CURRENT MISSION

for my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream

ABOUT ME

i find it fascinating what the first thought is someone has when they are asked about themselves. how do you define yourself? - your job, your hobbies, your character?

as you can see, i think too much ;). i studied electronic engineering - doing my masters degree in satellite control systems. i developed multispectral imaging systems to facilitate satellite orientation. ask me if you really want to know more... ;) i love calculus, building things and solving problems.

i also have a bachelors degree in music - classical guitar performance and music theory. after i finished my studies i joined a very successful band in south africa and spent a few years touring the world, ending up in florida, usa. :)

PHILOSOPHY

how do you summarise your life philosophy?

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
- Van Gogh

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
- Niels Bohr

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i dont participate as much as i would like to. i'm currently living with two roomates, so i dont really have the freedom to host people as often as i would like (every weekend ;). but i definitely have a couch available and i LOVE meeting people of interesting and diverse cultures.

i also travel often, and would like to use couchsurfing to meet people and find accommodation more in future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

as of yet, very little. i have had quite a few people stay with me, but none ive met through couchsurfing. all off them have been incredible experiences. i look forward to hosting more travellers in the years to come.

Interests

my interests, copied and pasted from my facebook profile:

philosophy, spirituality, psychology. languages. obscure references. photography. music, guitar. electronics, lti system id and control, calculus. mtb, gymnastics, free-running and any other adrenaline fueled sport. taking risks. having fun. stimulating conversations and arguments... traveling, meeting new interesting ppl. art.

• arts
• performing arts
• photography
• running
• electronics
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• sports
• gymnastics
• engineering
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
crash, blow, basquiat, big fish, requiem for a dream, the motorcycle diaries, the pianist, life is beautiful, rabbit proof fence, garden state, shawshank redemption, lotr, matrix I, last of the mohicans, memento, vanilla sky, 12 monkeys, hotel rwanda, blood diamond, city of god. movies about africa. anything by focus features. i generally like the more obscure ones - and short art films - but i never remember their names!

music:
311, a perfect circle, ACDC, afro celt sound system, alice in chains, ben folds five, billy idol, blk sunshine, blur, bob dylan, boo!, bright eyes, buena vista social club, bush, children of bodom, chris isaak, coldplay, cowboy junkies, daft punk, fetish, dave matthews, david gray, depeche mode, dido, dire straits, does anybody read this?, dredg, enya, faithless, fairground attraction, feist, fischerspooner, flaw, fleetwood mac, foo fighters, francoise hardy, franz ferdinand, fuel, garbage, genesis, gin blossoms, green day, guns n roses, H8, idlewild, in flames, incubus, iron maiden, ismael lo, james, james taylor, jimi hendrix, joan baez, john butler, john mayer, johnny cash, johnny clegg, keane, kruder & dorfmeister, k's choice, led zeppelin, leftfield, leonard cohen, linkin park, live, lucinda williams, massive attack, marilyn manson, mark knopfler, mazzy star, metallica, moby, modest mouse, morcheeba, morrissey, muse, natalie merchant, nightwish, nirvana, norah jones, orbital, pantera, patty griffin, pearl jam, peter gabriel, pink floyd, placebo, portishead, postal service, prodigy, propellerheads, radiohead, rage against the machine, rammstein, REM, richard bona, sade, samael, satch, seether, silverchair, simon & garfunkel, sinead o connor, sisters of mercy, skunk anansie, smashing pumpkins, sneakerpimps, SNG, snow patrol, soundgarden, steve vai, sublime, suzanne vega, switchfoot, system of a down, the all american rejects, the beatles, the chemical brothers, the cult, the cure, the decemberists, the format, the killers, the led, the police, the postal service, the prodigy, the ramones, the wallflowers, thievery corporation, therion, toad the wet sprocket, tool, tori amos, tosca, tracy chapman, travis, U2, weezer, youssou n'dour, and many many more...

books:
so many... jrr tolken, cs lewis. tolstoy. dickens, cohen, ts elliot. 100years of solitude. life of pi. god of small things. ayn rand. milan kundera. sam harris. i wish i made more time to read.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i built my own aeroplane and launched myself off a 20ft cliff... red bull flugtag!! and so many other things - i live for life experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
- Van Gogh

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
- Niels Bohr

"Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
- Malcolm Forbes

"The doors leading out of scriptural literalism do not open from the inside."
- Sam Harris

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
- Bertrand Russell

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Germany, Italy, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

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