After a life changing trip across Western Europe, Asia and the Middle-east; I have fallen in love with both the West and East.

I am a academic researcher halfway between computer science and marketing, a passionate bread-maker and a relentlessly try-hard poet. One of the lessons I have learnt from hitting the road so far and living in the moment is that all walks of life have something to teach you and all people are capable of unconditional love.

One of my goals in hosting is to also prepare through foreigners for my next big adventures abroad, some places I wish to visit:

Northern/Eastern Europe: Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Norway.

South America: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru.

North Africa: Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

It started with an excellent first host in Amsterdam, every since then I’ve opened up my studio to travelers from all across the globe. Some short, some long, young and old; what I’ve come to love is the sharing of attitudes and beliefs which end up rewriting who you are. The most fascinating lessons have been the conversations we’ve shared over a home-cooked meal.

Intereses

Anime:
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (銀河英雄伝説)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Death Note
Full-Metal Alchemist
Attack on Titan
Batman: The Animated Series

Film:
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky
The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park
Lady in the Water - M. Night Shyamalan
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
Departures (おくりびと) - Yōjirō Takita
Lost - J. J. Abrams
Star Trek: The Original Series - Gene Roddenberry

Games:
Starcraft 2
Smite
Overwatch
Company of Heroes
Age of Empires
Metal Gear Solid
Crash Team Racing

Books:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
The Alchemist - Paulo Quaglio
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire

Quotes:
"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles" - Charlie Chaplin
"He who hesitates is lost" - Marcus Porcius Cato
"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure" - Paulo Quaglio
"I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is" - Alan Watts
"Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them" - Bruce Lee
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" - Edgar Allan Poe
“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life” -Gabriel García Márquez
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none" - William Shakespeare

• poetry
• street art
• photography
• languages
• food
• museums
• research
• bread
• university
• art gallery

Música, películas y libros

Eclectic best describes my tastes, I find contemporary music (e.g., Justin Bieber/Miley Cyrus) dismally uncreative and so go back into the archives for pre-modern talent.

Classical artists like Frank Sinatra/Nina Simone/Rahim Alhaj really make me feel possessed by art. Political rap from Gorillaz and 2pac is very provoking and Rock like The Killers is intriguing. Also artists who sing about unconditional love like John Lenon, Bob Marley.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Heard monastery chants in Cambodia with bats flying from caves
Shot an AK47
Jumped the first bungy-spot in the world
Tandem skydived in Rotorua
Seen the beautiful paintings of Italy
Climbed the Acropolis in Athens
Saw FC Barcelona in Spain
Modeled in France
Hitchiked on longboard to Queenstown/Nelson
Stayed at a traditional Onsen Ryokan
Visited Tibetan monks in Dharamshala
Entered through the gate of all nations in Persipolis
Lost and found street art in Beirut

Enseña, aprende, comparte

My research is on value propositions, what drives what we value and can we automatically (http://value.otago.ac.nz) identify that?

I have a Oud and Longboard which I get lost in, I'm interested in people that I can learn attitudes or skills from. I have shared dinner with a load of cultures all with different views on life.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

A well done meal and thought provoking conversation

Países que he visitado

Australia, Cambodia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Países en los que he vivido

England, Iran, Iraq, New Zealand