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  • 16 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Swedish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2008
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I'd like to make life better for others, if I can...

ABOUT ME

I can be serious when I have to but I like above all to have fun with friends. I'm a little shy when I don't know people but I'm very friendly and I adapt myself easily. Very observant. I'm generous but I generally know who I can trust because I already had problems with self-confidence. I don't speak a lot, except when you worm out information of me... People say on me that I'm "cool" as we often say in France. Very calm personality.

PHILOSOPHY

Respect, solidarity and "cooperation" are my best keywords for a better world...
These are values that I try to teach to children with whom I work at school.
"live all together means live full experiences". As one of my cousin should say: "with several humans we can see very farer…"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A few BBQ meeting.
Hosted several times with Caroline in July '08, and ponctually until that date. I try to get myself informed about the different meetings in my region but have not much time to participate.
Surfed by a few people from Quebec, France, USA

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted in Sweden in July '08 by:
- Sébastien 1 day, Beauvais FR
- Antoine 1 day, Linköping SW
- Katarina (with her friends Adrien & Jenny) 3 days, Lund SW
- Lars 3 days, Tanumshede SW
- Micke 1 day, örebro SW
- Malin 1 day, Nyköping SW
Each time, nice meetings and we were very well hosted.
surfed by:
- Kathy & Rouk1 1 day
- Fred 1 day, 09/2008
- Christopher and Mick 2 days, 04/2009
- Stéphane, Eloïse, Volker and Zéphyr 2 days, 08/2009

Interests

Photo/video (I have a cam)
Juggling
English/Scandinavian civilisation and litterature
cooking
computer/video games/office automation
gardening
Manual arts/DIY
And others...

  • arts
  • diy
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • bbq
  • gardening
  • movies
  • video games
  • tv
  • juggling
  • piano

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: very eclectic.
- Tetes Raides - Radiohead
- The Doors - Muse
- Babylon Circus - Noir désir
- Metallica - Stupeflip
- Ska-p - Toydolls
- Les Ogres de Barback - Michel Portal
- Jean-Pierre Drouet - ...
Litterature: I read almost only science fiction but I like novels which put myself thinking cap of. I like to feel fear when I read too.
- a great part of Stephen King's bibliography (Carrie, Christine, Simetierre, Cell, Brume la faucheuse, Marche ou Crève, Roadmaster, Ca I, la Tour Sombre (I to V), Salem), .
- Sophie's World, from Jostein Gaarder,
- Bernard Werber's bibliography (the whole)
- Flash ou le grand voyage, from Charles Duchaussois
- La part de l'autre and l'évangile selon Pilate, Eric-Emmanuel Schmidt
Cinema: non exhaustive list of best movies:
- Le fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Sleepers, Barry Levinson
- Nos Jours Heureux, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
- Trainspotting, Danny Boyle
- 7h58, ce samedi-l

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I accompanied, a few years ago, 6 pupils of Normandy high schools to the film festival of Cabourg, "les journées romantiques". I met a lot of people that we see generally in magazins or on TV/cinema. It was a rich social experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think that all is to be taught or learnt and that I can share a lot, but I can't really tell what. By discussing maybe... I learnt English/American civilisation and Litterature. I know juggling. I like manual arts. I play the piano for several years. I like photoshopping but it takes too much time...

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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