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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, Spanish
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Ph.D. researcher
  • Engineering
  • From Ninove, Belgium
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

The ultimate mission is to be happy by having cool new experiences

ABOUT ME

Most of the time I am very energetic (but also figetty and nervous) though everyone has their off days. I am very honest (maybe too honest, though I try to gauge when people can appreciate this) and have a sarcastic/cynical type of humor. Deep down though, I can be very nice, serious and mature when the situation calls for it.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is like a huge box of legos. Within the bounds of a few simple rules (judicial and physical laws) you can pretty much make anything out of it. No one will or should tell you what to build, how to build it or in what order to build it. Some people are willing to invest a lot of hard work into making something great, others just decide they don't want to play. Sometimes a construction gets partially destroyed. When this happens, some are better at picking up the pieces than others. In the end, I hope people will have used most of the blocks at their disposal to make something they can be proud of.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None, I am new to this and just wish to try it out

Interests

-I enjoy being active; going to the gym, running, jumproping, trying to do gymnastics exercises
-Partying (more so the dancing than the drinking) and meeting new people
-Doing things with friends
-Learning random trivia from others/the internet/books
-Learning random skills, such as solving rubiks cubes, making origami models, doing hand-stand, etc
-Piano (and starting guitar)
-Having intellectually stimulating discussions about anything
-Overcoming my fears by getting out of my comfort zone
-Listening to and finding new music (If you are a Nick Drake fan, deff shoot me a message)
-Collecting samples of every element on the periodic table

  • books
  • dancing
  • running
  • partying
  • drinking
  • trivia
  • investing
  • origami
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • boxing
  • gymnastics
  • chemistry
  • engineering
  • mathematics
  • physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: The Dark Knight Rises
Song: Things behind the sun - Nick Drake
Book: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass - Bruno Shulz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Seeing the gullfoss waterfall in Iceland. Few natural sightings leave me awestruck but this giant waterfall was an exception.
-I survived IB and got 777 in HL Math, HL Physics and HL Chemistry. Even though I study engineering now, I am still proud of this result. Those that know the IB will know what I'm talking about. :)
-Partying at Ma Belles in St Andrews, Scotland among all the posh students throwing money around

Teach, Learn, Share

What I can share/teach:
-my knowledge of engineering, physics, math, chemistry.
-how to get in shape/get a six-pack
-dealing with anxiety/panick attacks
What I would like to learn:
-how to be less awkward in social situations with strangers/ how to break the ice
-how to be more confident around women/get a girlfriend/experience with girls

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Poland

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