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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Persian (Farsi); learning French, German, Greek (modern), Japanese, Korean, Malay
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • English teacher
  • PhD in Translation Studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Whenever I drink, I toast "TO CHANGE". That tells a lot about my personality in a nutshell.
More about me:
Facebook: James.Jamshid
Instagram: Jame.Sheed

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

firstly, I'd rather be a traveler than a tourist. My philosophy is "travel cheap, travel a lot". In this way I could always find good friends and could see the real face of a country or town; not the one with a lot of make up prepared for tourists.

Interests

reading; mountaineering; hiking; trekking; watching movies; research and cultural contrastive studies

  • literature
  • yoga
  • drinking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • classical music
  • hiking
  • mountaineering
  • cultural studies
  • languages
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

classical music (some of my top favorites: Beethoven's symphony No. 9, Shostakovich's waltz 2, and Korsakov's scheherazade); instrumental music; Iranian traditional music
Hard to mention movies but recently I am watching East Asian directors like Kim Kiduk, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Korosava, and Park Chun Wook.
My favorite writers are James Joyce, Salinger, and bohumil hrabal, again just to mention some.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have changed efficiently

What I Can Share with Hosts

my experiences of travels and the whole journey of life
about Persian history, language, and literature
what turns up as our common interests

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Iran, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iran, Malaysia

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