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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Finnish; learning English, French, German, Swedish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Student in biological engineering.
  • Gymnasium? Finnish lukio I mean.
  • From Tampere
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am trying to understand what kind of things I constitute of and what I could be, how other people are and what life can be. I also try to find ways to raise my self-esteem, share thoughts with people and help the others along the way.

ABOUT ME

There are many sides in me but mostly I feel like the dedicated science geek. But then also I might be considered a lazy hippie, weirdo nuthead, environmental/leftist activist, the shy girl from the neighbourhood, mysterious distant lady, a caring friend giving deep hugs and a passionate vegan cook. Thirst for information and understanding is the driving force in my life.

I'm cheerful but silentish, mostly positive, calm, analytical and weird. I love people but I also enjoy spending lots and lots of time with myself. I am not that tidy, so if you are neurotically hygienic, you may not want to cook in my kitchen. I am an ever-curious person, I really find it hard to think of something I wouldn't find interesting.

I am a feminist in a way that I do wish that everyone would have the same chances on life no matter what their gender is. I am bringing my part to the fight in the field of natural sciences and technology, which still feel somewhat being the territory of men.

I am concerned with environmental and social issues, and I am currently trying to find my place in the activist playground, to donate a regular part of my life to making change.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that in life you can only win. I live because world is such an amusing and fascinating place and it would be such a waste not to take this chance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have just had few of my first cs guests and it has been really nice.

So far I have been couchsurfing few times, I guess that through cs it is easier to really get in touch with locals and my motivation to travel mostly comes from getting to see different perspectives and different ways of life. Also I try to connect with people with same kind of political ideologies throughout the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have a couple of couchsurfing experiences, I have been sleeping on different couches and I found all those people really friendly and warm. This seems like really nice way to get to know people.

Interests

watching & eating & cultivating plants, environmental issues, anarchism, feminism, veganism, humankind, literature, dancing, music, techno, nature, challenges, world, cultures, hugs, random wandering, organizing underground parties, mind and consciousness, travelling, solidarity, human connection, mental health, biochemistry, programming

  • literature
  • dancing
  • womens rights
  • cooking
  • vegan
  • partying
  • technology
  • traveling
  • music
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

music: industrial, post-punk, techno, noise rock, freak folk, psytrance, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, dub, folk, breakcore, jazz, experimental, post-rock, hip-hop, metal, neofolk, downtempo, ambient, trip-hop, bossa nova, dubstep, shoegaze, idm, dreampop, chillout.

authors: Leena Krohn, Hermann Hesse, Orwell, Burroughs, Bukowski.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I find this question really hard since I am quite awestruck every now and then.
Dancing and jumping on a car with a friend because it was so funny? Stopping traffic to a nuclear weapon factory by lying on a highway? Being part of a community organizing awesome massive underground techno parties.

Teach, Learn, Share

I wanna learn to express myself better. I mean that even though I may feel I am full of euphoria some people still may come and ask me if something's wrong. I would like to learn to laugh more. I think I'm truly lovable and nice person but I guess there's just some weird shit going on in my head so that the connection between me and the world surrounding me is sometimes quite weak. And I truly wanna change that, I enjoy interacting though.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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