ABOUT ME

I do research in Philosophy, on the emotions: a Feelosopher.

I was lucky to have brilliant and loving parents, who instilled in me a hopefully healthy amount of scepticism and sensitivity. My biggest fear is boredom (and bees) and I have often been called "the third sex".

PHILOSOPHY

Question
Enjoy
Create

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Other forms of travel are less fulfilling, more superficial.
Human contact, local knowledge and interpersonal exchange.

Interests

Neuroscience and Philosophy
Cats
Writing and Poetry
Cultivating and maintaining fruitful relationships,

• cats
• writing
• poetry
• neuroscience
• exploring
• diversity

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Youth without Youth, anything Tarantino, being john malkovitch, vertigo, superbad, the hours, Tropa de Elite

Music: Nirvana and all grunge, The Beatles and most 60s music, The Doors, CCR, some metal, most rock, some classical, Blues-Jazz-Funk and now getting into some more electronic stuff.

Check out this band called: Joker and the theif, they have it.

Authors and books: Vladimir Nabokov, Nietzsche, yes Harry Potter, Fernando Pessoa, Sofia de Mello Anderson..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleeping with hilltribes in Chang Mai

Teach, Learn, Share

The more different from me and my daily reality the better.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Engaging conversation, will probably make you laugh, can cook.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Canada, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States