CURRENT MISSION

To stop having a mission, sometimes

ABOUT ME

At the moment I'm planning to go by train to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. I am going with friend Siobhan who I've known all my life, and for her it will be the first leg of a trip round the world.

See the other sections below for other stuff.

PHILOSOPHY

Might be able to work it out from the other stuff. If I ever work it out then I will upload the answer immediately.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't yet

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None - just starting

Interests

Music - playing it, writing it and listening to it, although people are sometimes amazed that I don't know a particular band. I'm on the lookout for a mini guitar to take travelling.

Plants - they are great. I am learning more about them - how to grow them, which ones you can eat etc.

Buddhism and meditation

I might add more things later.

• writing
• modeling
• meditation
• shopping
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• guitar
• buddhist
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: I like "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and "the lives of others"

Music: Richard Thompson, Joanna Newsom, Talking Heads, Billy Bragg, Kate Rusby, Gillian Welch, Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, Bellowhead, Bruce Springsteen, Buena Vista Social Club, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Christy Moore, Joni Mitchell, Kirsty Maccoll, Macy Gray, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Rokia Traore, The Pogues, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Yann Tiersen, Yes

Books: I am forgetful so I'll usually say something I've read recently. At the moment it's Wuthering Heights, and "To meet the real dragon" by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Jeffrey Bailey.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love maths puzzles. Here is one:

A gift shop owner decides to sell coloured cubes to tourists. The six faces must be painted red, yellow, green blue, orange and pink, so that each face is a different colour. The owner wants to have as wide a range of products as possible, so he wants to create different cubes by putting the colours in different positions. Each of these cubes will then be a different model, with a different serial number, and different names like "cube original", "cube deluxe", "cube gold" etc. How many different cubes can he make in this way? (Hint: the answer is not 720)

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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