CURRENT MISSION

The answers to life's questions are written on a rock somewhere and I am bound to find it.

ABOUT ME

Would rather talk, discuss, walk, run, jump, experience than read, write and stay in one corner. I am restless and being alone equates to death. As discourse is very important to me, learning languages and cultures interests me the most. I am very open-minded and definitely easy to get along with.

I am still in the process of finding out what I really want to do with my life. Sometimes, what you're good at is not what you really want to do until you leave this world. I think traveling really helps to discover one's limits, and consequently, possibilities.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is best lived if lived for others. One is a mere speck in a massive crowd. He will discover himself the more he looks outward. You and I are born to change the world, to make it more livable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The CS2 Project is all about cultural exchange, building a peaceful and listening world through discourse and tolerance. Though my contributions would just be my time and my efforts, I believe this can encourage others to do the same, to listen, to understand, to talk, to be diplomatic. Maybe, just maybe, this effect will grow exponentially!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

MY CS HOSTS:

WINTER 2009 in SPAIN (22 January - 1 March)
BONIFACIO ALVAREZ (Spanish, in Sevilla)
ALVARO MOYA, BRITANNY ROGERS (Spanish and American, in Córdoba)
FELIX CEIBA (Venezuelan, in Málaga)
TOMMY CASSIANI (Italian, in Valencia)
RAÚL GAVILANES (Ecuadorian, in Zaragoza)
ELENA BUENO, PETER (Spanish and Irish, in Toledo)
JONAS KRAEUSEL (German, in Madrid)
KRISHNA BROWN (Jamaican, in Madrid)
KENYO ARANTES (Brazilian, in Salamanca)
ELIZABETH GEORGE (French, in Santiago de Compostela)
ALEXANDER ZACHRESON (American, in San Sebastián)
MARIO DEL RIO (Spanish, in San Sebastián)
DAVID TORRE (Spanish, in Bilbao)

JULY 2009 in the NETHERLANDS
ILSE DE VRIES (Dutch, in Amsterdam)

AUGUST 2009 in SCANDINAVIA
KJARTAN THOR OTTARSSON (Icelandic, in Copenhagen)
LINN JAKHELLN (Norwegian, in Oslo)
PETER SVANBERG (Swedish, in Stockholm)

FEBRUARY 2010 in CENTRAL EUROPE (12 Feb 2010 - 2 Mar 2010)
KRISTYNA MAULENOVA, JINDRA HEINEK (Czech, in Karlovy Vary)
FRANTISEK TRAPL (Czech, in Brloh)
JAKUB VALLO (Slovak, in Bratislava)
STEPHAN WYCKOFF (Austrian, in Vienna)

MY CS GUESTS:

Oct '09 SANTINO REGILME (Filipino, from Germany) in Bielefeld
Nov '10 MATHIEU BEAUDOIN (Canadian) in Barcelona
Jan '11 DAVID TREBING (German) in Barcelona
Jan '11 ANDRII KAZACHA and MARYNA LYSYAK (Ukrainians) in Barcelona
Dec '14 NATASCHA DÖRING (German) and LAURAN SCHREIBER (Belgian) in Barcelona

Interests

Learning languages, politics, hip-hop dancing, music, cultural exchange, surfing, wakeboarding, Taekwondo, conversations over coffee, chilling under the sun, going to the gym, salsa, merengue, bachata, y reggaeton!

• animals
• pets
• dancing
• bachata
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• politics
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• wakeboarding
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Alternative Rock, Hip Hop, RnB
Amores Perros, 21 Grams
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco rocks, one of the few authors who made me read a book)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A one-month solo backpacking adventure in Spain, pretty tiring, financially draining, but life-changing.

Seeing my flatmate's pet snake devour a mouse. It was Animal Planet live!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning languages and it would be cool if I could speak more :) I can teach my native Tagalog, English, and the little I know in French and Spanish. I dance salsa, bachata, and merengue, wouldn't mind sharing some "pasos" I know. As I love eating, I was forced to learn how to cook, so I could whip some Filipino food up for my guests/hosts!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Philippines, Spain

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