CURRENT MISSION

To be a human being, not a human doing

ABOUT ME

I am a 40-year old woman chasing a teenage dream.

PHILOSOPHY

The purpose of life is to be yourself and to live in a permanent excitemet.

Nothing less and nothing more :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been doing an 'informal' coach surfing for the past 20 years. Have my own network of people that host me or I host them (in both countries I am living now in: Japan and Poland).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Japan,Germany, Switzerland, Thailand - most of the time stayed at places of people/friends I know, but once on the late evening flight Beijing-Bangkok, when I had no place to stay arranged, a Thai stewardess who heard that, immediately offered me to stay at her house.

In the morning I was woken up by the nearby temple's drums and I still hear that sound although it was twenty years ago. Similar thing happened on the Trans-Siberian train. When a very friendly Russian guy traveling in the same compartment realized that I and my Japanese friend had no place to stay in Moscow, he took us to his apartment and his mother cooked us a wonderful meal matching vodka ;)

Interests

Writing and reading. Meeting 'the other person' - therefore love traveling alone and away from bitten tracks, camping, nature, wildlife, Buddhism, veganism, spiritual healing, animal rights, Asia, Africa, literature, dance, driving in Japan, etc.

• animals
• wildlife
• writing
• literature
• dancing
• human rights
• coach
• reading
• traveling
• drums
• camping
• surfing
• buddhist

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Woody Allen, Polanski, Fellini, Sasha Baron Cohen.
Books: Erskine Caldwell, Alberto Moravia, Vladimir Nabokov, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Anchi Min, etc.
Music: Edith Piaff, Mozart, jazz and Arabic folk music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everyday I see something amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach/share - stories.I have a 23-year experience of Asia (mainly Japan, China and Cambodia, but not only). My major is Asia-Pacific, human rights, human trafficking, etc.

Study dharma, Buddhism and spirituality.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Poland