CURRENT MISSION

Just want to see the world...and make sure everyone else does too

ABOUT ME

My two passions are travel and Ice hockey. I am currently the captain of the USC ice hockey team I am a double major in accounting and international business so the boring side is overcome by the adventurous side.

Favorite travel experiences:

-Playing hockey in Tokyo
-Working in Shanghai
-Studying in Pamplona, Spain
-Partying in Bangkok

PHILOSOPHY

The key to life is working hard and playing hard.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Looking to host as well as surf, plain and simple.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only hosted groups so far. Looking to do some surfing this summer.

Interests

-Hockey
-Music (all kinds)
-Technology
-Meeting new people!

• partying
• technology
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• hockey
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Best movie of all time: The Big Lebowski
Best band: probably Led Zeppelin (though in into everything from house to smooth jazz)

Books: Half the reason I like traveling is that it affords me time to read them.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lost 22-0 to the Japanese ice hockey team,

It was the most spectacular ass-kicking of my life, we only got 2 shots on goal.

Teach, Learn, Share

Some Accounting and some International Business:

Observing a foreign country 101:

Don't get so caught up in taking pictures that you forget to observe with you own eyes the very things you wish to capture with your camera. The pictures never do it justice anyway...

Accounting for Depreciation 101:

If you have a choice whether to depreciate an asset sooner than later, always choose the accelerated method.

As depreciation acts as a non-cash expense, it will reduce your income. More specifically, it will reduce your taxable income thereby DECREASING the amount of taxes you pay that year.

Given the choice between receiving this tax break now or the future, the correct choice is clearly now (assuming the tax rate is fixed). This is do to the time-value of money which essentially says that money is better now than in the future.

Who wants to give the government more money anyways...