CURRENT MISSION

Follow Your Bliss

ABOUT ME

I do not really believe in the concept of "strangers" but rather that we are already connected, just not formally introduced. I have a sincere belief that each and every person is an amazing human being, and it's really just a matter of finding how to bring it out of us. I enjoy connecting with a person on that level of meaning and purpose, to learn about their passions and hopefully learn more about mine as well.

I am ridiculously obsessed with the sport of boxing. I spent 18 months traveling throughout Latin America training and fighting in various boxing gyms. The life lessons I learned in that experience are almost too overwhelming to explain. I know a lot of people view the sport as barbaric or inhumane, but I think you can see life and society in the sport. I seek out the stories behind the fights and many of them are simply the story of human struggle.

Right now I'm trying to put the whole experience together into some kind of book/photography/academic study project. Don't really know. Check out the site if you're interested!

http://www.wanderingpugilist.com

PHILOSOPHY

"The man that knows something knows that he knows nothing at all." - Erykah Badu

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've donated, been verified, surfed and hosted. Pretty much the whole gamut!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:

Pamela Hanson - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Gianna Sáenz - San José, Costa Rica
Leo Sanchez Prado - Managua, Nicaragua
Henrry Lopèz - Managua, Nicaragua
Andrea Parra - Bogotá, Colombia
Scot Deal - Valencia, Venezuela
Geraldine Mata - Valencia, Venezuela
Gustavo Bolaño Pastrana - Barranquilla, Colombia
Luis Guerrero - Maracaibo, Venezuela
Juan Peláez - Medellín, Colombia
Mauricio Jaramillo - Bogotá, Colombia
Joel Angulo - Lima, Peru
Eduardo Peña - Valparaiso, Chile
Jorge Mendez - Mendoza, Argentina
Ludovico Natalia Oshiro Amuchastegui - Cordoba, Argentina
Kaitlin and Jack - Berkeley, USA
Elvis da Silva - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hosted:

Carlos Encalada - Chicago/New York, USA
John Owens - Auburn, USA
Judy Nguyen - San Jose, USA
Ricardo Gonzalez - Greenville, USA
Ryan Raska - Norman, USA
Erin Hill - New York City, USA
Gino Vaillancourt - Quebec City, Canada
Elena Leier - Rudny, Kazakhstan
Ahm Khajudparn - Bangkok, Thailand
Steve Valentin - Atlanta, USA
Jonathan Bennett - Melbourne, Australia
Jessica Hee - Pleasanton, USA
Kaitlin and Jack - Berkeley, USA

All great people

Interests

Boxing, body art, reading, writing, Yoga has probably changed my life, music, poetry, cooking, photography, business economics, linguistics, health, philosophy, metaphysical spirituality, damn near everything, but I think DANCING is the purest form of the human spirit.

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• photography
• body art
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• gyms
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• boxing
• business
• economics
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Jazz, Classical, Country, Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul, Blues, House, Dubstep, Psytrance, Instrumentals, Downtempo, almost everything.

I'm also a big fan of soul oldies like Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, and Bill Withers. Right now I've been heavy into Skrillex, DJ Chuckie, and Deadmau5. Any thing with a good BEAT.

Books: Kafka on the Shore - Hakuri Murakami, 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1984 - George Orwell, Brave New World - Aldous Huxley, Dark Trade - Donald McRae, One Ring Circus - Katherine Dunn, etc.

Movies: Donnie Darko, Pedro Almodovar movies, The Pianist, Paraiso Travel, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Ghost Dog, Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Children of Men, In the Mood for Love, Pan's Labyrinth, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got knocked out by the Guatemalan National Champion during an exhibition match in a little village called Huetan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can speak English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and now a little Brazilian Portuguese. I could help you learn, but always keep in mind that I am still learning all four too.

If you want to learn how to box, I can show you some moves. I love to cook and serve food that I've learned to make around the world, but...I can't be sure you'll like it.

I REALLY like to dance, but I'm not the best teacher.

The one thing I can sincerely say that I have is my ideas and the promise that I will be open to yours.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Nicaragua, Taiwan, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Spain, United States

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