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Overview

  • 23 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Utopia planning
  • Aplied mathematics and Computer Engeeniring
  • From Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Looking to be the best person, friend, citizen possible... Trying to find what the hell I'm gonna do when real life catch me... Meeting new people... Make something to improve Mexico's problems... HAPINESS! FRIENDSHIP! LOVE!

ABOUT ME

I'm a strange combination, kind of crazy, I'm studying mathematics and computer science, but believe in magic and ghosts, i love traveling, love sports, love music (rock mainly), love partying, love nature, love books, love food, love adventure and do exiting things, taking risks... and, more than anything, meeting people.I'm the kind of guy its always in a good mood, very curious, smiling, never stress, never angry, always joking, ALWAYS chatting, telling stories, with a song in my head and day dreaming.

PHILOSOPHY

Be your favorite person in the world!

Golden Rule both ways (I hope its not too messy jaja)
-(Don't) [be with/do to/say to/ask] others, as you would (not) want others to [be with/do to/says to/ask] you

Be the change you wanna see in the world - Gandhi

Karma

Carpe Diem - Horace

Hakuna Matata

Always be kind to people, unless they prove not to deserve it, and even then, you don't have to be rude.

Speak honest, unless its hurtful and useless.

Reiki's five principles
- Just for today, I will not be angry.
- Just for today, I will not worry.
- Just for today, I will be grateful.
- Just for today, I will do my work honestly.
- Just for today, I will be kind to everyone.

From the song On The Radio by Regina Spektor:
"No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart"

(Of course these are ideals, but as one of my best friends said ones, probably quotting: "Ideals are like stars. You probably will never reach them, but they help you trace the path. And with out them, you are pretty much lost")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surf with: Johan and Tanya (München), Andreas (München), Marc (Biel), Carlo and Ulrika (Biel), Kristen (Berlin), Nicola (Berlin), Florian (Berlin), Carina (Uppsala), Kaj (Amsterdam), Charlie (Copenhagen), Liga (Riga), Alex (Vilnius), Indré (Kaunas), JoseMi (Girona), Gabrielle (Montpellier), Hassan (Nice).I have host in Stockholm: Carina and Anne (Germany), Lucie (Check Republic), Moritz (Germany), Egon (Belgium), Jessi and Chris (Germany), Rinat and Naor ,Israel), Carina (again) and her sister (Germany), Gabrielle and Audrey ^^(Canada), Antonin (France), Dulma and Petra (Spain and Czeck Republic), Jacob (Australia), Indré (Lithuania), Benny and Luis (México!).Surfed at the same time with: Andreas (Berlin)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Travel around Europe for a month, emergency couchsurfing while hitchhiking from Amsterdam to Stockholm, and now hosting in my student room in Stockholm, Sweden.

Interests

PEOPLE, music, traveling, movies, politics, technology, yoga, books, gipsys, photopgraphy, street musitians, revolution, football, tv series, art, flee markets, food, moral, camping, México, hitchhiking, espirituality, internet, impro theater, festivals... LIFE!

  • arts
  • street art
  • diy
  • dancing
  • technology
  • magic
  • camping
  • science
  • hitchhiking
  • spirituality
  • slackline
  • permaculture
  • biking
  • activism
  • feminism
  • anarchy
  • hacking
  • revolution
  • squating
  • okupa
  • impro
  • opensource

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Classic rock, alternative rock, indie rock, latinamerican rock, ska, reggae, punk, etc... Not much into popI think its better if I name my favorites bands:AC~DC, Los Amigos Invisibles, Artic Monkeys, Austin TV, Babasonicos, Balkan Beat Box, The Beatles, Beirut, Bob Marley, Botellita de Jerez, Los Bunkers, Cafe Tacvba, Los Caligaris, Calle 13, Carla Morrison, The Chemical Brothers, The Cinematic Orchestra, Cristal Castles, La Cuca, Daft Punk, The Doors, Enanitos Verdes, Foals, Gorilaz, El Guincho, La Gusana Ciega, Hello Seahorse!, Heroes del Silencio, Janis Joplin, Jarabe de Palo, Jessy Bulbo, Jimi Hendrix, Jumbo, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Kinky, LCD Soundsystems, Led Zepelin, Lost Acapulco, Mago de Oz, La Maldita Vecindad, Metallica, Metronomy, MGMT, Molotov, Niña, Nirvana, Oasis, Panteon Rococo, Pate de Fuá, Phoenix, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Plastilina Mosh, Portishead, Radiohead, Ratatat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Los Rodriguez, The Rolling Stones, She's a Tease, Ska-P, Soda Stereo, The Strokes, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, The Who, Yeah yeah yeahs.... Puuufff! FAVORITES MOVIES: Movies that make you think, make you reflexion, make you change... that wake you upThe Fight Club, Shawshank Redemtion, Biutiful, Matrix, Amelie, Into the Wild, Pulp Fiction, Limitless, Diarios de Motocicleta, Cidade De Deus, Amores Perros, Big Fish, Kill Bill, A Clockwork Orange, Rock & Rolla, The Butterfly Efect, Adventurland, American Beauty, The Silence of the Lambs, The Pursuit of Hapiness, Peter Pan, Star Wars, The Music Never Stopped, Pay It Forward, Aladín, Slumdog millionare, Los Paranoicos, Juno, V for Vendetta, A Beautiful Mind, Happythankyoumoreplease, El Estudiante, The Sixth Sense, Scott Pilgrim, Zombie Land, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Saw, The Italian Job, Brave Heart, Inception, 500 days of Summer, How to train your dragon, As It Is In Heaven. BOOKS: I like almost everything. Basically classic novels or amazing travels stories and random extrange characters. I've been told to be a great story teller and Im seriusly thinking of wrting in some point, but haven't take the big jump yet. My favorite its Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Marquez. I also really liked Harry Potter and Tolkien books, thanks to them I acquired the love for reading. Right now I'm with Stieg Larsson's books: Millennium Trilogy and On the Road by Jack Kerouac

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done: Hitch hiking from Amsterdam to Stockholm in 4 days. Great people in the way. The most random things happened. AMAZING!

Seen: There is this virgin beach in Oaxaca, Mexico, called Chacahua. Its almost an island between the sea and a little laguna. There is this little microorganism named plankton that, for some chemical reason I dont understand, it shines when you move the water around them, just at nigth and when there is no moon. So, you can swim in those waters and your entire body get surronded by this shining little shining spots. Its amazing, its like swimming in stars

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not an expert in anything and I regret it, but I know a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff.

I can teach you how to whistle really hard with your fingers, if you don't mind looking really fool for some minutes.
I can teach you some magic tricks.
I can teach you how to properly play dominoes. (Its not just putting the same number in the end of the queue)
I can teach you to play chess. (I taught chess in my ex-primary. It was awesome!)
I can show you a lot of useless and time consuming, but really fun, websites.
I can teach you some drinking games.

I wanna learn how to play harmonica and Hang Durms.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, United States

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