CURRENT MISSION

To find the question to the big answers

ABOUT ME

I was born in Prince George, British Columbia, on July 30th, 1982. "PG," as we call it, is a medium sized (70,000 people) town in Northern BC, surrounded by pine forest for hundreds of kilometers in every direction. It's usually between -20 and -30 degrees Celsius in the winter, and +30 degrees in the summer (not completely a frozen wasteland!). It DOES get a lot of snow... let me put it this way: when I finish shoveling the driveway, I sometimes have to turn around and shovel it again. I went to school in my hometown, and then I went to Victoria, BC, to study biology. During the summers I planted trees all over BC, and I got pretty good at it. I graduated in 2005 and left the country. After seeing SE Asia for a while, I went to Australia for my cousin's wedding and ended up staying for 2 years. I also saw New Zealand between years in Australia. I went back to Canada in order to get my work visa for South Korea, and during that time I planted trees again. I then taught English in South Korea for a year, and then I traveled from Japan to Europe, taking in a heck of a lot along the way.

I live now in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm going back to school.

PHILOSOPHY

I was your average Canadian, but a lot has changed in the last few years and now I'm a bit different. I've been to a lot of places, seen a few things, and worked many, many different jobs along the way. I'm open to anything and everything, and I believe everyone can be happy. Anything can be accomplished with a little hard work, and the world is really your oyster.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I move around and meet people everywhere I go, either locals or other foreigners like me. I don't rely on couchsurfing for accommodation, I just use it to see a side of each place that would normally be hidden to me if I were to stay in a hotel/hostel or camp.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've used CS to meet people, for a surf or coffee, in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, India, Syria, Lebanon, Albania, and Bulgaria.

Interests

Other than travel (which is obvious), I like hiking, fishing, surfing, reading, riding a motorbike, taking trains, scuba diving, swimming, playing the drums, cooking, meditating, and playing with computers.

• cooking
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• drums
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• swimming
• biology
• working visa

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Big Lebowski, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Memento, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction...
Music: Lots of stuff. Pretty into electronic these days, really enjoying dubstep.
Books: Don Quixote, Lolita, Lord of the Rings, War and Peace, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Moby Dick...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba diving the wreck of the Taiei Maru off Coron, in the Philippines.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea

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