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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese; learning Italian, Spanish
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Humanitarian field
  • Master
  • From Lisbon, Portugal
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life while trying to be a better person

ABOUT ME

Adventurous and dreamy, I keep my head on the clouds but my feet on the ground. I don't believe in impossibles but in extremely difficult or in another words, if a problem doesn't have a solution, then there is no problem.
Love my friends and the links people built with each other. Best thing in life. Love a good chat and a good laughing, an easy going afternoon (or an easy sunday morning) walking around and discovering new places, rediscovering old places, get to know other people and other cultures. Love the sea and the sun, water and sky sports (although I don't know how to practice many... but I love them). A good book is always a traveling companion and a political discussion, reshaping the world, a pleasure.

PHILOSOPHY

Some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hopefully soon.

Interests

In my free time I take singing and theatre lessons and I plan to take guitar lessons.
Oh, I love to cook! :)

  • books
  • singing
  • cooking
  • walking
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Monty Python, Tim Burton, Jim Jarmush, Kill Bill, Into the Wild, Fight Club, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Amores Perros...

Music:
The Clash, Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Fiona Apple, Caetano Veloso, Cesaria Evora, Bob Marley, Nina Simone... From rock to reggae, passing by soul, ska and funk, taking a turn in bossa nova and playing drums with afro beats, I can finish the day with jazz and blues.

Books:
Hugo Pratt, Manara, Amin Malouf, Elias Khoury, Patrick Chamoiseau, Paul Auster, Tom Sharpe, Pessoa, Lobo Antunes, Jorge Amado... just too many

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Burma for 18 months with a detour by Bangkok for 4 months. Everything that happened to me during that time was amazing, one way or another. Aung San Suu Kyi was "freed" for example.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Cameroon, Laos, Morocco, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh, Chad, France, Myanmar, Portugal

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