I'm a Brazilian designer living in Toronto since 2014.
My life is not really exciting and I'm trying to change it.
I am pretty ordinary, easygoing person, open minded. I think it's amazing how different places in the world live and think in different ways, and seeing understanding what makes the world turn around.

What does open minded mean to me?
When speaking with new people I always talk positively, caring and helpful ;
I try to never judge (when I don't understand something);
I will try anything once, even if I know or think I won't like it;
I try to be as flexible as possible;
With hosting and when being hosted, I try not to get offended over anything. I try to adapt and get along with people and control my own behaviour.

PHILOSOPHY

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
Gandhi

I like to give and try not to expect anything back. If someone returns me the kindness, then this is a good day :). I am like everyone else, I always hope to have a good CS experience. I always try to set myself up for to have a good day.
I think every experience is genuine in a way, some more positive or negative. but sometimes we just have a bad day??!?! I try not to take too much personal offense to anything and anyone, control my own actions, and go about my business.

CURRENT MISSION

Not sure.... trying to rediscover my place in the world

INTERESTS

Travel, wine, live music, foreign films, festivals, markets, art, sudden changes in plans, tattoos, random acts of kindness, small towns where everybody knows your name, yoga, YouTube videos, avocado, irony, underwater life, overpriced coffee, board games, TED lectures, famous quotes, Lego, pillows, trivia, siestas, tax write-offs, puns, soup, owls, languages, donating money to charity, swimming in the sea, socialism, useless facts, (more to come...)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet new people, travel the most I can and increase my cultural circle.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host. I surf. I do the coffee and cook very well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I go out to CS events when I can, and now I am starting to host people in my apartment.

Interests

Travel, movies (i'm graduated in film production), books (fiction/nonfiction), beaches (quiet and isolated beaches), restaurants, pubs, cooking (i'm really good/i'm vegetarian), coffee, tequila, gadgets, history and politics, over-thinking, Toronto Blue Jays, sharing stories, animals (wild and pets)
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• pets
• farm animals
• arts
• coffee
• vegetarian
• vegan
• farmers' market
• meditation
• movies
• music
• cycling
• nature
• biking
• nature walks
• organic farming
• wild animals

Music, Movies, and Books

Pulp Fiction, The secret life of Wilter Mitty, 127 Hours, Wild, Her, GoodBye Lenin, Memento, V, The dreamers, Kill bill, Trainspotting, Her, Alabama Monroe, No country for old men, Spirited Away, Beetle Juice, Closer, I'm fine without you, Dogville, Devil wears prada, Fried green tomatoes, Seven, Lost and Delirious, Reservoir dogs, Medianeiras, The shinning, Drive, Anastasia, Bleu, Red, Blow up, Black swan, Cashback, Scott pilgrim, Inception, 500 days of summer, Amelie Poulin, Cinema paradiso, 81/2, The color purple, Zombieland.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I moved to Toronto with no money and no English.
I helped newborn turtles to reach the sea when i was a teenager at Projeto Tamar Ubatuba(Brazil).
I was a volunteer in brazil, helped a lot of kittens to find a family.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I can help with languages for sure, especially with Portuguese.
I can give you a pretty fantastic itinerary for visiting Brazil.
I can teach you a lot of vegan/vegetarian recipes.
I'll be really happy if you share your meditation and mindfulness habits with me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Canada