CURRENT MISSION

To be Successful, Loved and Respected.

ABOUT ME

Shwmae Pawb! My name is Huw, I'm 27 and I am a BA (Hons) graduate in Popular Music for the University of Glamorgan @ the Atrium Campus in Cardiff.

I'm a Receptionist/Front of House Staff for the National Assembly for Wales (Government) in Cardiff Bay, I work part time as a Bartender in Wales's top Cricket Stadium and a part time Singing/Guitar Teacher. On the side I am a Bass Guitarist/Backing Singer for a local Soul/Motown group, am a tenor singer in one of Cardiff's high profiled choral groups and am a Singer/Songwriter.

I am a huge character, full of optimism and enthusiasm and am eternally grateful to live life the way I do, I tell people everyday how Im grateful for how I enjoy work and I do it to the best of my ability. Im surrounded and suppported by great friends and family, raised by 2 great parents and wanting to give something back to the world. I once desired to be a film composer, I had a portfolio of work I had been working on for a year or 6 but I've gone down a different route now of teaching and I might eventually start running/popularising Rock Schools/Morning Evening Clubs for kids in urban areas of Cardiff. Besides that I am a language/culture enthusiast who enjoyed a year's experience living and working out in South Africa on a Beach Backpackers and will be a better person from the experience.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is mix of hard work and luck, waiting around/moping and complaining gets you nowhere. If you have new ideas, go for it and be persistent until you get you result. I am not materialistic since the best and happiest people I have met on this earth have been the poorest, but they laugh that bit harder, sing that bit louder and take that extra minute longer to look at the stars, thats how I want to live from now on.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Id like to think that I am the typical young Welshman, Im easily approachable and friendly, I sing in a choir, I worship rugby, I speak Welsh, I love to segregate myself from anything British.........since it is a made up word which means nothing to me. So if anybody ever came to stay or would want to hang out, I would like to be a good guide on the ways of life in Wales and what the country is all about, maybe even give some Welsh lessons and tips on Welsh cuisine....................................................... Fe hoffwn feddwl rydw i yn engraifft gyffredinol o Gymro, rwyn hawdd i siarad gyda, rwyn canu mewn cor, rwyn addoli rygbi, rwyn siarad Cymraeg, ac rwyn hoff iawn o wahanu fy hunan o unrhywbeth Brydeinig...........achos mae'n air ffug sy' ddim yn gwneud synwyr i mi. Felly os mae unrhyw berson yn dod i aros, hoffen ddysgu am y ffordd o fyw yng Nghymru a beth mae'r wlad amdano, hyd yn oed falle rhoi gwersi Cymraeg a rhannu cyfrinachau coginio Cymru.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Ive had great couchsurfing experiences on my Inter rail journey through France and Spain and a mini Euro-trip through Italy and Slovenia, and because of CS it eventually led to me living in South Africa for a year.

ENTER HUW'S COUCHSURFING BONANZA!!! CHOOSE HUW AND MAKE YOUR COUNTRY PROUD! GET YOUR MOTHERLAND UP IN POLL POSITION!!

9 - United States of America
7 - Slovenia
6 - France
6 - Canada
4 - Germany
3 - Australia
2 - Republic of Ireland
2 - Spain
2 - Sweden
2 - Venuzuela
1 - China
1 - Estonia
1 - India
1 - Iran
1 - Italy
1 - Norway
1 - Portugal
1 - Sardegna

50 SURFERS STRONG! Now to 1000!

Hosted At -
La Rochelle, Western France - 1 night
San Claudio nr Oviedo, Asturias Northern Spain- 3nights
Madrid, Central Spain - 1 night
Gandia, South East Spain - 2 nights
Barcelona, North East Spain - 2 nights
Bristol, South West England - 1 night
Birmingham, Midlands England - 2 nights
Bristol again, South West England - 1 night
Budapest, Hungary - 2 nights
Trieste, North East Italy - 1 night
Piran, South West Slovenia - 2 nights
Ljubljana, Central Slovenia - 4 nights
Maribor, North East Slovenia - 2 nights
Sedgefield, South Africa - 8 nights

Interests

Music - Performing with bands and in choirs (Singing, Bass Guitar, Guitar)
Composing - Acoustic duo music, Soul/Motown Arrangements
Cooking - Welsh, English, Indian, Chinese, Italian, South African, Polish foods.
Travelling - As simple as it sounds, I love new surroundings and soaking up the atmosphere.

Languages - Fluent in Welsh and English, am above basic level of 'Afrikaans' after living in SA and currently committed to learning Russian for the remainder of the year.

ART - Keen artist, trying to reclaim my inspiration with pen and watercolours.

• arts
• culture
• singing
• performing arts
• beauty
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• running
• working out
• clubbing
• gardening
• flowers
• politics
• news
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• drums
• sports
• cricket
• rugby
• teaching
• languages
• religion
• tourism
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Love all music

Big film person, love big drama's and low budget british films, fav movies -

Pierrpoint, About Schmitz, Jaws, Saw, Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski, Kill Bill, Terminator, Back to the Future, Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, 4400, Prison Break, Heroes, Searching for Sugarman, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Machinist, Batman and many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in the front row in Birmingham NEC, 2005 seeing Judas Priest and the Scorpions the day Wales beat Ireland to win the 6 Nations Rugby Grandslam in March 2005!
Seeing Craig Bellamy score the winner for Wales against Italy to win it 2-1.
Watching a Chopin Concert in a garden/park in Warsaw,Poland June 2008.
Reaching 2000ft of the Pyrenees Mountains and seeing the most beautiful lake ever way up in the sky!.
Laying down a bunch of Flowers at Riga Freedom Monument on Latvia Independence Day 04.05.2012
Standing 50 metres from a Male Lion Roaring under a full moon in Schotia Game reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa 2012.
Seeing a 4 metre Great White Shark Jump 6 ft into the air at Gaansbai, Hermanus, South Africa 2012.
Living in South Africa on December 5th 2013 for the death of Nelson Mandela.

Teach, Learn, Share

My job as a couchsurfer, I will give an honest insight on Wales and what its all about :) I love my country and i would love to share its beauty with everybody!.......and yes whatever you say, to me it feels like a country not a principality.

I aim to be a good example of a welshman and of a human being.

What I Can Share with Hosts

. I am a cunning linguist so I can give a short/detailed account of the evolution of Celtic Languages.
. Cooking is a favourite past time, I enjoy cooking for others and trying to cook food in either my own cuisine or theirs.
I am a musician, I sing, play bass/guitar/keyboards/drums/djembe and would be happy to teach or just perform for you.
. I am a man of the world with interests in most things, sport, movies, news, religions, politics and wine, so we can spend days talking about mutual interests :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United Kingdom

•