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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, French
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Computer programmer
  • Bachelor Degreee in Computer Engineering
  • From Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Why do people feel the need to have a mission or a purpose in life? Just live it day by day

ABOUT ME

I'm probably one of the most easy-going people you'll ever meet. I'm pretty quiet, a bit of a nerd, even a recluse, but as friendly as they come.

A couple of years ago I got rid of my apartment and all but a bag of clothes and now I travel while I work with my laptop. I like to travel slow, spending a month in a city at a time. I learn more about the city this way, rather than just see the tourist sites and begin to feel like a local, plus travelling this way costs no more than living at home.

PHILOSOPHY

Time is not money, it's worth far more than that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I first joined, I hosted 5 people in the span of a month. I found I really learnt a lot about my own city by hosting people from out of town. Today I don't really have a place to host. I've never actually stayed on a couch but have found CS to be a great place just to meet people when I'm travelling and find out what's going on in the city.

Interests

You'd be amazed by how difficult I think that it is to answer this question.
I'm interested in something different everyday and rarely will I be interested that same thing tomorrow.

  • clothing
  • traveling
  • socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

I have eclectic music tastes. I grew up on alternative rock but today my favourite genres are 80s New Wave and Ndombolo (it's Congolese pop music and yes, I can do the dance)

Favourite movies are 2001, Inglorious Bastards, Apocolypse Now and the Indiana Jones Trilogy (4th one doesn't count)

I only read for information, not into fiction, so whatever I'm interested in at the time is what I'm reading about.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Senegal, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Portugal, Senegal

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