CURRENT MISSION

To learn chinese properly, and travel to the Far East

ABOUT ME

I'm a geek, I suppose, since I do everything that's expected of one. I am an IT guy by profession. I try to see as much of the world as I can, by constantly learning new languages. I'm quite into asian culture, and am currently studying chinese on a university, in high hopes to be able to travel to the Far East soon. I also am a big fan of good beer, and am always open to finding new brands worth trying. As long as you do like beer, I am pretty sure there is some common tongue for us to find, regardless of who you are.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that everybody has the freedom to do anything, as long as it does not limit other people's freedom. And that, as they say, is that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm sometimes available for hosting, when I can spare the time. I might also show you around Poznań or at least help in some way.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

october 2013, London (UK), at Julio's place
nobember 2013, Milan (Italy), at Carlo's place
november 2014, Paris (France), at Jay's place, and then at Rachid's
may 2015, Oslo (Norway) at Chris' place
june 2015, Zagreb (Croatia), at Anamarija's place
june 2015, Berlin (Germany), at Luzian's place
december 2015, Rome (Italy), at Gianluca's place

Interests

I've been a gamer for almost 2 decades now, since the beginning of the Playstation era. I don't neglect any genre, but am mainly into rpg's and fighting games. I read a lot, mainly sci-fi and fantasy books. I love good cinema, even though good movies are hard to come by nowadays. I'm also into pen & paper RPGs, languages, chinese and japanese culture... The list goes on forever, really.

I recently started to play Majiang (麻将) on regular basis.

• culture
• books
• cooking
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• engineering
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie directors: Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Cohen brothers, Jim Jarmusch
Particular movies: Wild at Heart, The man who wasn't there, The Graduate, Broken Flowers, Django, Pulp Fiction
Books authors: George RR Martin, Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett, Jarosł‚aw Grzędowicz, Stephen King
Particular books: A Song of Ice and Fire, Dune, Xenocide, Way of Kings, Mort
TV Series: Twin Peaks, Carnivale, House of Cards, Game of Thrones
Music: Dream Theater, Dire Straits, Ayreon, Pink Floyd, Yoko Kanno, Bonobo
Games: Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Tekken, Portal, Demon & Dark Souls, Planescape Torment

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made it through platinum in Demon Souls? Cooked tasty Yakisoba? Communicated in chinese in Paris' china town district? Lived through a frontal car accident? Life is full of amazing things, it's pretty subjective what really deserves that adjective, I think. No parachute jumping, though.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I am an IT engineer, so I do know quite a bit about that. I've been programming mainly in Java, and a bit of C++/C. I specialize in database management. It all depends what you need, really.

I also know some languages, as you can see in a different section of my profile. I use the Memrise app - http://www.memrise.com/user/Heiah/ - feel free to follow me. I made some courses on Chinese on my own, feel free to try those.

Oh, and I suppose I can teach you how to play Majiang (Mahjong, 麻将 or whatever it is called in your language), if you have the patience - although I unfortunately do not have a travelling set, so it's only possible in Poland.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook a little, I suppose - mostly nothing fancy, but edible.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland