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Overview

  • 15 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Teacher
  • College
  • From Mostly Manila. Some Los Angeles. A lot of Grand Rapids.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

figure out a way to make dreams come true, i know, cliche. the truth is usually cliche.

ABOUT ME

I'm pretty spontaneous.

PHILOSOPHY

stop talking and start doing. i find that who i am is very much conflicted with 1) who i desperately desire to be and 2) the decisions i make with what i do. I seem to jump across the line constantly.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Before i joined CS i did surf some couches in Singapore when i went there on a whim. a very nice man i met at the airport let me stay at his place with his wife.

I've been on a few couches since joining and have opened our house to multiple couch surfers.

Interests

philosophy. ethics. music. verbal surgery on culture.

  • arts
  • culture
  • ethics
  • music
  • cycling
  • martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

books: the things they carried. the perks of being a wallflower. a separate peace, never let me go.
non-fiction: we don't need another wave - dispatches from the next generation of feminists, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, After Virtue.
music: anything. i listen to a lot of techno and indie. not indie techno. also i listen to 90s pop.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been a door-to-door salesman, a cage fighter, and lived overseas (in the Philippines for 8 years). This one time I learned to ride a bike and a week later rode over a thousand miles to Wichita, KS.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know 7 different martial arts and I pride myself in the fact that people are always shocked to find that out about me. I'm a pretty peaceful guy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, South Korea, Spain, United States

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