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Overview

  • 6 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Japanese
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Entrepreneur, software engineer.
  • College degree in network engineering.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Have fun, visit the world!

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm a software engineer and entrepreneur, currently working in web/product consulting (remotely), learning japanese and planning a big trip to Japan.

Other than that I have a major interest in biology on a broad way and specifically in gerontology, human regenerative engineering and many other subjects.

I'm also on BeWelcome.

PHILOSOPHY

If you do not go after what you want, you'll never have it.
If you do not ask, the answer will always be no.
If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a host!
I can show you around.
And walk with you near the beach.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted:
Yoshiaki and Emika (04-2014)
Rodrigo and Michelle Sumikawa (12-2014)

Surfed:
Tetsuko Nomura (08-2014)
Rodrigo and Michelle Sumikawa (08-2014)
Yoshiaki and Emika (08-2014)
Andressa and Minoru Nomura (08-2014)
Kana Ikeda (09-2014)
Sueli Ichibassi (09-2014)

Interests

Meet new people, make friends, travel, Japan!
Other interests:
Karate, Traditional Japanese Martial Arts, Computers, Web, Self-Development, Meditation, Biology, Nature, Anime, Music, Nature Walking, Human Regenerative Engineering, Gerontology, Entrepreneurship.

  • arts
  • meditation
  • walking
  • anime
  • traveling
  • music
  • backpacking
  • martial arts
  • biology
  • business
  • engineering
  • entrepreneurship
  • science
  • software
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Monday Michiru
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Seu Jorge
Yoshida Brothers
Utada Hikaru
Ayumi Hamasaki
Kodo Taiko
Smooth Jazz
Seal
Caetano Veloso
Marisa Monte
And many many others…

Books:
Gambaru - by Cláudio Ayabe
Bushido - by Inazo Nitobe
Maktub - by Paulo Coelho
The Book of Five Rings - by Musashi Miyamoto
Bushido Shoshinshu - by Taira Shigesuke
The Power of Less - by Leo Babauta
The Four-Hour Work Week - by Timothy Ferriss
The Art of the Start - by Guy Kawasaki
Anticancer - by David Servan-Schreiber
After Dark - by Haruki Murakami
And many many others…

Movies:
Seven Samurai
Nobody Knows (Dare mo Shiranai - 誰も知らない)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Ghost in the Shell
Kuro obi
Cloud Atlas
Samurai Champloo
Central do Brasil
Kikujiro (O Verão de Kikujiro)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Spirited Away
Eat Drink Man Woman
Tampopo
The Twilight Samurai
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
And many many others…

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A three month backpack journey through interior Brazil.
My two visits to Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

Nature walks while talking about everything.
Having talks about science and philosophy.
If you have "business idea" I can help you.
I like helping people solve problems.

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