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Overview

  • 9 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Industrial Hygienist
  • PhD in Biology
  • From New York, NY, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live life to the fullest and see everything i can possibly see just because the world is an awesome place!!

ABOUT ME

I talk a lot and I listen a lot.

PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY (For a Richer Life)

1) Be Kind
2) Always Listen
3) Qualify Your Opinions/Play Devil's Advocate
4) Question Everything
5) Don't Be Afraid to Share Your Feelings
6) Make a mental photo before making a digital photo (you take the trip for yourself and not for your friend's envy)
7) Try Everything Once
8) Embrace Your Friends & Family (For Better or For Worse)
9) Smile on a Cloudy Day
10) All list don't need to end with 10 items
11) Leave Your Phone at Home Every Once in a While

Just a little check list for living life without regret

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to surf and host...but for now i'll be involved in the groups. Hopefully, i'll get to host/surf again soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in Toronto, Philly, Baltimore and Milwaukee...all great experiences....so far hosted people from Austria, Canada, Germany and from around the US...also great experiences

Interests

ALOT....baseball, football (American football), soccer (football), clubbing, bar hopping, traveling, playing guitar, video games, music, movies, science, talking about meaningful things and SCIENCE...there are just the highlights....this list is VERY large

  • movies
  • video games
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • baseball
  • american football
  • soccer
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: comedy/action, Tarantino Films, Guy Richie films, Wed Anderson Films, 5th Element, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Hangover and good horror films and bad horror films

Music: all sorts...Big into DMB, Coldplay, OAR, Snow Patrol, Hiromi, Sia, Mumford and Sons, The Lumineers

Books: I'll sit down with any good book....classics, modern, mainstream or cult....i'll do them (Currently Reading "Lord of the Rings")

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Will not limit it to 1:

1) I road tripped to 8 different baseball stadiums and 10 cities over the course of 2 weeks

First overseas trip: visited 5 cities in China over the course of 2 weeks (Favorite city was Wuzhen)

Road trip through Europe: Munich -> Innsbruck -> Venice -> Florence -> Rome/Vatican City -> Pisa -> Nice/Monaco -> Avignon -> Lyon -> Paris -> Brussels

Got Married in China 3-22-2014 - Showed the parents around as well :-)

Train Trip through Japan
Tokyo -> Fujikawaguchiko -> Nagoya -> Nara -> Kyoto -> Osaka -> Hiroshima

Teach, Learn, Share

Whatever i got and whatever you got -- i think i got a lot :-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My kindness, passion and knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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