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Overview

  • 49 references 36 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Arabic, Dutch
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • website programming
  • Universities: Oxford, Montpellier, Sorbonne, Amsterdam
  • From England (and 6 mois en France quand j'etais tout petit)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

as in fish in sea // because efficiency

ABOUT ME

Easy-going, laid-back, and at times determined. I'm trying to get my life "right", but realise that focussing too much on that often means getting it wrong. I like philosophical puzzles and paradoxes, and have just spent a post-doctoral research year trying to study some logical aspects of them. Finally realised that i'm happier doing more down-to-earth stuff though, at least for a bit.

PHILOSOPHY

"rationality of thought imposes a limit on a person's concept of his relation to the cosmos" -- John F. Nash Jr (i.e.: "keep it real")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couch was in Toronto and was oresome. Since then i've hosted loads when I lived in Amsterdam (more than 100 people) and surfed a decent amount too.

Interests

food (i like to cook)
capoeira angola
the mind
yoga
film and other photography

  • fish
  • photography
  • beauty
  • capoeira
  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • puzzles
  • fishing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie directors i really like: Kusturica, Lynch, Reggio, Miyazaki, Herzog, Bunuel...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dehydrated ocean: Uyuni and Black Rock City.
(But that kid in American Beauty thought a plastic bag blowing in the wind would do it, so, you know, whatever.)

Teach, Learn, Share

Food and nutrition -- i know some, and want to know more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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