CURRENT MISSION

learn how to speak finnish(!)

ABOUT ME

here are some basic facts about me:-i consider myself a realist but i have a tendency towards optimism-i dont like cats, i am a dog person-i believe that God is dead-most of us will never achieve greatness but we have an actual chance to make an impact on the people surrounding us-i am the worst singer who ever walked this green planet of ours(this doesnt mean that i dont like to sing)-i think that treating people with respect and kindness is an obligation and not a choice-i appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person but i havent turned into a cynic just yet-i like smart people (but a rocket scientist is not necessarily smart in my book)-i believe that a good sence of humor is a sign of intelligence-i am from greece but this doent make me an expert in the works of Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus etc..:)-the tipsier i get the louder my voice decibels become

PHILOSOPHY

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.  This makes it hard to plan the day.  ~Elwyn Brooks White

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i host people whenever its possible. i participate in cs activities as often as i can and every time a non cs person asks me "arent you afraid you might end up hosting a serial killer?" i reply "arent you afraid the hotel receptionist might pull out a gun and blow off your head while you're trying to check in?"

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

first person i ever hosted was from New Zealand!i made him repeat every single sentence he uttered because i was so unfamiliar with his accent. i have hosted some people and i have surfed some people's couches. CS is a constant reminder that people(usually complete strangers), more often than not, will surprise you in the most unexpected ways!

Interests

i like to read (almost everything except self help/healing/improvement/development books. i never understood why some people find them so appealing and i think they're a waste of time)i like board games and crossword puzzles (yes, i am a geek that way)i like dancing, hiking, camping, spending time with friends and collecting memoriessometimes my cooking attempts end up in "not a complete disaster"

• cats
• dogs
• books
• singing
• dancing
• tango
• cooking
• chocolate
• board games
• puzzles
• music
• hiking
• camping
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Nina Simone, Pink Floyd, R.E.M, Cake, Of Montreal, Iron & Wine, Nick Cave, The knife, Radiohead, Justin Bieber(just kidding), Belle and Sebastian, The Mars Volta, The Magnetic fields, Gorillaz, Dionysos, Echo and the Bunnymen..Movies: Zombie movies(28 days later, Planet terror, Zombieland, Dawn of the dead...you get the idea), everything by Tarantino, everything by Boyle, Audrey Hepburn movies, Some like it hot, Arsenic and old lace, Das experiment, The usual suspects, The full monty, Garden State, everything by Monty Python, Donnie Darko, Inception, Ice Age, Harvie Krumpet(short), everything by Eddie Izzard, Breaking the waves, A clockwork orange, everything by the Coen brothers, Pi, everything by Burton, The pianist..Books: The neverending story(Michael Ende), Steppenwolf(Hermann Hesse), the complete works of Jane Austin, the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, Crime and Punishment(Fyodor Dostoevsky), The subterraneans(Jack Kerouac), Bullitt(Robert L. Pike), Eleven kinds of loneliness(Richard Yates), Bel ami(Guy de Maupassant), A journey to the centre of the earth(Jules Verne), The black book(Orhan Pamuk), The secret history (Donna Tartt), Gates of fire(Steven Pressfield), My universities(Maxim Gorky)..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What is amazing?I see amazing things every day!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

here's some things i could possibly "teach":-the greek alphabet-how to play backgammon-how to fix a broken toilet tank-how to prepare a mind-blowing tzatziki-how to dance gipsy tango(finnish style)-how to whistle(really loud) using your fingersand here are some things it took me a while to realise:#1. when you wake up to music chances are you'll start your day in a great mood#2. usually when there is smoke there is, also, fire#3. a smile can take you a reaaaally long way#4. what you want is not necessarily what you need#5. if someone pays you a compliment, learn to take it and say "thank you"#6. when you dance/eat/kiss/sing with your eyes closed you are possibly one step closer to realising what happiness might feel like#7. if you dont like chocolate, you are a FREAK!#8. if you say you've never cheated in an exam, you are a LIAR!Any kind of trivial and/or absolutely useless piece of information/ knowledge you might be willing to share with me will be greatly appreciated!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russian Federation, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Greece

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