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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Japanese; learning French, Italian
  • 54, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • I teach English (EAP, EFL, Business English & creativ...
  • High School, university
  • From Berwick-upon-Tweed, U.K.
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to feel free,, happy and stimulated, and to pack as much into my life as I can

ABOUT ME

I'm very impetuous, interested in life and meeting as many different people as possible. I live in London but have lived in a number of different places including Japan (4 years), Australia (18 months) and Italy (6 months) Still have a few things I really want to do, first, I'd like to try and establish myself as a writer if possible.. easier said than done, I know but well worth doing.. then I can travel and write anywhere I go. Ultimately need to live by the sea in a nice warm climate.. The U.K. is too cold for me. I still have a lot of travelling to do...

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is to live as freely as possible without being bound to anyone else's rules or regulations. You must ultimately be true to yourself in order to be true to others. It's sometimes extremely difficult and I think I'm only now really starting to be & it's actually very liberating.. makes me feel really happy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a fabulous man called Ron in Cape Tribulation, Australia.. he was writing a crazy play about an alien landing on earth and he wanted me to play the princess... wish i stayed longer..
I used the site to meet people in Italy and it really helped me a lot..

Interests

Bikram and Sivananda yoga, cycling, swing dancing, running and being outside, festivals, travelling (of course!), reading crazy fiction - Murakami etc., writing creatively, listening to deep dark house, jazz and much more

  • writing
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • swing dancing
  • yoga
  • running
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • jazz
  • cycling
  • hunting

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything by Murakami, Isabel Allende, contemporary fiction, esoteric books, anything that makes me think about what I'm doing and where I'm going.. same goes for movies & music - loved 'Sideways', 'Il Postiino', 'Life is Beautiful' 'Not one less', 'Boudu'..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too many really... seeing shooting stars in Bali, trekking in Nan Province, Thailand, living in a mountain village in Japan, visiting Kakadu National Park, spending some time in an ashram in Kerala

Teach, Learn, Share

No matter how difficult your life seems to be, it helps to remember that in some way everything is unfolding as it should.. I believe there's a reason for everything and that everything comes together in the end as long as you go with the flow and don't resist what's happening, no matter how difficult it seems to be.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom

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