CURRENT MISSION

Trying to find a rocket ship to take me to Mars.....

ABOUT ME

I live in the Philly area. I from Boston where I studied at Harvard. Before that I lived in Japan for two years to study Peacebuilding.

I was born and raised in the UK until I was 16, then I moved to the USA. My parents love to move around - I guess I've gotten the travel genes from them.

I might be a little nerdy, that's not a bad thing. Growing up I wanted to be an archaeologist like Indiana Jones or an astronomer. Neither happened, instead I became involved in religion and peacebuilding adventures in Myanmar, Japan, Spain, UK and other places around the world.

I've traveled to 38 countries so far.

PHILOSOPHY

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.
I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about." - Rumi

“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.” - Rumi

I realized by living in Tokyo and Myanmar that I can't call one place home....I feel at home in every place I visit, because traveling gives me a sense of meaning and community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking to surf right now, but hoping to host later on this year when I settle in.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed once in Spain for five days and it was wonderful!

Interests

I love animals, coffee, chocolate, reading trashy romance novels, movies, contemporary art, dancing late into the night, and people watching at cafes.

• animals
• arts
• contemporary art
• dancing
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• breakfast
• chocolate
• coffee
• desserts
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• archeology
• astronomy
• languages
• philosophy
• religion
• science
• peacebuilding

Music, Movies, and Books

Fave Books: Where the Wild Things Are, Pride and Prejudice, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Alchemist, Little Bee, poetry, trashy Romance Novels (too many to list)...

Fave Music: Radiohead, Black Keys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Awolnation, Wolfmother, Madamoiselle K, The Heavy, Florence + The Machine, Duffy, Frou Frou, Tegan & Sara, Marcy Playground, The Pogues....in general a lot of indie rock.

Fave Shows: Supernatural, The Originals, Sherlock, Law & Order SVU, Criminal Minds and Bones (There's an obvious theme here)

Fave Movies: Rom Coms, Kings Speech, Life of Pi, Goonies, Star Wars, Star Trek, Girl with the Dragon Tats, Fanaa, Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, & Spirited Away...

I eat all foods and favorites are hard to list.....I cook Indian/Pakistani curries....and amazing breakfasts. I love breakfast and brunch.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've also gone cross-country on a motorcycle in Guatemala, which was amazing and beautiful....riding on mountains and hills above clouds.

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking: breakfast recipes, Pakistani curries, sushi, desserts

Languages: Urdu

Conflict resolution and/or peacebuilding 101

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share language skills (I also teach English if you want me to proof read a paper). I love to share food by cooking too! I can share music too if you like.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Spain, United Kingdom, United States