CURRENT MISSION

Ultimately, it all comes down to a very basic yet effective mission: how can I make the world a better place?

ABOUT ME

What can I say? I've had this profile for a while now but never really felt the need to use it as I always went places and hit up friends I've made in NYC (a place where you meet virtually anybody from anywhere, after all), but since I love meeting new people I deem it wise to be more active here.

I try and succeed in being a doe-eyed, spontaneous, puppy-loving, charming, confident, low-maintenance, somewhat naive, creative and ambitious young chap.

I try and fail in being a pessimistic, realistic, well-organized, easily dissatisfied, technologically savvy and money-oriented brunette.

My main aspirations lie in the field of acting for which I moved to NYC at age 18 filled with dreams and hopes. I took some time to be back with family and friends in Holland this year which also gives me the opportunity to travel.

One day I hope to create a business which will drastically shift the paradigms of global education.

I am easily satisfied when it comes to accommodations, will always abide by your house-rules and love being a listening ear to your troubles or a partnering voice of reason in a healthy political debate.

Feel free to check out my website for more professionally taken pictures and a fancy video of me doing what I love most :)

PHILOSOPHY

At the moment I believe learning is the main focus in life. It doesn't really matter whether if you do that as a mentor or a pupil.

I try to live with full awareness without judgement.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Ehm, actively?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a couchsurfing.com virgin, but far from a a stranger to the art of sleeping on sofa's!

Interests

Any watersports (sailing, surfing, swimming etc.), writing, poetry, film film film and theater, traveling, drumming, piano. I go ape-shit on the dancefloor.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• theater
• acting
• education
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• piano
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• swimming
• business
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Tree of Life, Big Fish, Lord of The Rings, Mr. Nobody, Synecdoche New York, Into the Wild, Superbad, The Lion King, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Music: orchestrated movie soundtracks, different kinds of indie-pop, folk bands, house, electro and much, much more.

Books: The Alchemist, Abeltje, The Prophet, le petit Prince, the Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have scuba-dived and ran out of oxygen 25 feet under water

I climbed a tree when I was seven and saw my mom nearly fainting when she discovered I was up 25 feet.

I performed at a 500 seat theater and saw the audience giving a standing ovation after an ending scene monologue

I sky-dived over 200 times in my dreams

I've sailed and survived a storm when I fell in the water and lightning struck close to me

I've seen my Yoshi character get the Party Star in Mario Party 4

Teach, Learn, Share

Wow, I'm just reading the mission of Couchsurfing University, something I didn't know anything about. Sweet! Anyways, yeah, I love meeting people who share my love of learning. I know a thing or two about the craft of acting since that's what I studied and will pretend to know much more about pretty much everything else if need be.