CURRENT MISSION

To see all the beautiful/ weird/ fun places, landmarks... meet & experience different culture all around the globe! thus giving me a global mindset when it comes to designing!

ABOUT ME

Steff Sarmiento | Create Your BadgeBorn & raised in the Philippines but now living & working in Singapore. I'm a Registered Architect in the Philippines but not a practicing architect, but working now a design engineer in a sub con company for facade and alum works etc here in sg.

hence, I love buildings, skyscrapers, landmarks, anything built out of the ordinary or just plain minimalist.

I love culture & heritage from different places; I'm so fascinated how some places are still intact with their culture & heritage. I support cultural/ historic preservation, I like old buildings that are part of one's history too, it's just sad that some people don't see the beauty of it, and all they do is tear it down to make bigger/ newer buildings.

I am a hobbyist photographer, I love taking pictures of anything. Pictures say a thousand words & capture memories that will make you smile every time you see it.

I'm a frustrated musician, I always wanted to be part of a band, I love playing my guitar (I actually have 4 guitars back home), haven't been playing it much though now. I tried learning flute & violin but it was an epic fail. There's another thing I wanna learn... drums and also ukulele!!

i love the outdoors, trekking, climbing. Every time I reach or go to a very scenic place, the feeling is just so awesome!!

I love books, mangas, movies & watch lots of tv series from comedy to sci-fi to weird stuff...

PHILOSOPHY

Dream High!! Aim high!!! Believe in yourself!! Trust HIM!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Photowalks, meet up, travel buddy...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS Photowalk

Hoping I can fill this up!
visited 3 states (1.33%)Create your own visited map of The World

My Lakbayan grade is C-!How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!Created by Eugene Villar.

Interests

Architecture, travel, sustainabilty, designing, sketching, drawing, arts, skyscrapers, movies, tv, anime, video games, internet, books, music, pets, nature, The outdoors, gadgets, pop culture, heritage & culture, food, sports, photography, people, magic... Anything weird & wonderful!

• pets
• arts
• culture
• books
• architecture
• design
• photography
• sketching
• beauty
• dining
• anime
• movies
• video games
• tv
• traveling
• drawing
• magic
• music
• guitar
• violin
• drums
• outdoor activities
• sports
• rock climbing
• engineering
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: HP1-7, Star Wars, LOTR trilogy, Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, Memento, Trainspotting, Reservoir Dogs, Usual Suspects, Point Blank, High Fidelity, Cinema Paradiso, Legend of 1900, Seven... etc...

MUSIC: All things Rocks!!! but any music will do as long as it is pleasing to the ears... vist my Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/ishtefh03

BOOKS: HP series, LOTR trilogy, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Jonathan Strange & Mrs. Norrell, The Alienist... Books by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Dan Brown, Caleb Carr, Paulo Coelho, John Grisham, HP Lovecraft, Mitch Albom

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- white water rafting!

- Jump off a Waterfalls (But not that high probably, 6 meters high)- Climbed Mt. Pulag, the 3rd Highest mountain in the Philippines @2922 masl, & witnessed the well known "Sea of Clouds" @ the summit.

Teach, Learn, Share

- I can teach you everything i know about architecture, designing, a little bit about photography etc.

- I can teach you to play a little bit guitar. I just recently got a ukulele, so i can teach you also how to play it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, Singapore