CURRENT MISSION

Still looking for a mission

ABOUT ME

All about me? Hmmm, that´s hard to say. Well, for instance I play guitar at a Munich jazzband (www.jazz-in-muenchen.de). We are not unbelievable good, but at least we try to make people laugh. As I obtained a law degree, I give voluntary legal advice to refugees and teach German to them - at least I try to, even tough German is pretty complicated. I earn my money as a assistant lecturer at University; besides that I am working on my Ph.d in philosphy, topic: "The rights of strangers".
I am not the kind of person, that makes party all the time, sometimes I prefer just to listen and observe. I am interested in meeting new people, having the possibility to experience foreign cities through the eyes of people who live there.

PHILOSOPHY

Actually, apart from law I also studied philosophy at university and received a proper degree. So I know a few things about other persons' philosophy. And my own personal philosophy? Hmm, I love good food and sleeping!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, there is a small room in our flat. Whoever wants to, can live there. I think, the CS-Project proofs, that the economists theory about the selfish homo economicus is wrong: People can be nice and friendly without being payed for it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It was ok, could have been worse. Didn`t get killed. Once I had to sleep without fresh linen, so I had to give a negative reference and inform the couchsurfing security agency.
Allright, I have to add this note: I am acutally starting to dislike Couchsurfing since I fell that it is getting more and more commercial. And that there are so many people (mainly male guys) that see CS as a datingwebsite. I feel like a grandpa, but when I started with couchsurfing in the good old times... Anyhow, there a still some nice Couchsurfer, but its getting harder to find them.

Interests

I like reading a lot, especially the older books from famous German/Autrian writers (Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Heinrich Böll). Apart from that I do a lot of Acroyoga and gardening. When my flat-mate is out or I am showering, I try to sing. I am - what else? - an open minded person, open to new people, strange tasting food, interesting conversations and - if possible - some shared music sessions. I love hiking in the nearby mountains, I easyly forget things, yet I can always remember a hiking-trip.

• books
• singing
• dining
• partying
• gardening
• reading
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• journalism
• law
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like German books and I used to read most of the famous German philosophers as well. To be honest, I don´t know much about movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I experienced the parliamentary elections in Cameroon as a journalist. Now I can distinguish a Democracy from a not-Democracy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I TEACH at university; I try to LEARN not to eat too quickly; I SHARE most of the time with myself. Is this an approbriate answer?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Acroyoga, guitar lessons, deep insights in the German soul...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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