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Overview
About Me
Please read my profile + room description!
Guys, please don't send copy paste requests especially if you have no references. If you do so don't expect me to answer. Lately I get few requests every day.
As both me and my wife work full time also DON'T REQUEST TO ENTERTAIN YOU/ SHOW YOU AROUND. I might not have time for that.
ABOUT ME
Math geek focusing on the details. Used to work in financial and pharma sectors for several years. For now I am based in Singapure and work as Business Analyst/Data Scientist in one of the biggest Fashion brands in Asia.
I practice Iyengar yoga since 2014 (spend 5 months in India learning from multiple senior teachers). Now I try to practice 3 or more times a week. After work besides yoga I like going for walks, riding motorbikes, hiking, playing chess, and cooking. My wife is Montessori specialist focusing for now mainly on 1.5-3yo and 3-6yo,
I don't know the meaning of words "it won't work out", "we can't do it", "it's impossible", "i think i have eaten too much".
I think I'm a pretty balanced, modern person with flexible thoughts & lifestyle ;) , I can get passionate about Psychology, Red Wine, Mountains, Oh, travel and meeting new people from different cultures. What......? You too.......? Such a co-incidence on this website! We just have to meet up soon!
Biggest dream: To ride on a horse across Mongolia.
PHILOSOPHY
Traveling is the best life school you can attend.
non harming others
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optimism
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study of self
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
I joined CS in 2012 when I started traveling extensively, lately my roommate situation allowed me to host people.
Being a tourist with a city map in hands, tour guide with a flag, following a bunch of retirees who take pictures of every corner has never appeared tempting to me. When I go places, I like to truly be a part of everything related to it, to get the most out of every new city area, or region, to know as much as possible about local life, culture, people - like a local. I believe that CS allows you to meet new people and experience traveling from a totally new perspective.
CS is a huge community full of like-minded people who have a desire to connect with each other. It makes me really happy to be a part of this project and share my stories with fellow travelers and hosts around the world, as well as allow them to enrich my life and become an invaluable part of it.
Interests
Yoga - I practice Iyengar yoga for 5 years including 5 months spent in India
Hiking - Climbed mt Kazbeg in Georgia, together we did Mt Everest base camp together with the passes, mt Agung in Indonesia ...
Cooking - We both like to cook, often we follow vegetarian cookbooks and explore new ideas. Most often we cook Indian, Sri Lankan, Chinese style cuisine.
Salsa - We dance salsa on and of for few years as our first dance we prepared salsa choreo
Languages - I try to pick up languages in the countries we are visiting.
I am also found of:
- Any kind of outdoor activities
- Karaoke singing (although i am not good at it at all)
- Psychology of human relations, Montessori method and
- Board games - we have few of them at home
(...)But have You ever try to ride horse?
Amazing!
- cooking
- yoga
- chess
- hiking
- mathematics
- statistics
- trekking
- salsa
- treking
Music, Movies, and Books
Music:
The Dumplings, Rysy, Queen, The Killers, The Wombats
BOOKS : Non Fiction - Inspirational - Biographies...
Mindset, Power of Habit, Never split the difference....
Movies:
Django, Inception, Wolf of Wall street, (Leonardo Di Caprio, Johny Deep)
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Working as a volunteer in English and Computer Science School for children in Cambodia. I spend really amazing time! Life best experience.
Going by hitchhiking with a Police Car in Slovakia strait to pub to have some beers meet there one guy who is going to study in my city and make one of best friendships ever.
Teach, Learn, Share
Couch surfing is not just about finding a place to crash (sometimes it works), but about cultural exchange.
I am happy to share my travel stories and listen to yours. We are usually keen to cook some food together.
Learn:
Lately we want to invest some time to create and and promote Montessori education service.
We are really interested in learning more about social media, ads, website management and anything that might be useful for that matter.
- Social media, ads, website
- Spanish
Teach/Share:
- Cooking Polish, Indian, vegetarian food.
- Yoga
- Data Science
- Mathematics (does anyone even need it...?)
What I Can Share with Hosts
Flat in the central part of Singapore close to Botanical Garden. Tips for places to visit in the city, maps and guidebooks. There is a gym, pool, jacuzzi, sauna as facilities in the building that you can use. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Countries I’ve Visited
Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Nepal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, Jordan, Poland