CURRENT MISSION

Find my place on this planet... or another :)

ABOUT ME

Is it all the space I can use, this little frame here? Then you will have to wait until I release my biography... or get to know me :)

PHILOSOPHY

*Behave yourself and if you don't, make sure you are having a good time
*Life consists of little moments - catch them! (=carpe diem)
*Never frown because you never know who will fall in love with your smile :)
*Chocoholic and proud of it!
*The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it - [Oscar Wilde]
*Everything in moderation, including moderation.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am on a mission to convert people to CS and abolish all misleading stereotypes. My friends/colleagues say: "Oh Ewa, you and your CouchSurfing!" But the positive awareness has grown and is spreading like flu :)
I keep my couch open when I am back home and if only time allows it, I am willing to participate in local CS meetings. I am back in Poland now and will rock that Boat I live in (Lodz means a boat in Polish) whenever I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Briefly (most lately):
*Remotely hosted Merve and her friend in Boston Dec 2011
*Hosted Arunan for a couple of nights and had great dinner at a "hole in the wall" restaurant with our friends Nov 2011
*Visited Houston CSers (Cuban party at Cory's and Greek Festival with Ryan and Rebecca, party at Heidi) and introduced/converted 4 new people to the idea :) Oct 2011
*A few outings (drinks, movies, dinner, theater) with Boston CSers in July and August 2011
*Hung out "aggressively" with Miami Beach CS Locals and CS Travelers. Had a blast! and so did my friend Marta (CSer in the making :) (July 2011)
*More Hot Tub parties and Tipsy Tuesdays in San Diego, CA (January, March, May 2011)
*Couldn't get any closer to Hawaii and finally made it there! I almost feel like local to Maui thanks to my host - Dan and his friends (May 2011)
*Traveled to Grand Canyon with my CS-ing and non-CS friends (May 2011)
*Finally made it to a second Boston CS event! :) (April 2011)
*Surfed with Danielle and Jason in LA. Took my Mom along and she liked the experience (March 2011).
*Hot tub and costume party thrower on one downtown roof in San Diego, CA (July 2010-June 2011)
*My first CS event in Boston! So many new faces (November 2010)
*Made it to quite a few parties and CS events while in SD (July-October 2010)
*Hosted my friend Laura from Boston and showed her around San Diego in two crazy busy days. Thank God we had a car :) (October 2010)
*Hosted Tomasz in San Diego. I hope he didn't mind my sofa bed and the hot tub nights ;) (September 2010)
*Surfed with Emmanuel in San Francisco, met Florence and surfed further with her having a lot of fun and many pleasurable moments with the people we met :) (September 2010)
*Had some people crash at my apartment at all the possible sleeping surfaces (beds, floor, bed, small sofa or balcony) after the best toga party ever! (August 2010)
*Me and my friend were lucky to surf Joshua's couch in Las Vegas. I only wish it wasn't so quick (July 2010)
*I hosted Ben when he visited Lodz for Camerimage film festival. We still keep in touch to update each other on our locations :) (November 2009)
*In Birmingham (UK) I stayed at Jonathan's and occupied his spare room for about 3 weeks before I found my own place :) I think we both enjoyed spending some time together. (June 2006)
*I surfed a few couches during my hitchhiking trip in France (Montpellier-Nimes-Lyon-Paris and back :)). Together with my friend Gosia we stayed at Stephanie's and Jarek's for a few days and Catalina took us over to let us spend yet one more day in Paris. (April 2006)
*Poland with my crazy friend Beata. We were good and calm guests to her friend in Poznan.
*In my house there have always been people put up for a night, not only friends but also for example groups of pilgrimage participants (8-10 at once!).

兴趣

Educate myself. I'm constantly learning and I still have plans to learn more (hungry for new languages, guitar, new sports to bruise me even more, dancing to waste my energy on something that produces endorphins, etc).

• theater
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• boating
• movies
• traveling
• guitar
• sports
• languages
• tourism
• hitchhiking
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

Favorite music:
"Time of your life" by Green Day (who wants to be the first to teach me how to play it? guitar preferably of course :) )
good music, old music, the best of the best

Favorite Movies:
Slumdog millionaire, Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Last King of Scotland, The Prestige, The Illusionist, The Pan's Labyrinth, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Jeux d'enfants, Fight Club, A Perfect World, Match Point, Across the Universe

Favorite Books:
All 3 from the series - Stieg Larsson
An Englishman in Paris - Michael Sadler
Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
The Collector - John Fowles
S@motnosc w sieci - Janusz L. Wisniewski
Malowany Ptak - Jerzy Kosinski
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Le Pere Goriot/Father Goriot - Honore de Balzac
A few by Stephen King

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Survived Miami Beach and 4 clubbing nights in a row (9h of sleep in 4 days, I keep amazing myself :))
Survived the road to Hana, HI and did not crash my rental car.
I flew without a plane around me (does it count?).
I always put on a good world for people who serve/assist me well (not a complaint, a good word to help them with the bonus and recognition).
Last time in San Diego I must have eaten more good food than I weigh myself. It is quite incredible, believe me!

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我游览过的国家

Egypt, France, Ireland, Mexico, Ukraine, United States

我居住过的国家

France, United Kingdom, United States

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