CURRENT MISSION

Discover new places and people around the Bay area!

ABOUT ME

I like to think that I am a calm and laid back person who requires minimal fuss about most things. I appreciate the good things in life - good food, fine music, interesting people, thoughtful conversations. Of course anything I say here should certainly be taken with a grain of salt - people are often more disappointingly ordinary in real life than their profile would have them believe!

PHILOSOPHY

I am a somewhat analytical person who views life as a series of problems to be solved.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Bringing some cheer into the lives of the good folk who offer me a couch, having conversations with travelers who are passing by and so forth...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I mainly surfed in Europe and that was a lot of fun! I met a lot of different people from all walks of life, with extremely divergent view points, yet I think there was a common thread running through all of them. Also I never knew meeting new people could be so much fun!

Interests

Books, mathematics, music, traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - My personal favorite would be Ingmar Bergman. Among others Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu, Godard, Herzog, Woody Allen, Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. A rather eclectic collection.

Music - Again very eclectic. These days though I mostly listen to classical music - Bach being a personal favorite. Also Schubert and Shostakovich.

Books - The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Dead Souls by Gogol, The master and Margarita by Bulgakov

Teach, Learn, Share

I can talk a lot about things that are interesting to me. I used to read a lot at one point of time and can generally hold a meaningful conversation about literature, although my reading habits have taken a dip since then. I'm also quite keen about classical music and would love to understand and appreciate some of the technical details that go into its composition.

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, Nepal, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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