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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • architect, sort of
  • officially at university, actually with the help of a few...
  • From not quite sure about that, probably New Zealand
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to be at once shrewd and open

ABOUT ME

Probably a bit shy; why do I feel I should apologise for that?! I like to think that I'm a quiet non-conformist.

PHILOSOPHY

The best thing about being human is our ability to change.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I made a donation!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

To date I have been hosted once, and it was a wonderful suprise to discover what an enjoyable and worthwhile experience couch-surfing can be

Interests

Music (when it's valued for it's own sake)
Art & Architecture
Design (when it's not a consumer commodity)
Bicycles
Cats
Political economy
History
Hair
Theatre

  • cats
  • arts
  • architecture
  • design
  • music
  • guitar
  • surfing
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

La Strada - Felini
The Battle of Algiers
Russian Ark

Brave New World - Huxley
The Idiot - Dostoyevsky

Bob Dylan
Alice Coltrane
Johnny Cash
Einsturzende Neubauten (some)
John Lennon (I guess)
Stravinsky

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a bit about playing the guitar, and can do all those things on computers that contemporary architects often do!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand

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