CURRENT MISSION

finish my goddamn PhD

ABOUT ME

I like both human languages and programming languages. I like statistics as well. Currently I'm a PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam. I teach machines to translate from one language to the other languages (from Arabic to English for example). Before doing my PhD, I was pretty damn cool, and I could write few pages about myself. But now I'm totally lost, my memory only dates back to last weekends, when I have a couple of Gin & Tonic with my friends.

PHILOSOPHY

The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

just another random thing I did

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

fabulous!

Interests

film, music, aikido, wandering, computer, people, books, tango

• books
• tango
• music
• languages
• science
• statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

Check out my bookshelves: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7321348-ke

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to Tromso, Norway to see the Northern Light. My bag with all important stuff was stolen in Oslo, but still, I enjoyed my trip with just a camera, and many new friends I met.

I had an amazing year in Winschoterdiep, Groningen as well, surrounded by many wonderful people.

Once upon a time, Jehovah's witnesses rang the door bell and I let them in, then we talked about science.

Super fantastic trip around Issyk Kul (Kyrgyzstan) with local people. Observing Milky Way in a valley, and watching the moon rising over the lake are priceless.

Not to mention Iran solo was totally fabulous!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, United States, Viet Nam