CURRENT MISSION

Discover new things, people and places.

ABOUT ME

I lived in Kazakhstan most of my life (yes, Borat country), and there are more than a hundred nations out there, believe it or not, so I got to know different cultures - occidental and oriental pretty well, which I'm happy about.
I love arts and cultures. Theater, literature, cinema, photography - all these things I find extremely interesting. I'm more into minimalistic art though, and absolutely interested in ancient historical events and productions as well as in contemporary concepts and plays.
I also love sports. I love contemporary dance and jogging.
If you have read Haruki Murakami and liked it - I'm sure we can easily get along, I love his philosophy and his heroes.
I love when people are passionate about something. It can be art or physics or anything, I can listen to such people forever. I actually love listening to people a lot, especially when they talk about something they love, such people are fascinating and lovely in advance. I am a vegetarian but have no problems with people who are not.

PHILOSOPHY

Viewing things from different angles is the best way to explore them and know what they really are. So in order to think somehow objective, there has to be done a lot of work. I try to observe and don't be fast in judgments, because it's a wrong thing to do. "La plus belle philosophie est de voir les choses telles qu`elles sont"
My French teacher used to say "know something about everything and everything about one thing", and I agree.
And I'm all into integral philosophy, where oriental cultures bring their traditions and occidental ones - their development, and make balance and all that good stuff :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only had good experience! Very nice people helped me, and I'm happy to be a part of CS.

Interests

Art, sport, books, cinema, theater, jogging; globalization, religion and economy topics, the influence of countries on other ones and theirs connections; connections in general and depending of the global events; getting rid of prejudices and ideas deprived of logic and sense.

• arts
• books
• literature
• theater
• photography
• dancing
• vegetarian
• crossfit
• movies
• sports
• astronomy
• teaching
• logic
• mathematics
• physics
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: classic, jazz, rock, folk, alternative, music of different countries...(Muse, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Chopin, Yann Tiersen, Cesaria Evora, Regina Spektor, the Retuses, Zemfira, etc)

Movies: I love art house! (Cinéma d'essai) and la Nouvelle Vague. Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut, Woody Allen, Xavier Dollan, Christophe Honoré, Ivan Vyrypayev. (The Dreamers, Inception, Beach, Les amours Imaginaires, Into the wild, Never let me go, Extremely loud and increadibly close, Broken English, Paper heart, Requiem for a dream, Le premier jour du reste de ta vie, C.R.A.Z.Y. L`auberge espagnol, Detachment, Mélancolie, Adam, Beautiful mind, Masculin-feminin...)

Books: Haruki Murakami is my favourite favourite favourite! I've read all his books and find his style extremely beautiful it it's simplicity.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being an ambassador of Kazakhstan in America.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Russian language, crossfit, literature in different cultures.
I like to learn anything which makes sense and is interesting. Like listening about physics and astronomy and math, even though I'm not good at it. I just find it very interesting to know. Anything about art and cultural particularities. Anything you know a lot about!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, United States