I'm presently abroad in the Middle East jobbing it. Hoping to travel Europe a bit when I have time off to do so.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel mostly to go to events, sample local ciders and foods. I coordinate most of my trips around either aikido or blues dance events.

If you want to split an Airbnb or something feel free to get in contact with me!

Interests

I have a lot of photos of my dogs. Seriously. A lot.

• dancing
• drawing
• blues
• karaoke
• aikido
• sharing stories
• bicycles
• dungeons and dragons
• barefoot running
• my dogs!
• missing my rabbit

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: My Bubba & Mi, Reina Del Cid, Bon Iver, Sam Smith, Childish Gambino, Florence and the Machine, Empire of the Sun, Leftover Cuties, The Xx, YYYs, Tuba Skinny, Marquise Knox, Smoking Time Jazz Club, Solomon Douglas, lots of other blues music, music from anime I love, Lo-fi hip hop genre, ukulele covers of songs, etc

Books/Shows: Ender's Game Trilogy, First North American novels, All of the Earth Children Series... except for the last one which I haven't worked up the courage to muster through quite yet, Black Mirror, Sense 8, Ready Player One, Armada, The Martian, Blankets, Attack on Titan, Kakegurui, Your Lie in April, Studio Ghibli everything, Little Witch Academia, Boku No Hero Academia, Magic Mike I/II, The Secret of the Grain, I'll Take You There, The Fountain, Children of Men, I've Loved You So Long, Monster, lots of others...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most exciting night--proxy drinking for my best friend who couldn't drink for his birthday (I am very much a lightweight). Was totally killing it at karaoke. Lovely dances with strangers. So much awesome in Ybor City. We've since grown apart though, me and my old friend..

Peaceful amazing--Laying down in a park in cuddle puddle with a bunch of other dancers during Chicago Blues festival. Music washing over you with the breeze on warm summer afternoon.

Amazingly alone--Many times, while caving back when in university in various karsts in New Mexico. Turning off headlamp. Feeling absolute darkness and solitude.

Center of universe amazing--Close embrace micro dances and Aikido randoori practice.

Life partner amazing--staying at a beachfront villa and paddle boarding with partner and dog across bay every afternoon for this work trip a while back. The road trip there and back. All the arguments and all the laughs and all the mundane in-betweens. The dog fell off so many times ha..

There are also some amazingly tragic experiences that I cherish as much as the above. Life ain't all sunshine and rainbows after all.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- Blues dance! I'm an advanced beginner of sorts. Can teach basics/improv enough to have fun if there's live music about. Same goes with Aikido, :)
- Gesture drawing (figure drawing). No it doesn't have to be "Draw me like one of your french girls" ha (though quite experience on both sides of the easel). Neat skill for people watching or passing time at meetings. Also good when called upon as eyewitness to crimes. So handy.
- Cooking rice on stovetop without any measuring.

Learn:
- Yo estoy aprendiendo espanol! (muy despacio, desafortunademente . .); So far just duolingo but recognizing enough to get gist of stuff talked about on cnn espanol :D

Share:
- Hosting costs
- Hospitality to host (cleaning, cooking, conversation, company)
- Hilot

What I Can Share with Hosts

At the very least, I'm always ready to karaoke. Caring for pets. Walking/running dog/s.

I can cook basic philippine dishes, breakfast/lunch/brinner, and/or help with. Also can help with errands/tidying up.

English practice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Philippines, Slovenia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Japan, Philippines, Qatar, United States