CURRENT MISSION

Being more minimalistic and saving money for traveling.

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Moniek, 36 years old and I live in the north of Holland in the nice medium-sized student city Groningen. I sell new and second hand clothes on the internet. During the summertime I sell ice-creams in a cute little Italian ice-cream van and that's an awesome job. My two passions are making music and photography.

Studies are not my cup of tea. I used to study psychology, but nowadays, with all those loads of information it's so much more fun and easy to be an autodidact.

A "real job" isn't something for me as well. It will crush my spirit eventually, even when it's a nice job. I always have several little jobs which provide me more freedom.

Likes:
* Summer/bounty islands
* Stuff from the 60's/70's
* Cuddly animals, especially cats
* The smell of summer rain and fresh bread
* Myths and Fairy Tales
* Flea markets
* Candles
* Offering help to friends and getting help from them
* (Video) games
* Rainbows
* Thrills
* Kids (well, most of them)
* Poker
* Black licorice and other candy
* Sushi, Indian, Thai and Italian food
* Music, especially (post)-rock, ambient and electronic music
* Underground parties

Dislikes:
* Severe lies & people who believe their own
* Getting up early
* Over-consuming
* Hypocrisy
* Fakeness
* Mooching and wanna-hook-up-CS'ers
* New housing estate
* Overcrowded places
* Injustice
* Coffee
* A combination of stupidity and arrogance
* Narrow-mindedness and problems involved with it, like discrimination
* Every problem caused by money and power
* The sound of tooth brushing

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering a place to sleep and getting places to sleep elsewhere is the best way there is! Exchanging couches is better than using money in my opinion, much more fun as well.

Interests

Music, movies, anime, photography, (designing) clothes, philosophy, dreaming, dancing, traveling and games.

• animals
• cats
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• italian food
• coffee
• partying
• clothing
• anime
• movies
• traveling
• poker
• music
• electronic music
• business
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mew, Radiohead, Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes, The Strokes, Phoenix, The Knife, M83, Patrick Watson, Death Cab for Cutie, Band of Horses, Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Unkle, Air, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Q.O.T.S.A, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Deftones, Ef, The Cure, etc. To see more music that I like: http://www.last.fm/user/Minoek

Favorite movies: Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, The Science of Sleep, Amores Perros, Requiem for a Dream, Pulp Fiction, Spirited Away, Blow, Scarface, Fight Club, Sin City, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbour Totoro, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Straight Story, Los Amantes del Circulo Polar, Beauty and the Beast, Lilo & Stitch, The Incredibles, Being John Malkovich, The Pianist, Gegen die Wand, Goodbye Lenin, Lilja Forever, Pi, Kill Bill, Adam's Apples, Open Hearts, Jalla! Jalla!, Catch Me if You Can, Tierra, The Educators, Big Fish, The Artist, Into the Wild.

I don't reed books that much, because I prefer movies, but I like to read comics. Calvin & Hobbes is my favorite.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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