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Overview

  • 40 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Tagalog; learning German, Spanish
  • 84, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Frontend Developer
  • Computer Programming, Economics, and a few Psychology cou...
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About Me

First of all, I'm not really 70+ years old.

I’m an ex-digital nomad currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Not doing any long term travel plans in the near future but I would love to hear some travel stories! I play video games and I create apps with lots of bugs 😁
Note to future guests:
- I am more likely to respond to your request if it's within a week's notice
- I do not mind a copy/paste message but *please* at least include in your request something interesting or something that we have in common.

PHILOSOPHY

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." Henry Miller

"My country is the world and my religion is to do good." - Thomas Paine

CHOO+CHOO = train

Interests

  • cats
  • cooking
  • video games
  • psychology
  • programming
  • web development
  • vietnamese food
  • local culture
  • fragrances

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Phoenix, Of Monsters and Men, Coldplay, Capital Cities, Eraserheads, Miike Snow, The Cardigans, Moony, The Killers, Odesza, Kita Alexander

Movies: Fish Story, Lola Rennt, Black Cat White Cat, 3 Idiots, Side Effects, Windstruck, Fight Club, The Butterfly Effect, Oldboy, Das Experiment, Shutter Island, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I really love psychological movies and if you can read this please recommend me some!

Books: Cutting for Stone, The Kite Runner, Shantaram, The Book Thief.... I am open for book exchange. :) I'm currently reading Mistborn Trilogy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learning programming on my own and building my website (http://jylevergara.com)

Scuba diving and getting a Reef Check license

Scuba diving in the Galápagos Islands

Living in a van while travelling around New Zealand for 8 months

Skydiving in New Zealand

Driving a motorbike along the Ha Giang loop (Vietnam) for 4 days

Hitchhiking a garbage truck, actually every hitchhiking experience is amazing

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play the piano and guitar although my skills are a little rusty. I like learning new languages, cooking international cuisines.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If I have some trinkets with me that I bought from different places, you can have one!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Viet Nam

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