CURRENT STATUS

Away for work

CURRENT MISSION

To find a proper environment for doing my research proposal on Urban Agroecology.

ABOUT ME

I like playing piano, drawing and Arts in general. I also love Nature and outdoors activities.
I lived in Cracow for 1 year when I was 13 and it was an amazing experience. I grew up wanting to know more about the world and this feeling took me to Japan, where I studied Law with mention in International Relations. I lived there for 6 years. Then I did a Masters in Australia for 2 years in International Relations with mention in Asia Pacific studies. Back in Chile I worked for 2 years as lecturer of two local universities, and currently I work for a biotechnology company, expanding its links to Japan, where I sometimes travel.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't take anything for granted. The only limit to our actions is our imagination.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participated in Couchsurfing before (or was it Hospitality Club..?) Anyways, I love the idea behind this, because we get to be more open to others through a network of people who share the idea that society is made up of trust and the more we build it and increase it, the more free and creative we can be.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well, I used Hospitality Club before (which is the ancestor of Couchsurfing): I've been a guest in many cities in Europe and Australia, and have been a host in Japan and Australia many times.

Interests

Urban Agroecology, Arts, Sustainability, Asian Studies, Philosophy, Languages, International Relations, Law, History, Cinema, Reading, Writing, Painting, Playing Piano, Singing, Cycling, Snowboarding, Swimming, Travelling, and most things people like: eating fine food, meeting interesting people, playing cards, dogs&cats, having enough time to do all of the above.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• culture
• writing
• singing
• design
• acting
• coloring
• concerts
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• piano
• cycling
• snowboarding
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• international relations
• languages
• law
• nature
• sustainability
• vegetarianism
• outdoors
• urban agroecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema (Art, Surrealism, Italian Neorealism, Comedy, American Science Fiction, Japanese classics). Particularly by: Ettore Scola, Michael Radford, Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Charles Chaplin, Jan Svankmajer, Peter Greenaway, Hayao Miyazaki, Raúl Ruiz.

Music (Antique, Barroque, Clasical, Contemporary, Chilean Folk, Brazilian Bossa Nova, 50s,60s,70s,and some 80s english/american rock mainly). Particularly, by: Bach, Marcello, The Beatles, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, Mercedes Soza, Vinicius de Moraes, Elis Regina, Chico Buarque, Joao Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, The Platters, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Stravinsky, Gorecki, Tansman, Bethoven, Mozart.

Books (Romantic, Poetry, Philosophy): Particularly by: Hermann Hesse, Dostoievsky, Romain Rolland, Pablo Neruda, Khalil Gibran, Nietszche, Camus, Kafka, Benedetti, Chopra.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-A lagoon in Cracow surrounded by a forest (Zakrzówek)
-Contemporary music concerts of all kind.
-Japanese beer parties with fireworks
-Acting experiences in Chile and Japan

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:
-Asian Studies (Asian Law and Asian Culture. Countries of research: Japan, China and Korea)
-Piano and Music (reading scores, writting music)
-Drawing and Painting (portraits, and caricatures)
-Languages (Spanish, English, Japanese)
-Web design and programming (joomla, wordpress, php, html, css)
-Philosophy, International Relations, Political Theory, Law.
-International Trade, International Law and Intercultural Studies.

I want to continue to learn:
-About the world and its diversity.
-to improve my Japanese reading speed.
-to improve my Piano score reading speed.
-how to cook other dishes.
-water color painting technique.
-Italian.
-German.
-Chinese.

What I Can Share with Hosts

-A comfortable mattress on the floor.
-My hospitality and hopefully, friendship.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Chile, Japan, Poland