CURRENT MISSION

Learning

ABOUT ME

Well... I'm optimistic, dynamic and I like what I do :-)

PHILOSOPHY

Every day can be a good day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As a whole CS is being an amazing and delightful surprise: I had met interesting people, befriended some of them and had great experiences. CS is all about exchanging and sharing moments and the possibilities that CS can rise are endless. It's up to us!

Interests

Photography, technology, social/travel writing, reading, jogging, cycling, music, traveling, history, statistical learning, world affairs, painting, financial markets, sculpture, philosophy, anthropology, cinema, nature and socializing with people.

• writing
• photography
• sauna
• technology
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• cycling
• swimming
• anthropology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: (some samples)
Cohen Brothers; C'est arrivé prés de chez vous of Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonsel and Benoit Poelvoorde; Mathiew Kassovitz; Emir Kusturica; Robert Rodriguez; Pan's Labyrinth of Guillermo del Toro; Crimson Gold of Jafar Panahi; Tim Burton; Woody Allen; Alfred Hitchcock; Some like it hot of Billy Wilder; Moonson Wedding of Mira Nair; Sergio Leone; David Cronenberg; David Lynch; Francis Ford Coppola; Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Delicatessen, the city of the lost children); Michael Haneke and his Funny Games (the 1st one from 1997); Peter Jackson and his Braindead; Akira Kurosawa...

MUSIC:
My adolescence was characterized by Rock, Punk and Heavy Metal but before that and later I found/rediscovered the pleasure of the good timeless music: ALL Bossa Nova; some Fado, Soul and Folk; Oldies; Instrumental; Composers as Pachelbel, Burt Bacharach, Astor Piazzolla, Albinoni, Gerschwin, Leonard Bernstein, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Bizet and Joaquin Rodrigo plus the intimacy of all the troubadours (Tim Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Josh Ritter, Richard Thompson, Jacques Brel, Mark Lanegan; Jose Gonzalez; Nick Drake; Lee Hazlewood; Bob Dylan; Daniel Lanois; Chris Cornell; David Kitt, etc). And the list goes on with names like Depeche Mode; Ray Charles; Belle and Sebastian; Justice; Edith Piaf; Jack Johnson; George Michael; The Doors; Rolling Stones; Stevie Wonder; David Bowie; Sex Pistols; Santana; New Order; Cream; Compay Segundo; Bunbury; Sting; Bollywood breaks; Beatles; Joy Division; Marvin Gaye; Sade; James Brown; Cream; Kula Shaker; dEUS; Jamiroquai; Madredeus; Nina Simone; Cesaria Evora; Jerry Van Rooyen; Ananda Shankar and many others...

BOOKS:
Paul Auster; Shusako Endo; Robert Heinlein; Antonio Gedeao; Baudelaire; Ryszard Kapuscinski; Fernando Pessoa; Uncle Petrus and the Goldbach's Conjecture; James Cleick and his Cosmos; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Gonçalo Cadilhe; Life of Pi; Candide of Voltaire; Patagonia of Bruce Chatwin; The Little Prince; Who Moved My Cheese; Discourse on the Method; Gulliver's Travels; Siddhartha; The Picture Of Dorian Gray; Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy; all traveling literature...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I lived in Finland, I enjoyed the Northern Ligths (Aurora Borealis) and being able to cross, on foot, a frozen creek or lake. I also had good moments doing sauna and winter swimming. :-)

Once I jumped from a moving train (in Portugal), I also snorkeled in Thailand and I had 4 years of crazy daily commuting in Tokyo's metro.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland, Japan, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom

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