CURRENT MISSION

"The soul should stand ajar ready for life experiences."

ABOUT ME

I enjoy the company of family and friends who keep me grounded and optimistic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel, new friends, stories and adventures

Interests

Mainly classical music, current events, photography, collecting, tennis, mountaineering, road trips, scuba diving, movies, sciences, pop culture, politics, human rights and interests, alternative news and green advocacies, history, Philosophy, new discoveries and things to learn, in general.

• culture
• photography
• human rights
• politics
• news
• movies
• music
• classical music
• piano
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• scuba diving
• tennis
• business
• history
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
Good Morning Vietnam, Groundhog Day, The English Patient, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix Series, You've Got Mail, I Am Sam, Cinema Paradiso, Up, 50 First Dates, Sideways, Noises Off, A River Runs Through It, Mighty Aphrodite, Out of Africa, The Motorcycle Diaries, so many others.

BOOKS
Calvin & Hobbes, Pico Iyer, Letters to a Young Poet, The English Patient, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Watchmen, Noli Me Tangere, The Silmarillion, The Outsiders, Griffin and Sabine Series.

MUSIC
Beatles, Beethoven and Rock & Roll. The Mamas and the Papas, Switchfoot, Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting, U2, Sinead O'Connor, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Simon & Garfunkel, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Dido, Tears for Fears, Swingle Singers...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

BUCKET LIST:
1. Scuba Diving
2. Backpacking in IndoChina
3. Flew in a Hot Air Balloon
4. Went on free fall. B-U-N--G---E----Eeeeeeee!
5. Won in a Photo Exhibit for a cause in Batanes
6. Played at a Piano Recital
7. Ziplined in Bohol
8. Swam with Whalesharks in Donsol
9. Climbed Mt. Halcon, the 3rd highest peak and the toughest mountain in the Philippines.
10. Trekked to Mt. Pinatubo for 10 hours.
11. Braved Whitewater in Tinglayan, Kalinga Apayao
12. Kayaked in Pinacanauan River, Cagayan Valley
13. Braved the black waters in Palawan and 8-hour rough roads from El Nido to Puerto Princesa
14. Helped fund the construction of a chapel in Tinigban, Masbate
15. Spearheaded Tree Planting Project (500 Trees) for a Company's Business Unit

Teach, Learn, Share

I play the piano, do a bit of photography and I'm quite an experienced traveler.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines

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