UPDATE: Back in Swindon.

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ABOUT ME

An individual who lives to learn would probably sum me up the most. Generally, I like to travel, the learn languages, meet new people and experience things I could not at home - which would be everywhere.

Last year I finished my Masters in Conflict, Rights, and Justice where I focused on the Balkans. I completed my Bachelors in the Korean language and History of Art / Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.

In terms of my interests, the whole world is my interest I think. I absolutely love learning about new places and exploring things I haven't done before.

I am currently learning various languages on and off. Presently I am rotating around French, Spanish and Russian and hopefully it will be a good level at some point!

PHILOSOPHY

Good music, good food, and good company.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy engaging with people wherever I am really and that is the crux of it. Meeting new people doesn't depend on the location and circumstances, you can be anywhere and meet awesome people!

Interests

Drawing, painting, traveling, Ukiyo-e prints and the Japanese Meiji period, people and socialising, having a 'moment' where you realise something you had not previously, learning Serbo-Croatian, folk music, life, snow, kimchi, coffee, Serbia, learning other languages that would not be as 'useful' just because it sounds beautiful, cooking, fashion, Hobbes, literature Kosovo, the Korean language, good old English tea, Canada, etc

• literature
• fashion
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• languages
• korea
• balkans

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to quite a variety of music, it honestly depends on my mood. Some of my favourite music includes:

Sigur Rós, Kygo, Beirut, Tose Proeski The Kooks, Matoma, Felix Jaehn, Blur, The Tallest Man on Earth, Bon Iver, Chihiro Onitsuka, Vance Joy, Mumford and Sons, Kings of Leon, Michael Calfan, The Tallest Man on Earth, AfroCelts, Fleet Foxes, Interpol, Sirens of Lesbos, Radiohead, Edward Sharp and Magnetic Zeros, The XX, Smashing Pumpkins, Stereophonics, Daughter, The Cure, Rudimental, Mavrick Sabre, Burhan G, The Cranberries, John Legend, Ojos de Brujo,

Trainspotting, 불꽃처럼 나비처럼 (The Sword with No Name), Lord of the Rings, The Pianist, Only Lovers Left Alive, Amelie,

The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), Spring Snow (Mishima), Norwegian Wood (Murakami), 1984 (Orwell).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1) Climbing Mt. Fuji (2011)

2) Going in too deep Siberia on the Trans-Mongolian railway at dawn with lightening pounding across the sky and the wind in my face (2010)

3) Climbing the Great Wall of China (2010).

4) Sleeping in a Mongolian Yurt (2010).

5) Drinking Belgian beer in Bruges with awesome friends (2012).

6) Being on the highest point of Europe: Jongfrau (2013).

7) Moved to Ramallah, in the West Bank (2013)

8) Exploring the back streets of Berlin (2013)

9) Exploring the Balkans (2014)

10) Northern Lights and whales watching in Iceland (2015)

11) Moving to Georgia (2016)

12) Traveling to Thailand and getting to meet some rescue elephants (2016)

Teach, Learn, Share

I love life and making people happy. Often this involves cooking and baked goods.

What I Can Share with Hosts

An open heart, mind and soul!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Palestine, South Korea, United Kingdom