CURRENT MISSION

Exploring Life

ABOUT ME

After graduating, I took a leap across the Pacific and taught English in Japan for 2 years. Then I started traveling the long way back to the States and had such wonderful and eye-opening experience that really put things into perspective.

I love meeting people or going places where there are different ideas about how things "are" done, learning from them, and synthesizing (i.e. the basis of American culture!). I'm especially interested in the environment, energy, urban design, and transportation planning. So much so that sometimes I find myself just riding the transportation without any destination in mind. I grew up in the nasti nati which lacks innovation in all of the above, so my recent travels have been eye opening in that sense.

I like having fun, wandering aimlessly, cooking, deep conversations, but especially wandering aimlessly

PHILOSOPHY

Pay it forward always and often to make the world a nicer place with a personal touch.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met up with fellow couchsurfers in Japan and Egypt, and went surfing in New York. Went to a couchsurfing happy hour there and loved it: a different group with a similar desire to get to know about others every time.

Interests

bridge, traveling, colors, fooooooood, good poetry, art, artists, alternative energy and ideas, urban planning, cities designed for walking/bicycles, delving into other cultures and their different ways of doing and thinking about things.

Music, Movies, and Books

Catch-22, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Deathnote, Notes on a Scandal

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made friends with random people in random places without speaking the same language. Seen and been the recipient of genuine kindness from people in all different situations all over the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

bridge (it's a card game, I can't actually build them), travel stories, energy efficiency

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, North Korea, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States