CURRENT MISSION

See the world and meet the people from it. Befriend them. Categorize them. Catch them all. Pokemon

ABOUT ME

I'm an open minded guy with a good sense of humour and a positive attitude. After having lived in Japan, surrounded by Japanese people as well as many other foreigners of various nationalities, I developed a bit of a travel bug. I hope to make it as contagious as possible :D I'm possibly a bit of a nerd, but in a good way. I love to socialise, and have a wide range of interests. Right now I'm teaching English in Korea until March 2016 and completing my research dissertation.

PHILOSOPHY

Bring a smile to people I meet, and have a good time doing it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want people who travel to my part of the world to have a good time, and to have a good time when I travel to other parts of the world. I imagine CS to be like Karma - the more you give, the more you get.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with one in Thailand, two in Singapore, I've had two surfers who came together staying at my place for a night, and met up with two dutch guys for coffee.

Interests

Piano, music, reading, writing, skiing, computers, rock climbing, extreme sports (interested, but haven't had the chance to yet...), travelling, calligraphy, pc games, language learning, and other stuff :)

• writing
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• piano
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• extreme sports
• calligraphy
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Almost all music except maybe death metal (with 90s pop occupying a special place in my heart :) )

Love Actually, A.I., A Single Man, Studio Ghibli movies

Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, J.R.R. Tolkein, R.A. Salvadore, too many to list here really

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in Japan
Skiing in the gorgeous white mountains of Niseko
Playing with white lion cubs
Met wonderful people from almost every English speaking country on Earth, and many wonderful people from many other countries too
Living in Korea

Teach, Learn, Share

English: Hello
Afrikaans: Hello
Norwegian: Hei! Hvordan har du det?
Japanese: Konnichiwa (こんにちは)

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, South Africa, South Korea