CURRENT MISSION

See the world, meet nice people, learn new things.

ABOUT ME

I just finished a year teaching Business and economics at a university in China. Now in Singapore searching for a job in Information Technology / Business. I owned a dance studio a couple years ago back in America. I have lots of good stories to tell.

PHILOSOPHY

Austrian economics, Zen Buddhism, Eckhart Tolle's the Power of Now. I do not watch TV.

"If you wait for all the lights to turn green before you go, you'll spend your entire life sitting at home." -Zig Ziglar.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a flat in Singapore, currently unable to host at the moment. My brother introduced me to Couch Surfing several years back.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

They have all been great exchanges.

Interests

I read a lot, write music, and swing dance. I'm usually up for a game of monopoly or chess, and midnight waffles. I'm an arm-chair coffee connoisseur.

• dancing
• wine
• coffee
• clubbing
• technology
• chess
• tv
• music
• surfing
• buddhist
• business
• computer science
• economics
• entrepreneurship
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

COMPOSERS:
Josquin Despres
Thomas Tallis
Johann Sebastian Bach
G. Frederick Handel
John Williams (Film composer)
Danny Elfman
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Herbie Hancock
Billy Joel
Elton John
Enya

MUSIC:
Les Mis, by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
Renaissance Choral music
Shape-note singing
Barbershop
Jazz, Swing

MOVIES:
Star Wars IV, V, & VI
Superman I, II, & III
Indiana Jones I, II, & III
Singing in the Rain
Up in the Air
Anything by Oliver Stone
Happy Gilmore
Vanilla Sky
Minority Report
Mama's Boy
Sphere
Idiocracy
Gladiator
Braveheart

BOOKS:
What Got You Here Won't Get You There, by Marshal Goldsmith
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki
Cashflow Quadrant, by Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing, by Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job, by Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad's Who Took my Money, by Robert Kiyosaki
All Marketers are Liars, by Seth Godin
The Dip, by Seth Godin
Think Like a Chamption, by Donald Trump
Think Big and Kick Ass, by Donald Trump
Good to Great, by Jim Collins
How to be a Gentleman, by John Bridges
As a Gentleman would say, by John Bridges
The Soft Sell, by Tim Connor
Secrets of Closing the Sale, by Zig Ziglar
Principals of Microeconomics, by Robert Frank
Crash Proof, by Peter Schiff
The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets, by Peter Schiff
Doing Business in China, The Sun Tzu way, by Laurence J. Brahm
The Power of Now (audio series), by Eckhart Tolle
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
1984, by George Orwell
The New Testament
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus
The Art of Peace, by Morihei Ueshiba
The Art of Conducting, by Donald Hunsberger
The Art and Science of C, by Eric S. Roberts
Programming Abstractions in C, by Eric S. Roberts
Thinking Recursively, by Eric S. Roberts
Grunch of Giants, by R. Buckminster Fuller (unfinished)
Ambassadors of Swing, by Frankie Manning (unfinished)
The Maestro Myth, by Norman Lebrecht (unfinished)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Robert Mondavi personally introduced me to wine, while visiting his Winery with the Cornell Glee Club.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach music, computer science, entrepreneurship, and economics. I teach Swing Dance on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings at Orchard. I love learning everything, and I'm particularly interested in learning analog circuitry. Currently studying Mandarin.

Countries I’ve Visited

Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Singapore, United States

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