CURRENT MISSION

Be a proverbial sponge and absorb all the world can splash my way...

ABOUT ME

I'm a cancer with a leo rising, and my moon is in taurus. (Not that I really know much about astrology - I just like to pretend I do...)

I am at a stage of life where I need to expand my mind and become a stronger person. I want to learn new things and discover what makes me who I am.
I LOVE education and value it as one of the best things a person can do with their life.
I tell jokes all the time - those stupid one-liners where you're really laughing at the person who told the joke, and not the joke itself.
My greatset fear is settling into complacency. Too many people live their lives day in day out, deaf to the world. They don't involve themselves in anything that will make the world a better place. I've made it one of the goals in my life to earn my existence.

PHILOSOPHY

Think for yourself! Be critical of the world, but only to better it and not to be bitter. Learn and create. Art is WONDERFUL. Don't pass up all of the amazing literature there is out there.
And above everything else, SHARE CHOCOLATE - it makes everyone happy :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Spreading the word, donating, recruiting, keeping the spirit soaring.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed across Europe in 2006 and it literally changed my life - there are so many brilliant, touching and amazing encounters I couldn't possibly do them justice in this part of my profile.
However, my favorite CS experience was having a birthday party of CSers in Vienna - it was the best birthday ever. Thank you Marcus Eder, Flora Bohemia and Genzora. I will always love and miss you guys!

Interests

Everything! I grew up as an artistic child - singing, acting, dancing, painting etc. With a change of career I'm now collecting fragments of knowledge in all the fields of science, trying to pave my way towards an understanding of the world. Science has become my livelihood, and great literature my religion. I was brought up religious, but I just can't fathom the idea of God any more. I think it's implausible and I resent the place of religion in the world - I believe it's done far more harm than it's ever done good. Perhaps that's a controversial statement for a couchsurfing profile, but please don't get the idea that I'm political (quite the opposite actually). I am passionate about the world and the possibility of a harmony that can come from knowledge.
I've had many changes in career plans over the past few years. At present I want to carry out my life in a science lab, either studying or doing research. I feel dragged in by the microcosm of the world. The quantum level of life that sustains us all. The impossible vastness of space between all of our atoms and the uniformity that binds us all to the universe.

Did you know that your first parent was a star?

• arts
• literature
• singing
• acting
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• chocolate
• running
• partying
• traveling
• painting
• teaching
• emergency services
• mathematics
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I lloovvee reading.
Jeanette Winterson is my hero. She has written various books, primarily based on art, lesbianism and science. She's a genius and I recommend her to ANYONE with a lust for life.
My other favorite books are Frankenstein, Picture of Dorian Gray, God of Small Things. Tim Winton is my favorite Australian author and Sarah Waters is one of the most enthralling writers I've read in a long time (notable exception of "The Night Watch" - what was she thinking??). I also loved East of Eden by Steinbeck for its crafty characters, The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks for its relevance to our lives (and its front cover), I loved Perfume for its imagination and Nobokov's Lolita for its cynicism. Alice in Wonderland has been a favorite of mine since I was old enough to relate to the catapiller on the mushroooom, and I blame Lewis Carroll for the completely twisted individual I turned out to be today.

HOWEVER - I HATED Catcher in the Rye with a passion, but I'll save that rant for when we meet in person :)
Brilliant writing is one of my favorite things in life. That and Little Britain.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I held my best friend's hand while she came through one of the rarest forms of cancer in the world, pneumonia, and a collapsed lung all at once. And she survived.
And on my way out of Turkey I was kicked out of Romania in a police car, exiled into Bulgaria, running around the country for a day and having to travel through Serbia into Hungary to have a shower.

Teach, Learn, Share

Give blood every 10 weeks. It's the cheapest and most effective form of charity you can give.
If anyone can help get good at maths I'll cook for them for a year.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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