CURRENT MISSION

make a difference in the world, a dent big enough for people to remember

ABOUT ME

I live on a spectacular part of the island of Samui! I'll be here for a bit and so I thought I'd reactivate my hosting duties here on CS!

I've been noticing the change in requests recently and since I started years back, I was open to all kinds of requests but this new wave of surfers have lost the sense of what this site is about and what I loved about it so yes, there would be a more stringent approach to choosing my surfers from now on. (August 2016)

i have been traveling for over two years now and it really is just spiraling into an addiction. there is nothing that can compare to the lessons you learn while you're traveling and exposing yourself to all these new experiences.

in manila, i did my senior thesis on the tourism of metro manila. I made a map for backpackers. i havent printed a lot of the map but i can share all the stuff i have researched about manila with you! hopefully, i can share it to all the backpackers of manila in the future! :D

PHILOSOPHY

dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today

Look at you. You are young. And you are scared. Why are you so scared? Stop being paralyzed. Stop swallowing your words. Stop caring what other people think. Wear what you want. Say what you want. Listen to the music you want to listen to. Play it loud as fuck and dance to it. Go out for a drive at midnight and forget that you have school the next day. Stop waiting for Friday. Live now. Do it now. Take risks. Tell secrets. This life is yours. When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

through CS i hope to broaden my social network and thus learn from them and be exposed to different cultures

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have surfed:
once in Shanghai
thrice in Padova
once in Milan
twice in Brussels
once in Paris
once in Rome
twice in Sweden
once in Sicily
once in Amsterdam
twice in Budapest
once in Prague
once in Berlin
once in Oslo
twice in Barcelona
once in Madrid
twice in Malta
once in Ljubljana
once in Hongkong
once in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
once in Penang, Malaysia
once in Bangkok
once in Bologna
once in Lucca
once in Fiji

and hosted quite a few in Padova and Manila...and now, in Samui too!

Interests

sports travelling beach surfing arts

• arts
• books
• dancing
• flying
• yachting
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• sailing
• sports
• study abroad
• tourism
• hitchhiking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Norwegian Wood
the beach
the talented mr. ripley
atonement
a map for saturdays
jiro dreams of sushi
riding giants
step into liquid
the art of travel
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS (the best book I can recommend to you!)
the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
the pianist
north by northwest
into the wild(book and movie)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

competing in Australia and Singapore for Athletics...seeing all different nationalities in one stadium, enjoying life

flying to Vietnam on a whim, buying the tickets a day before after telling my agent to book me the cheapest flight out of the country

spending my birthday on the train from Shanghai to Beijing with a standing room only ticket...8 or 12 hours of sleeping on the floor of the train

being an erasmus mundus student...

hitchhiking from Amsterdam to Antwerp...

2010 birthday in Barcelona, biking around the city, learning how to SAIL with the help of Luis Outeiro and sleeping on a yacht with the help of Kevin McCarthy

Sailing from the Galápagos Islands in South America crossing the Pacific Ocean and stopping at the most idyllic islands all the way to Australia

What I Can Share with Hosts

time and the little know how i have gathered here in Koh Samui

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Philippines, Thailand

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