CURRENT MISSION

Carpe diem

ABOUT ME

I'm an open-minded person who loves to meet open-minded people! I find nothing more enjoyable than getting to know a person. I love learning, creating art, and
living life passionately.

PHILOSOPHY

"If there is a remedy, then what is the use of frustration? If there is no remedy, then what is the use of frustration?" Santideva

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surf and let surf

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

awe
some

Interests

Art, history, religion, learning languages, asking questions, good food, good talk, traditional Chinese medicine, healing, bandits, samba, animals, crafts, creating things, reading, printmaking, mbalax

• animals
• arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• crafts
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• history
• languages
• medicine
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Etoile de Dakar, Orchestra Baobab, a lot of west African music, Salif Keita, Jorge Ben, Salsa music, Joanna Newsom and Bjork.. movies by directors Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, Abbas Kairostami, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Ousmane Sembene, Werner Herzog and Lars Von Trier. Books by Hemingway and Hesse, sutras, poetry of all kinds, Rumi, Hafiz, Whitman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

waking up this morning

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking delicious foods, drawing, language learning, dance, laugh!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Gratitude

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, China, Senegal, United States