CURRENT MISSION

teaching football (soccer) & english in cambodia

ABOUT ME

HI, my name is nij/also known as "nija" &/or "NINJA" ...
looking to couchsurf & host...i like...good music/ world food/ sports/ yoga/ meditation /fun...you can look at the photos to see how i am! ... :)

PHILOSOPHY

F...R...E...E...D...O...M........................

"the aim of wisdom is freedom"...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

couchsurfing & hosting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

well, actually me and kayla my lovely girlfriend and me got together through couchsurfing in a funny kind of way. she was having troubles at her guest house as a guy kept hassling her. i was going away n so I said she could couchsurf a few days then roomsit for me. anyway, we fell in love... couchsurfed Helsinki Finland at Miska Kappi's place: awesome for a few months 2012, before I left for india, then spent 2 years living there volunteering in india... now back travelling again in Cambodia and looking to couchsurf again... oh yeah, also in india I did a couchsurf in the Himalaya area near Daramshala at Ramnik Narula's place...

Interests

music: love music! singing, rapping, listening, jamming... recently in india I was organising "KICK OFF PARTY" fundraising parties/live music events at Mount View night club in Mc Cloud Ganj... also music production manager & songwriter for the soundtrack album: "Kicking Boundaries": forthcoming movie about the creation of Tibet's first national women's football team

sport: also coached the team!& love playing football tennis etc

travelling: of course

nature: walking in the Himalaya, camping

• singing
• dining
• yoga
• coach
• meditation
• walking
• partying
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• live music
• camping
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

*****books: too many! er... beside me now I got these books: Folk Tales from round the world, Teachings of Buddha, Cultivating mind of love by tich nat hann... also love Roald Dahl books of course... the ones for children are great, and also the crazy ones for grown ups... oh, and of course: RUMI !!!
*****music: Bob Marley, Beatles, Clash, Sigur Ros, and funk, soul, jazz, blues, world music, all kinds of stuff...
****films! :)... so many... : er... Baraka is an amazing film, Time of the gypsies - also, Life is Beautiful (bella Vita) - amazing, Revelation of the pyramids, THRIVE - very cool: all should see that one, MONTY PYTHON actually my degree is in film so I am into lots of arty stuff but I aint so crazy about Hollywood stuff generally... it usually sucks haha... though occasionally some of it is ok... I like documentaries about peoples lives: Searching for sugarman is brilliant... just saw it recently...

anything interesting

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

travelling all over world....accidentally becoming coach for Tibet's first ever women's national football team!

Teach, Learn, Share

"do what you like and do it often"
"life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them: so go out and START CREATING!"
"live your dream"

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Nepal, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Finland, India, United Kingdom