CURRENT MISSION

to travel the world and live there creatively

ABOUT ME

My life had three major parts so far --
I was born and raised in former Soviet Union, in city of Kiev, Ukraine.
There, I graduated school, met my first love, and got my math degree.
My first internet company was started there, together with four partners.
The second part started during my trip to North America -- I got a job offer with software startup in San Francisco and stayed in city, lived all over it, for over ten years.
After reevaluating my life priorities from money to projects making difference for the world I sold my biggest posessions, and moved to new Ukraine, where I live now.
I travel a lot (six time a year on average, short trips mostly), and share my experience in my yet-to-be-completed fiction novel.
My interests include photography, music, biking and lo-tech lifestyle.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have stayed many times in my friends' houses when travelling; I almost never used hotel except when on business or very long stay.
I have lived in San Francisco many years and only had a few times when friends were staying in my place; I do not have so many visitors from other towns now.
So now I think of helping other people to receive what I have received from my friends before.

Interests

Eastern European Music; Grid system; good laptop computers; well-designed chairs; bicycles that are not getting stolen;
spontaneous performance art; Apple computers (but not phones); medium-format photography (on hold now);
record players (own one, twenty years old)

• arts
• books
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• technology
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• cycling
• swimming
• business
• mathematics
• software
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swimming pool on top of triple sky scraper hotel in SIngapore - man-made
dancing during total lunar eclipse as seen in Altai mountains
holding my daughter just after birth - most amazing

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Ukraine, United States

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