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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Chinese
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Adventurous spirit
  • University of never stop learning (NSL Uni.)
  • From Alicante
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Finding myself

ABOUT ME

I am kind, open-minded, expontaneus, shy, ambitious, exciting, adventurous, fast learner and sometimes out of mind. Also all the people i meet through my working-travelling-life in China think i am a brave and very independent person, which i don't like to think it that way, but... maybe!! . I am looking forward to be more confident too, not that i have not enough reasons cos i have and very good ones, but i'm just like that.

PHILOSOPHY

“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”

― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being nice to every one as long as they are nice to me!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's happening now, i came to Hk for applying chinese visa, but (i would like to write it clear why it was rejected but the chinese government is everywhere so...) it was rejected, so the first days i didn't know what i could do, then just slept on the street cos hotels, hostels, guesthouses here are not cheap and not worthy the money i earn with my sweat every month. One day i thought of using Cs for finding a host which luckily i'd found. My experience with that host was pretty... intense, he showed me the nightlife in Hk, and it was crazy, 3 or 4 days with him, each day hanging out with him and other people at night, each night was a special, weird and very intense night. I've met many interesting, funny, open-minded and easy-going people in those nights. I've also been hosted 2 days by another Cs that i've met while hanging out, a very cool and relaxed guy.

Interests

Sports : I just don't like tracking and cycling, i am a lover of very exciting sports or activities that would make think : "Oh fuck, if i do it this is the end"

Travelling : To every single place in this world, then when i'm done i'll start by exploring other planets... with my own UFO... and meet some cute green small people with giant eyes...

Languages : Want to finish learning chinese, then want to learn japanese.

Reading : Fiction, and books based in some real stories like "Into the wild".

And of course meeting new different people, make cool friends, learn from everyone, experience some exciting and unforgettable situations.

  • books
  • beauty
  • cooking
  • nightlife
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • sports
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I like fiction, action, terror, adventurous and comedy movies. fiction books, also when based in real circunstances like "into the wild" !!.
Music, as long as it sounds good to me i like it, but hate heavy metal, i respect people who likes it though.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Left my country with 19 years old, come to China, not able to speak anything more than my own language, with a month tourist visa, and just one goal in my head, find a job (doesn't matter how hard it could be), work as hard as i can, and be myself. I did 2 of them, i found a job as a cook and i worked hard every day.

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't care for what people around u say or think about u, cos urself is about u, not about others, just do whatever u want and think is right, and if u find out is not right just stop doing it and keep moving.

If there is something which u can't learn anything from then get rid of it as soon as u can, life is for learning and improving, not for wasting and "staying".

There are many things that one wants that seem impossible, but the truth of it is just how u see them and how much u want them, just remove the word "impossible" from your vocabulary.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Spain

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