Sunny & Moony ^_^
I'm both extremely social, an explorer, adventurer, and also very introspective, contemplative, and serene ; )

Currently traveling between France and Morocco.
In the near future I'd like to settle down in Paris.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I usually host my friends when they come to visit wherever I am, and like to stay with my friends when I travel to their cities. Being with good people is always a nice experience.

Before joining CS, I hosted a CS guy when I was living on my own in Japan, and I found the idea really interesting. I love meeting nice people, and CS seems like a very nice way of doing it.

Interests

Lately: daily morning yoga, lots of walking and cooking

More: shakuhachi, singing, learning languages, traveling, diving, swimming, photography, cinema, books, concerts, good food, red wine.

• cats
• books
• singing
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• hiking
• scuba diving
• volleyball
• swimming
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors
Sci-fi and fantasy: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Fiction: John Steinbeck, Paul Auster, Jose Saramago
Non-Fiction: Oliver Sacks
Japanese: Mishima, Kawabata, Tanizaki

Book
"The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

Cinema:
Taika Waititi ("What We Do in the Shadows")

TV series
Boston Legal
Boardwalk Empire
Vikings, GoT (S1-S7)
Penny Dreadful, Hannibal
Gotham, iZombie
Babylon 5, Farscape

Music
rock, metal, goth, classical, ethnic, MPB
German industrial-metal

A few bands from a veeeery long list:
Switchblade Symphony, Weissglut, Tanzwut, Sisters of Mercy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- worked in two different social-educational projects for the Japanese government at the same period in two different prefectures (spent 3-4 hours communting every day but it was worth it!)
- helped lots of Brazilians and other Latin-American immigrants in Japan (volunteer jobs in hospitals and community centers)
- backpacked in SE Asia (1 month) and in Europe (6 months in 2012, 9 months in 2017, 6 months in 2018)
- slept/overnighted on a bench in a trainstation consisting only of a plataform with that one bench (in the north of Japan - it was Summer but it was freezing cold)
- met the most strange and interesting people in odd places on the globe (like a guy who worked at an aquatic center in Taiwan: his job was to jump from a high platform into a pool wearing a costume - oh dang, forgot to ask what kind of costume is was!)
- had too much fun not focusing on my studies and doing a lot of fun things such as learning the soroban, taiko, shakuhachi (all Japanese cultural stuff) and traveling a lot, making my fellow colleagues at university feel bad for studying too much, which compelled them to live a little and do more then just attend classes at university

Teach, Learn, Share

A good conversation, when enjoyed by all participants, can be more intoxicating then alcohol. (And since I can't get drunk when I drink too much - I get sick before feeling good - that's the only way I can get "high" easily.)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Japanese and a little bit of Italian and German.

I love cooking: we can cook together or I can cook for my hosts/guests.

I have some time during the week and on weekends to explore the city with my hosts/guests.

I got lots of stories to share from the places I've been to and the people I've met and would love to hear my host's/guest's experiences as well!

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Japan