunken nights, trivia nights, etc.
September 2014 - Karaoke nights with CS and GenSan and Saranggani trip with Je (Bacolod), Winston (Saranggani), Taz, Dexter and Joe (Davao).
October 2014 - Masskara Festival 2014 in Bacolod! Surfed with Je (Bacolod) and spent a night in a room with Pat (Cebu), Tsootsai, John, Myka (Manila) and Joe (Davao). Met a lot of cool CS peeps. Yay!
November 2014 - Breakfast over satti with Chris and Jeff (Zamboanga)
November 2014 - Tawi-tawi trip with Taz (Davao), Raymond (Cebu) and Zeke (Manila)
December 2014 - Hosted by Patrick (Cebu) and met 2 other couchsurfers from Ukraine and Czech Republic
January - Dinagyang Festival (parties and pubcrawl with CS) with side trip to Guimaras
April 2015 - Meetup with CSers from Manila in Butuan
May 2015 - Chill Nights at Jansen's (Digos) and supposed Sarbay trip
June 2015 - hosted by Pat (again! Haha)
September 2015 - Meetup and Samal with Toni (Cdo/Iligan), Thirstday in Makati, hosted by Peejay (Makati), pub and rooftop hangout with other CSers
October 2015 - Hosted by Gian (Quezon) and Mau (Manila)

Interests

Everything new or old interests me. More old, TBH.

Anyhow, I particularly love football, random trivia, frisbee, volleyball, trivia, the mountains and beaches. I am very much interested about meeting different people of various background. That pretty sums it up.

• pets
• festivals
• breakfast
• running
• partying
• drinking
• pub crawls
• trivia
• traveling
• billiards
• magic
• karaoke
• wakeboarding
• sports
• volleyball
• bowling
• communications
• tours
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love The Beach, Fight Club and anything X-Men. Memento is my favorite film.

I love music. My genre taste is flexible, although I haven't given much attention to rock. For artists, I love Regina Spektor, Sara Bareilles, Vampire Weekend, Foo Fighters, Gorgon City. It's pretty varied, actually. I also support Original Pinoy Music.

And books. Oh books. Trivia and travel books. I don't read a lot though. But I do read a lot of encyclopedia. Lately I've been reading about African History, Philippine Inclusive Growth, the Life of Buddha and Globalisation.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My very first climb was on the highest peak of the country. My second was on the second AND fourth highest. Amazing how the clouds pass by you.

Witnessed sunset at a peak of a mountain and at a seaside. Both views are magical.

Went to Kuala Lumpur alone, and that was my first time outside the country. I stayed there for 6 days, but only stayed in Malaysia. I didn't intend to go places, I just wanted to feel like a real local/Malaysian in my stay, and amazingly, I really felt as if I was one with them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines

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