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Overview

  • 31 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning Chinese, German, Swedish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Yes Man!
  • High School
  • From Turku
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Short time: I'll start school again. Long Time: Learn to see the utter beauty of life.

ABOUT ME

Well, I'm 23 year old restless soul, who sometimes like to stay still :)

I'm a shyish extrovert. Mostly I feel like I want to be at the center of the action, but sometimes I will try to take over the most silent corner of the party. I like to make new friends, but every now and then it can be difficult to start the conversation. If I have this "no-talking-mood", just kick me and start talking. This goes the other way around as well, if I'm talking and you can't say anything, just kick me again and tell me this.

Some day I will get hitched, learn to dance move to my own house.

I most probably hold the world record of baby head banging... I used to hammer our wall with my tiny little head when I was around 1-year-old.

PHILOSOPHY

I would like to learn everything. Sadly I get easily bored to things I have been doing for a while, but I suppose there is still no reason for not trying. Trying and failing might sound stupid, but I could say not trying at all is the dumbest thing of all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering a couch to people in need (of place to stay for a night).

Mm, meetings are nice as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted some nights, as well as tried some couches. More to come.

Interests

Travelling, enjoying life, movies, learning new things, meeting people, listening to good music, and of course just relaxing sometimes.

  • beauty
  • dancing
  • running
  • partying
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Lost in Translation(The greatest masterpiece of all), American History X, Before Sunrise, Casino Royale, Crash, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Nemo, Finding Neverland, Forrest Gump, The Man from Earth, The Matrix, Schindler's List, The Shawshank Redemption.

MUSIC: Dance music from (50's)60's to 80's(90's). Top 3: ABBA, Beatles, Bee Gees... Other Goodies: Other goodies: Van Morrison, Roy Orbison, The Supremes, Boney M, Village People, Gloria Gaynor, Bob Sinclair, Don Huonot, Leevi and the Leavings, Elvis Presley, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Europe, Gigi D'Agostine, Guns 'N Roses, Aerosmith, Roxy Music, Simon & Garfunkel, Eagles, Scorpions, R.E.M to start with.

BOOKS: Books that are easy to read and give you knowledge are great. Sometimes total fiction is nice as well, but that is just.. well sometimes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The busy and warm atmosphere of New York, the city view of Hong Kong, the sunset in Grand Canyon, the action-packed ride of Kingda Ka, the archipelago of Finland in the Summer are some nice things I can get to my mind easily.

Teach, Learn, Share

One of things I would like to do is to run away from Finland to some warm island far far away and stay there for months. Time will show us whether that happens. In the mean time my travels will be intensive running from place to place and staying still only for nights.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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