CURRENT MISSION

to be the best friend a dog could have

ABOUT ME

98 percent of people are good and the other 2 percent I dont know.

I like to cook and dance. I also like to hike up mountains

In general:

People are better than television.

I am an architect and lighting designer... now turned creative director in Riga.

PHILOSOPHY

My current aim/philosophy in life is to give as much as I can without expecting anything in return.

Heres the trick... Know your limits and never over extend yourself.

Follow your intuition and offer what you can to people who you are comfortable with.

Be sensitive to the needs of others and offer before they ask.

Offer honestly.

Then what happens (in my experience anyway) is that goodwill floods back in, and you find people who will look out for you wherever you are, and want to be in your company.

Does this sound a bit hippie to you? Don't be fooled. Im also a hard-wired sceptic.

... but for years I have been graciously supported and looked after by people around me. Now that I have the resources and opportunity to give something back i try as much as i can to do so - in the interests of universal poetic justice!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Sorry All,

Currently living with people in a full house, so i don't have space at the moment to host. I'll let you know it things change

Interests

Living. Dancing. Eating. Gaining aptitude at different things.

• dogs
• architecture
• design
• interior design
• dancing
• cooking
• blues
• hiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Birdman, Fresh, City of god, Dirty pretty things, Bladerunner (the NON directors cut), Fresh, My life as a dog, Little miss Sunshine, Me you and everyone we know, American beauty, Nymphomania, 2046, Against the wall (Gegen die wand), Let the Right One In.

Anything that David Attenborough hosts.

SOUL JAZZ AND DUB
Nina Simone, Fat Freddy's Drop, trinity roots, Jenny wilson, Fela Kuti, Ivan boogaloo Joe Jones, Aloe Blac, JJ Cale, Bill Withers, Richie Havens, Georgie Fame, Stevie Wonder, Al Green... etc.

OTHER DANCEABLE STUFF
The Twelves, Session Victim, Similou, The Opposites, Outkast, Pauline, Parov Stelar, The Knife, When Saints go Machine, RJD2, Two door cinema club, Nicholas Jaar

Joanna Newsom, Alexander, Andrew Bird, Jose Gonzalez, Laura Veirs, The tallest Man on Earth, Joan Armatrading, Leonard Cohen, Feist, Kings of Convenience, Paul Simon, Julia Stone, Cat Power, Lou reed, Nick drake.

I have a renewed interest in completely daggy 80s music (Hall & Oats, Men at Work, Bryan Ferry, Simple Minds (gulp) and groups like that)

And soul... (If i was to be reborn, it would be with an afro and patchwork flares)

For a more accurate description of these tastes, I have my favourites list on Spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/user/enlai.hooi/playlist/4livaX1M2APnPFbtqkssBL

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach design and architecture... Over the previous 8 years i have been teaching architecture, industrial design and interior design at university.

I am also learning Blues and Contact improvisation

I would also like to take up Spanish again because I like the language and many of the countries that speak it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Dancing and cooking are almost always on the agenda. If you don't like either, you might have the wrong host.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Christmas Island, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom

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