CURRENT MISSION

discover all the beauties of Oz

ABOUT ME

Well, I do not know how to talk about myself...
See below or... meet me !

PHILOSOPHY

"What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others." — Confucius

...and in 'others' it should also be included Mother Nature, that gives us everything for our survival and that we - human beings - treat so bad in return... so sad :-(

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

promoting CS project around me, joining and enjoying meetings with travellers and locals

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

After years of crashing at friends' places (and friends of friends'...), and after being hosted by some friends who - I found out later - were actually CSers, I finally had my 1st real experience !
But first of all, I'd like to warmly thank my friends who introduced me to this new world of CS : Hortense (honneur aux dames, "ladies first"), Rom (who refered me), Guiyom (who hosted me twice in Shanghai) and Pierre (who offered me a shelter when I was homeless in Beijing). MERCI :-D

Feb 2007 : Crashed at Susanna's in Newtown, Sydney (after missing the last train)
April 2007 : Enjoyed a weekend of sightseeing and chilling out at Flurf's in Wollongong, Oz
April 2007 : Hosted Sus for her last (and very short!) night in Sydney
April 2007 : Hosted Bruno for his last nights in Sydney
May-June 2007 : Road-trippin' with Christina
Oct 2007 : Hosted Christina for her last weekend in Oz

Interests

Travelling of course ! Meeting new people (and old friends !), Music (listening, singing, playing...), Cinema, Photography, Arts, Martial Arts, Hiking, Cycling, Dancing, Crafts, Cooking...
More recently been corrupted to Canyoning... AWESOME !

• arts
• books
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• clubbing
• crafts
• movies
• traveling
• survival
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• martial arts
• teaching
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

movies : the Butterfly effect, Fight club, Prozac nation, Amelie, animation movies from Miyazaki, Interview with a vampire, 4 weddings n 1 funeral, the Silence of the lambs, la Cite des enfants perdus, Delicatessen, Pulp fiction (and other Tarantino movies), and many more...

music : jazz, and almost all kinds of music ! My top 10 : Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Ben Harper, Keziah Jones, Jamiroquai, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, The Police, Queen, The Beatles (and also some french music : Jeanne Cherhal, Bénabar, Tété, Cabrel, Goldman, Gainsbourg, Aznavour, Edith Piaf...)

books : detective novels, books I can learn to do sth from (like cookery books, yum!). One of the latest I read and liked very much is an essay about communication, culture and difference of culture : The Silent Language by Edward T. Hall. Very informative ! (translated into french : le Langage silencieux)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

my first introduction to canyoning : abseil a waterfall of 35 metres, and enjoy the amazing view on the creek and the ocean while doing it... Simply awesome :D

4am in Shanghai, we were leaving a club when we bumped into two scottish guys in traditional outfit, one playing the bagpipe !

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is the best teacher but I can teach you a recipe or two :)
Even if I like learning from books, I definitely prefer learning from people 'cause it's a good occasion to share a nice moment, isnt'it :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Laos, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, France, United Kingdom

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