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Overview

  • 15 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning Spanish, Swedish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • a major jerk for the company I work for... when not worki...
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science from TTY, Finland
  • From Sotkamo
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To find out where I could get lost next

ABOUT ME

Nice fellow to know, fun to be around and as open as one can be when you get to know...

I love challenging myself and my friends, either physically or mentally. You need challenges to develop through out your life (and I'm not talking about school or work, I mean open, smart and challenging friends that you just want to be around and argue about everything and nothing). Every now and then a total silence and just being alone is the cure for a too active lifestyle.

PHILOSOPHY

Honestly challenge your own expectations every time you can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to give all new found friends experiences that they can remember through out their lives (hopefully good ones. :P)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Trusting friends is a good thing, never have gone completely wrong when counting on your friends.

Interests

I'm interested in anything that is new to me and love to learn things that are as far of from my expertise as possible. :)
few of the things I really enjoy:
Live music (real instruments preferably), all outdoor sports (love trying new ones, the ones you completely suck at while trying, this comes with age I guess..), all indoor sports (same here...), martial arts, diving, motocross, snowboarding, telemark skiing, hiking...

  • arts
  • music
  • live music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • martial arts
  • telemark skiing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie freak. Just gimme anything but romantic comedies, please! :)

Here's a few that I really enjoy:
The Man From Earth http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
Into The Wild http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/
The Big Lebowski http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/

...and if you really wanna dig deep to finnish mentality, find a finnish friend to decrypt the myth of finnish men and then watch this movie: Miesten vuoro (Steam of life) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1583323/

Would like to read more, but only able to do so during holidays, big fan of Bill Bryson, Tom Clancy and Dan Brown.

Openminded about music, leaning towards rock if pushed to make a decision.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met so many amazing people, just cannot believe how lucky has been for having such a great friends!

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, if you're interested in any of my hobbies, we can look what we do...

And if you are a bit of a sadist, I can teach you a thing or two about linux and computer networks in general.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Finland, United States

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