CURRENT MISSION

I gotta be creative or i'll die, humourous or i'll cry, and happy until the day i die

ABOUT ME

i'm the kid who wants everybody to laugh and then cares if one person walks out of the room, and takes it as a slight that he couldn't please everybody.. I'm that guy who works so hard and can exclusively focus on something he enjoys, to the point where he excludes other things that also dearly matter... I'm funny when I need to be and humourous when I'm not trying to be... I yearn to be creative in all my pursuits, that's when I feel like I can release, I dedicate myself to a sport to prove I can be the best.. I'm the youngest of three boys and they were always bigger, than me... I been living in the PRC for 3, and teaching, trying to establsih a company, studying, travelling, loving, recovering from heart break, aspiring in pursuits from film-making, hip hop, and the child in me is crying out to do something nuts, so here i am and your reading this, what up? :-)
John

PHILOSOPHY

shang dao, bu shang dao.... on my way or on your own way? either ways its all okay. My life has taken several interesting journeys and everyday seems to be a personal mission to put all myself into what I'm doing and people's satisfaction is important to me, but i gotta let go on perfectionism and focus more on what needs to be done to make myself happier and in turn more relaxed and happier in my pursuits... i pursue friendship and true love, and these are not separate...

the following are some ish for u to ponder:

skeletons in your closet are no worse than others' walk-in wardrobes

mates b4 dates

pop music is not popular

democracy is veiled dictatorship

doublespeak is the language of humans, not exclusive to media and politicians, they are just heard by more people

if u r lacking in an area, don't drag others down to ur level, either excel or forget perfection and lose urself in it, a watched pot never boils, so does one with no water

tolerance..................................

patience...................................

sharing................................................................................................................................................................

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

who knows if you'll read this or even care about what CS was before u met my profile, but i have hosted in double digits, but only been HOSTED by ONE person, twice, so i participate in CS much less readily now, unless i see ur active in CS i am going to assume your poor free-loading butt has turned to CS either to save money or whatever, don't judge, been poor - actually still - and am supporting myself abroad, if u choose to be supported by me, and that's what i do, helping jobs, visas, and we'll be friends if u can put up with all my peculiarities, i do, and if u wanna free-load then u should be loading nothing upon me, in otherwords, i can not give so much to others, but whatever i offer its coz i want u to have it, whatever i do or don't say or do is not accidental..

'if ur in for a penny ur in for a dollar'

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I slept on a lot of couches in my life, but started on cs couches in april last year in HK

i think CS - just like communism (although i'm not a commie) - works perfectly in theory, but as soon as you add the human element it descends into the experirneces that my profile's mad scribblings describe

its a beautiful thing to meet other people who are just as open-minded, free-spirited, and down people... blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

i'm not an advocate nor an employee or CS, i'm an old-head, at 26 a veteran of sharing with a younger and older bro when i was young i have ingrained in my being the creed mi casa su casa, i got people in or dropping over my house as often as i open the door, and even though i've moved homes now my friends say that all my homes are instantly recongnizable as mine and thats why they keep coming back, they feel really welcome :-)

as a surfer I take floors, bean bags, couches, beds, dogs, hay in a pillow case, hollowed out snow caves, i'm in for the company, the experience... as a host i give but stories would incriminate my surfers ... but suffice it to say it has been aaalllll good

Interests

other people's hunger, thirst, weariness, my present, our future, basketball, making music, making clothes Satan thinks is dope to wear, wearing baggy pants, wearing suits, giving to legitimate beggers, being creative and humourous, inspiring people and catching them, being caught by those who love me, history and reading, good movies like old boy, city of god, scanner darkly. musically, i am a fiendishly fiendish fiend for music, but i also like those people who say, 'i don't know any artists names, i just like to listen' because notice the absence of a hard-fast affiliation to any genre, rather just the words 'i like to listen', i too listen more than i talk, (although from all i've wrote you wouldn't think it)and although I recently signed up for facebook, i would rather be in someone's company than in their network, i'm not on any website to rack up more references/contacts than anybody else, they are tools for the betterment of mankind person-by-person, if we can't click that's life, i have as many people who hate me as who like me, but the cool thing, is i'm batting .500 with more than 5.7 billion people yet to cross paths with me

• dogs
• culture
• writing
• cooking
• exercise
• meditation
• clothing
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• bungee jumping
• sports
• basketball
• communications
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

as far as music is concerned, a serious music buff will know that i could not write all but if u r then i will definetely get u on some ish, if u can share what u got too, coz some of my forrays into other genres have been through music-swapping

cliche and obscure as long as they are good that's all i care, and if i am in the movie then its the best movie ever made (re: forbidden kingdom and john rabe)new jack city, fear and loathing in las vegas, old boy, boyz in the hood, chuck norris, cuba gooding, BBC, city of god, kite runner, forbidden kingdom, the shining, stanley kubrick, stand by me, grandma's house, forbidden kingdom (coz i'm in it), shwarzenegger, terrence howard, game, nas, pac, atmosphere, busdriver, people under the stairs, dirty south, 2 live crew, old school, new school, my own music, your music, biography, historical, i can get down with fiction too, i'm stuck in to a book now about afghanistan, the world becomes bigger with each book, more exciting with each song, and deeper with every movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

lived in Hawaii, staying in PRC for past 3 and a half years, rode my bike inter-province, tv show contestant, won lottery, swam with sharks, bungee and sky dive, fell in love and then had it taken away, in Jackie Chan Jet Li movie, have more love in my life, made great friends, been to japan, so much more that others will probably tell you about before me in my mission to be a more humble person, and that's where you come in, joined couchsurfing.com to hear your story and get a better frame of reference on my life....

Teach, Learn, Share

cooking, writing, playing outside, meditation and learning how to access that which we already all know - infinite knowledge, exercise, language, culture, teaching, harmony, determination and keeping sane. But teach me more humility and I'll further develop my personality