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Overview

  • 30 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Teacher
  • History and International relations BA
  • From Sheffield
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to save money to complete my cycle to Singapore from the UK for charity. Check my site if you like the Idea.

ABOUT ME

I like, mountain biking, History, Current affairs, Reagae and a load of other music, I have grown up all over the UK and have just started cycling from the UK to Singapore.

PHILOSOPHY

I want everyone to be happy and have a fair shot at life. we should all try and help each other as much as possible. I dont think i can really claim to have a philosophy yet.

I like these quotes:

"History is a pack of lies we play on the dead."

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it." Julius Caesar,

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing, Hosting, Talking.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Haven't met anyone i didn't like touch wood. My favorite experience was staying in Croatia and getting a guided tour of the local roman history from a local.

Interests

Cycling, reading and partying. Am still learning about this place so maybe we can find things out together..

  • humanities
  • partying
  • politics
  • reading
  • music
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • history
  • international relations
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOOKS:

If this is a man and the truth by Primo Levi,
The importance of being earnest by mr wilde,
cATCH 22,
Sharpe Novels,
Flashman
A long way down by nick hornby,
Cicero an attack on an enemy of freedom,
The republic
The civil wars by ceaser
Herodotus

FILMS

The real friends of terror.
departed
Clerks
Hellboy,
Once upon a time in the west
Koyaanisqatsi,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I cycled round southern Europe with me padre Tim Newark!

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to talk about world politics, international relations or history i would love to, Im interested in learning more about non eurocentric aproaches to the humanities! Plus if you have a lot of patience then i am just starting to learn Mandarin and would love some help.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan

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