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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Swedish; learning German, Portuguese
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Student at IST Lisbon
  • MSc Industrial engineering and management (IST Lisbon), B...
  • From Värnamo
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Figuring out what else to do in the winter but sleep it all through

ABOUT ME

I love people, I love partying, I love having fun :)

I'm interested in somewhat nerdy stuff like maths and physics, but also pretty cool stuff such as entrepreneurship and human relations.

I've been part of party-arranging committees and got quite a lot of experience in arranging large parties, cooking lots of food and planning trips for large groups. I've been member of our student union board and got a whole bunch of experience in that field too.

I'm currently in a student organization called BEST; a super-cool committee that makes it possible for students all over europe to travel, meet and exchange their culture! BESTies make it hard not to love travelling :)

Sometime in the near future I will:
- Visit Asia
- Surf, raft, climb, practice some fighting sport
- Join a golf club and start playing seriously
- Make a lot of new friends! :D
[OK] Backpack Europe by train on my own

PHILOSOPHY

1. Always look forward, never look back!
I don't like cameras -- I don't want to feed on old memories and dreams, I want real experiences!

2. 7P
Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Spreading the CS spirit to everyone with the right personality! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Backpacked Europe by train summer 09, couchsurfing all my way -- it was absolutely awesome!

Another time, in another life, I was going to a concert with some cool bands I like and planned to live in an apartment I'd borrow from a friend. But like the bast I am, I forgot the keys at home and couldn't get in :P

Fortunately for me I had another friend living in town, so I simply showed up at his doorstep saying
"Hey Jonas, good to see you!! :D Btw, you need to let me use your couch because I cant get into my apartment"

Fortunately for me he was OK with it, but he made it pretty clear that I should have called first :)

Basically, if some crazy swede uninvited shows up at your doorstep, offering you a pack of beer for a night on your couch -- don't worry -- its proboably just me :P

Interests

Friends, being with people
Having fun
Travelling
Drinking beer
Movies
Music

Alright.. not an exhaustive list, but that just leaves more for the time we meet up! :D

  • culture
  • performing arts
  • concerts
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • partying
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • backpacking
  • sports
  • golf
  • entrepreneurship
  • mathematics
  • physics

Music, Movies, and Books

I like most music, but I favour well-composed, speeded up symphonical music. Bands such as Nightwish and Rhapsody of fire are definite favourites!

Manowar - The best heavy metal band ever!

Movies.. waay too many, I watch movies all the time!
Two never dying favourites though are Braveheart and Evil dead 3 - Bruce Campbell vs Army of darkness

Books: I like realistic thrillers, such as Andy Mc Nabbs books or the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child

Teach, Learn, Share

Alone we could aim for the stars, but only together we can reach them!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Sweden

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