CURRENT MISSION

Learn Spanish and flamenco guitar, start studying photography in Opava

ABOUT ME

Lightstalker. China addicted ;)

30 years old, just moved back to Poland from China where I studied, worked as a translator / interpreter, photographer and culture promotion specialist. I love traveling, meeting new people, listening to their stories, sharing experiences, learning from them and getting to know their cultures.

So far I have found four passions in life (apart from a lot of hobbies): sinology, photography, playing the guitar and traveling and I hope I can continue living a happy life, traveling, getting new experiences, meeting a lot of new friends and enjoying life to the fullest in their company.

PHILOSOPHY

"Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts."

- Minor White

“三人行必有我师”

"Among three people I will surely find a teacher"

“学而时习之，不亦悦乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？”

To learn and at due times to put what one has learnt to use, isn't it a great pleasure? That friends come to one from afar, is this not a great joy?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you ever get to wherever I live I will try to show you around. We can go out, have some fun, do some photography together or do whatever we feel like doing at the moment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Various CS parties in Poznan and a CS slideshow organized by Magda Sitarek. Met a lot of Couch Surfers during my stay in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia as well as surfed one couch in Phnom Phen for a couple of days. Trying to attend CS meetings and events in Beijing.

Interests

China, Chinese culture and art, Asia, traveling, learning foreign languages, photography (both digital and traditional), journalism, photojournalism, martial arts, computers, fantasy & role-playing, playing the guitar and many more.

• arts
• culture
• photography
• flamenco
• dining
• cooking
• chinese food
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• guitar
• martial arts
• teaching
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:

Braveheart, Star Wars (old episodes), Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Forrest Gump, Dead Poets Society, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and some other.

Books:

Iron & Silk (Mark Salzman), Japan Lost (Alex Kerr), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), works of Ryszard Kapuscinski and Andrzej Stasiuk.

Favorite photographers:

- Sebastião Salgado,
- Henri Cartier-Bresson,
- August Sander,
- Paolo Pellegrin,
- Peter Lindbergh,
- Carl De Keyzer,
- James Nachtwey,
- Katharina Hesse,
- Elliott Erwitt,
- Tomasz Gudzowaty.

Music:

Rock, flamenco, blues, jazz and anything that goes along with my mood at a certain moment (excluding techno and disco).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've lived in a traditional "hutong" neighbourhood in Beijing for half a year. Living among old Beijingners (老北京人), learning their language, culture and lifestyle was definitely the best life experience I could ever dream of.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Polish as well as Chinese ;) I can also tell you a lot of stuff about China, especially Beijing. Believe me or not, I know Beijing much better than I will ever know Poznan. It's just one of the places I call "home".

I can teach you how to develop traditional B&W films and how to use these cool, old-fashioned, pre-digital cameras.

I can try to cook some Polish food for you but my friends say that Chinese food I make is way better ;)

I'd love to learn some Spanish as well as how to play flamenco guitar :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Poland