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Each name is believed to predetermine its owner’s development. My parents called me ‘Oksana’ which means ‘a foreigner’ from Greek. I think there is something in this сoincidence :)

In order to absorb how a nation lives and thinks besides relying on films, books or Internet communication one should be surrounded by native speakers, so should I. Participating in Work and Travel program in 2014 provided me with a means of being abroad, earning a living, meeting quite singular individuals, becoming a well-travelled and outgoing person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

On returning after my trip to the USA it turned out I was not satisfied with what had already been achieved, moreover I was determined to go on travelling around Japan, England, China, and who knows what other places I will manage to visit. I do like what I have seen and read, and I am curious about quite how the reality corresponds with the world depicted on book pages.

AND NOW I AM GOING TO CHINA FOR A YEAR! :)

Interests

hitchhiking, cycling, running, swimming; computer games, foreign languages (English, Chinese, Japanese), literature discussion club (some of my favourite books you can find below), aikido, board games

• books
• literature
• cooking
• running
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• jazz
• cycling
• camping
• swimming
• teaching
• languages
• hitchhiking
• tea
• aikido
• japanese culture
• chinese culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Platina Jazz, Hot Fiction, RHCP, Jimi Hendrix, NIN, Oasis, Ozzy Ozborne, Metallica, Goran Bregovich, Yoko Kanno, Splin, Bi2, Mel'nica, etc.

Emir Kusturica's films, X-files, Sherlock, Fringe, Supernatural, Scrubs, Inception, Fight Club, The Shawshank Redumption, Interstellar, Knokin' on the Heaven's Door, the Matrix, the Lord of the Rings, Some Like it Hot, Ameli, the Illusionist, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Lost, Hellsing, Cowboy Bibop, Evangelion, etc.

Max Frai's books, Fight club, The Witcher's series, Three comrads, The Magus, Flowers for Algernon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Clockwork Orange, The Collector, On the Road, The Dharma bums, Idiot, Demons, A Hero of Our Time, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was hitchhiking with my friends around European Russia in July-August. About 10000 km.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with hosts my memories and experience ^_^

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, China, Georgia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation, United States