CURRENT MISSION

To make life interesting, and keep it that way :)

ABOUT ME

Hello! I'm Chandi, and I'm a half-Indian from the U.S. I love all things classic rock, hair bands, and Bollywood.

I just finished a contract as an ALT English teacher. While my Japanese is has definitely improved here, I discovered that I have no idea what Jehovah's Witnesses are say to me when they come to my door.

I'm always excited about trying out new experiences and meeting new people, and will happily share a takoyaki or go somewhere new with new friends any day :).

Also, I'm a little shy at first, but I open up pretty quickly when I get to know people better :).

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't gotten very involved yet. I joined courchsurfing a few months ago, but have yet to really participate.

But I want to use couchsurfing to meet more worldwide friends, and to meet new people in my area.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No experiences. I'm still new :)

Centres d'intérêt

Guitar, knitting, reading books, seeing new cultures, traveling, Monty Python, live music, karaoke, takoyaki, gothic literature, martial arts

• pets
• dogs
• arts
• books
• literature
• performing arts
• festivals
• dancing
• belly dancing
• bollywood dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• live music
• guitar
• karaoke
• martial arts
• teaching

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music: Bjork, Tuvan throat singing, Gogol Bordello, Munna Bhai sountrack, DJ Ozma (Bounce With Me!), NIN, Voltaire, Aerosmith, Ameba, Billy Idol, Blue Oyster Cult, Jeff Beck, Vas, Niyaz, Ac/Dc, Alice Cooper, Vampire Beach Babes, ThouShaltNot, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack

Movies: Harold and Maude, Hot Fuzz, anything from Monty Python, Iron Giant, Star Trek, Munna Bhai MBBS, Pan's Labyrinth, Velvet Goldmine, Labyrinth, Scotland PA, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon

Books: American Gods, I Robot, Smoke and Mirrors, Good Omens, Sandman comics, Kafka on the Shore, Black Sun Rising, Howl's Moving Castle, Fight Club, Japanese the Spoken Language, The Count of Monte Cristo (still working on this one...)

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Saw my students perform taiko, pet a deer, visited a merchant festival in India where we saw a group of men performing the Ramayana, worked on a farm owned by nuns, eaten octopus (well, that last one's amazing to me)

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Learn: Belly dancing, Bollywood dancing, the mandolin, fluent Japanese, decent cooking skills, glass blowing, and just about anything else I have an opportunity to learn!

Share: bubble tea, Japanese convo, knitting, visiting a dog shelter, and whatever else people have in mind

Teach: bubble tea, guitar, knitting, rudimentary Japanese, Tae Kwon Do, English

Pays que j'ai visités

Canada, India, Thailand

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Japan, United States