CURRENT MISSION

To travel and eat like kings do.

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in South Auckland, NZ. My family are originally from the beautiful island of Samoa. I'm a firm supporter of homegrown music and try to share this with anyone that'll listen, because of this, my financial status is always glum, due to all the gigs/festivals in Summertime.:)
I work to save, save to travel and travel til I'm broke, then repeat the cycle. Back home long enough to save up again,(survive the rugby world cup>DONE), and then it's onto the next... South America!!

PHILOSOPHY

The four fundamentals in life: To live, to learn, to love and to leave a legacy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by testing out people's couches.;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed for the first time in Lisboa, loooved it.
Couchsurfed in Paris, Morocco, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

Interests

I 'inhale' music. Can't say that I sing or play any instruments(well) but I'm all for listening and dancing to it.Before I was forced to start saving in order to travel, I loved going to gigs, nz music rocks my world.
Great reads, always on the search for books that inspire and entertain.
Strawberry summers.

• culture
• books
• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• rugby
• world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

HOMEGROWN SWEETNESS:Fat Freddy's Drop(summer's soundtrack), Electric Wire Hustle, Ladi 6 & Parks, Kora, Trinity Roots, Katchafire, Opensouls, Tahuna Breaks, the Black Seeds, Fly My Pretties, Che Fu, Salmonella Dub, Shapeshifter,Unity Pacific, 3HD, Six60, Seth Haapu..to name a few.

Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, Slum Village, J Dilla, Bilal, Dwele, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, De La Soul, Nujabes, DJ Mitsu the Beats, Mayer Hawthorne, Amy Winehouse..etc
Hip Hop(of course), 90's r&b, Neo-Soul, reggae, dubstep(at times) jazz, electronic soul, selected pop and rock(dork).

THE TAO OF WU - the RZA
The Manual of the Warrior of Light-Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho
Pillars of the Earth/World without end-Ken Follett
The Bronze Horseman-Paullina Simons
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time- Mark Haddon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gallipoli, Turkey. Heaps more but too dificil to write.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to make Samoan food(would be hard to get supplies being this far away from Polynesia though so a lot of improvising is key).
How to play ukulele(well, one song on the uke)
Learn: to cook meals from every culture near or far. to eat with chopsticks without getting a sore hand.
Share: music, knowledge, food. especially the last.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cook Islands, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Samoa, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, Samoa, Spain

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