CURRENT MISSION

To reinvent myself daily…

ABOUT ME

Sui generis.
In the next Kalokairi, find me in Ελλάδα!

I just love to take my backpack and travel to any interesting place all over the world

I work as a system analyst. What do I do? Software development, analysis and design. Database stuff as well… But that's only my job… I do such more… :)

I love Photography, Cinema, Language learning, meeting people, listen to all kind of music, nice food (such as Mediterranean, Japanese, Italian, Thai and Vegetarian mainly), the sea (and amounts of water in general, haha), the outdoors… Film making, partying, reading, the piano… The Nature with all its tones of green, yellow, red, brown… and its amazing living beings. I'm just a fan of suddenly taken travel plans! I make no plans at all! I have a good sense of humor and I am very optimist about life…

I'm generally up to anything… Open-minded, I like to know people of any kind…

I appreciate a good conversation… A dinner in a nice restaurant, hanging around with friends, watching DVD at home or films in the cinema… I’m not addicted to discos, but I go once in a while… All depends on whom I am with… And, of course, backpacking!

I really enjoy good company and chat.

I am the kind of person who hates having to keep doing the same thing over and over… the same city, the same people, the same work… (But I don't hate people, ok?) I love changes and experiencing new things… I simply can't stand the routine.

I am always ready for whatever comes up! I'm mostly spontaneous and unpredictable.

That's what it is about. This is me.

Cosmopolitan.

Reiventando-me a cada dia!

Smile Admirer
Είμαι ελεύθερος

PHILOSOPHY

“Eles construíram os trilhos do trem nos Alpes entre Viena e Veneza antes de ter um trem que pudesse fazer a viagem. Mas eles constuíram mesmo assim. Sabiam que um dia o trem chegaria.
Qualquer curva arbitrária no caminho estaria em outro lugar, diferente.
Afinal, o que são quatro paredes? Elas são o que elas contêm. A casa protege o sonhador.
Coisas boas, inimagináveis, podem acontecer, até mesmo no fim do jogo. É uma grande surpresa.”
— Sob o Sol de Toscana

“Às vezes as pessoas deixam que os mesmos problemas as tornem infelizes por anos à fio, quando deveriam dizer apenas e daí? Essa é uma das minhas expressões favoritas; e daí? minha mãe não gostava de mim. E daí? Meu marido não faz amor comigo. E daí? Não sei como consegui sobreviver aqueles anos todos, antes de aprender esse truque. Custei muito a aprendê-lo - mas uma vez que a gente aprende, nunca mais esquece.”
— Dos diários de Andy Warhol

“Ao longo da vida, haverá um monte de gente lhe dizendo como viver. Terão todas as respostas pra você. O que deve ou não fazer. Não discuta com eles. Só diga "sim, é uma idéia brilhante", e daí faça o que você quiser.”
— Woody Allen

“Minha solidão não tem nada a ver com a presença ou ausência de pessoas… Detesto quem me rouba a solidão sem em troca me oferecer verdadeiramente companhia.”
— Nietzsche

“Love, my dear Gigi, is a thing of beauty like a work of art, and like a work of art it is created by artists. The greater the artist the greater the art. ”
— Aunt Alicia. Gigi (1985)

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”
— C.S. Lewis

“Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.”
— Henry van Dyke

“Maravilhas nunca faltaram ao mundo; o que sempre falta é a capacidade de senti-las e admirá-las.”
— J. Schmidt

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
— Albert Einstein

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
— Oscar Wilde

“Vocês riem de mim por que sou diferente e eu rio de vocês porque vocês são todos iguais.”
— Jonathan Davis

“I may be drunk, madam, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will be just as ugly.”
— Sir Winston Churchill

“Para chegar onde a maioria não chega é preciso fazer algo que a maioria não faz.”

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
— Mahatma Gandhi

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
— Unknown

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon

“I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.”
— Elvis Presley

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”
— Josh Billings

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
— William Shakespeare

“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
— Unknown

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”
— Christopher Morley

“Atravessar grandes mares traz novos horizontes.”

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
– Dalai Lama

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
— Andre Gide

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
— Sallust

“Solvitur ambulando”
“As coisas se resolvem quando caminhamos.”
— Augustin d’Hippone (Aurelius Augustinus, ou Santo Agostinho)

“The time is always right to do what is right.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”
— Amelia Earhart

“Nothing happens unless first we dream.”
— Carl Sandburg

“Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin

“Be who you are and be that well.”
— Saint Francis de Sales

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Weekly and non-weekly meetings. Traveling together. CS groups and messages. Hosting. Couch Surfing. CS events (such as Cook Something, Thematic Parties — did someone say pyjama party? —, barbecues, cities invasions, free hugs, pillow fights, dinners, trips…).

Meeting people, having fun and sharing travel experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosters, hosted surfers and friends (I met outside CS, but that became members):
• Alessandra Silva, Brazil
• Ana Cristina Goes, Brazil
• Antonio Rey, Mexico
• Dunya Rodrigues, Portugal
• Federico Antonio, Uruguay
• Götz Kaufmann, Germany
• Karine Alves, Brazil
• Jan David, Portugal
• João Aguiar, Portugal
• Mariana Xabo, Brazil
• Patricia Krayer, Switzerland
• Patricia's boyfriend, Mexico
• Paulinha Brasil, Brazil
• Ray McGroarty, Ireland
• Renato Sipe, Brazil
• Simone Oliveira, Brazil
• Taty Albertazzi, Brazil
• Tiago Silva, Brazil
• Vanessa Ferreira, Brazil
• Vanessa Ferreira Souza, Brazil
• Viviane Silva, Brazil
• William Zeytounlian , Brazil

Traveled with:
• Airton Bertini, Brazil
• Alessandra Silva, Brazil
• Daniel Vieira, Brazil
• Donagh, Brazil
• Debora Lopes, Brazil
• Fabiola Andrade, Brazil
• Karine Alves, Brazil
• Luciano, Brazil
• Mike, Paraguay
• Mitie, Brazil
• Raquel Altoe, Brazil
• Renato Sipe, Brazil
• Renzo, Brazil
• Rodrigo Ferraz, Brazil
• Simone Oliveira, Brazil
• Stephen Wall, Brazil
• Tatiana Leão, Brazil
• Tiago Silva, Brazil
• Vanessa Ferreira, Brazil

Interests

Books · Cinema · Friendship · Gastronomy · Languages · Movies · Music · Photography · Theater · Traveling · Writing

• arts
• writing
• books
• theater
• architecture
• design
• photography
• film making
• acting
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• survival
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• languages
• software

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Maybe acting twice before thinking about a situation?! I don't follow any pattern… Just let it be, respecting my desires (and people, for sure). Enjoying life is more than following rules. Rules limit you!

“I want it” is generally all I need to do something.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ireland

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