CURRENT MISSION

Continue learning about the world and everyone who inhabits it

ABOUT ME

I like to smile and laugh as much as possible, I seem to have found myself in a 9-5 (sometimes 6) job, which probably isn't surprising as I quite like routine. Plus I love my work - I work in community mental health services in the NHS, which continues to interest, surprise and challenge me daily. However, I'm taking a sabbatical from Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 so adventure beckons....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In London now and hoping to have a couch soon and start hosting again, will update when I do :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted people whilst living in Brighton, England through my housemates who were members of this wonderful site before me, always a positive experience, couchsurfed in Taiwan, Japan, China and Hong Kong and looking forward to more soon.

Interests

Being outside in beautiful countryside or inside with a good movie and good food, I love cooking, cycling for pleasure and purpose, travelling when able to...going to see live music and dancing madly, meeting lovely people, doing and teaching yoga and trying to be creative but normally getting stuck by worrying things aren't good enough.

• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Love all things trip-hop, reggae, dub, drum and bass, hip hop, etc but also classical and recently introduced to folkey stuff by new friends... faves include massive attack, bjork, dreadzone, nitin sawney, bob marley, sketchie, rjd2, the roots, nick cave and the bad seeds, the list is too long to put down here...enjoy most films, wong kar-wai, wim wenders, patricio guzman, lars von trier, quentin tarantino, jim jarmusch, coen brothers...as for books, I like the authors David Mitchell, Haruki Murakami, Kobo Abe and any good novel - I like a book to get lost in (his dark materials trilogy, etc).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked to a mysterious, magical, misty lake atop a mountain in Taroko Gorge, Taiwan

Teach, Learn, Share

English, beginners Japanese, yoga, occupational therapy

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United Kingdom

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