CURRENT MISSION

Trying to find a balance between work and all the other important things.

ABOUT ME

I like new things, new people, new cities. But old things, people and cities too.

Sensitive, thinking and passionate guy. Trying to live my life as aware and conscious as possible. I care deeply for the things that surround us, without falling into extremities.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is what you make it. I like to make life interesting for myself and for the people around me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been a Language Team Leader for the dutch translation team quite some time ago.

For the rest I hosted more people then I surfed, but I enjoyed every single meeting I had. I really do believe in meaningful encounters, and that's what makes CS special to me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed a few couches and hosted some people. I liked it a lot, and definitely into more.

I'm not too sure about the way CS is evolving. I don't like it being a corporation. We'll see!

Interests

Music, Books, Theatre, Movies, People, ...

Bertolucci, Almodovar, Inarritu,...

The Five Senses, Vanilla Sky, La Meglio Gioventù, La Mala Educacion, The Dreamers,...

Piazzola, Arvo Pärt, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Fauré, Yann Tiersen, Bach...

Indochine, Spinvis, Vanessa Carlton, Sarah Bettens, Liesbeth List, Sufjan Stevens, An Pierlé, Tori Amos, Bolchi, The Scene, Ray Lamontagne, Ialma, Joanna Newsom, Nina Simone, Johann Johannson, Sigur Ros, Seabear, Beirut, John Mayer, Shout Out Louds, Patrick Wolf, The Tallest Man On Earth, Bon Iver, Four Tet, Get Well Soon, ... .

Irvin D. Yalom, Peter Verhelst, Harry Mulisch, Jonathan Safran Foer, Hans Andreus, Robert Frost,....

More: http://www.last.fm/user/degijze

• books
• movies
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums

Music, Movies, and Books

I like movies a lot, more the arthouse-kind. I hate it when movies have fake-happy-endings. Sometimes there is no way a story can end in a good way ;-).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Iceland. Living on an island in Norway on a lighthouse. Etc

Teach, Learn, Share

Playing the piano, cello , recorder, guitar, drums (basic stuff). I'd like to learn bass!
I know a lot about music, and I am quite passionate about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Palestine, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Benin, Burundi, Netherlands, Norway

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