I love making things and food.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

So far I've met with some pretty awesome people through couch surfing. I think it's a wonderful way to meet all sorts of different people with the united passion for travel (and usually, food, too) and slowly start to understand each other, one person at a time.

Interests

Installation art, scuba diving, music, reading, random research, walking for hours in new places, food, sitting on tall things, post-colonial studies, community organization, socially engaged art, experimental literature, food politics.

• arts
• literature
• singing
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• walking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• woodworking
• music
• piano
• surfing
• scuba diving
• languages
• language exchange
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Right now, I'm reading/watching/listening to:

'Living as Form' - a collection of essays and survey of socially engaged art edited by Nato Thompson
'Empathy Exams' by Leslie Jamison
'China in Ten Words' by Yu Hua
'The Interventionists: User's Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life' from MASS MoCA.
'Animal Farm' by George Orwell
'The Three Body Problem' by Liu Cixin

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dear White People
The Shape of Water
Stoker
Rick and Morty
Cooked
Chef's Table
Ugly Delicious

Y La Bamba
Björk
Paolo Nutini
Kendrick Lamar
alt-J
The Pixies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Food

Teach, Learn, Share

I am pretty good with my hands - I do woodworking, welding, mould-making, ceramics, sewing etc. I’m also fascinated by languages and play a few instruments. I also have a decent amount of experience with teaching English as a second (and even first) language, and have become obsessed with reading theories and research on language learning and brain hacking.

I also love sharing food and cooking with/for people! My ultimate dream is to learn how to cook dishes from all the grandmothers of the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Mountains of food, tangential (but hopefully fun!) conversations, crazy stories from my dreams, and maybe some furniture repair help/advice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Peru, United States