Music, Film and Books lover. Absolute travel hound and beach bum! Relentless aficionado of secret hot springs and magical spots in nature.
I am an SAP Certified Solutions consultant and Web Entrepreneur.
Also an aspiring filmmaker, about to direct my first short in 360 degrees spherical!

** While I do have a place, I'm CURRENTLY SEEKING CHILL, LIKE-MINDED AND CS FRIENDLY ROOMIES TO MOVE IN TOGETHER WITH/SPLIT - AN AMAZING APARTMENT WITH POOL, SAUNA, JACUZZI, CLOSE TO BART SUPERMARKETS AND HIKING TRAIL. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE UP FOR THIS, POTENTIALLY AND WE COULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER . your share would be $300/month all inclusive**

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel; I'm fascinated by interactions between diverse cultures and love to be a part of it. Have lived in Bombay, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Karachi, North Cyprus, Istanbul, Manhattan, California, Baja Mexico, Malaysia.. and traveled to many more places!
I'm always looking for fellow road warriors and travel buddies.

Interests

Tech, Pattern Recognition, Music, Innovating, Cooking up ideas, Analytics, trivia about useless crap, MOVIES, road trips, camping, beach, cultures.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Millers Crossing, Donnie Darko, Goodfellas, 13 Tzameti, Office Space, True Romance, Scarface, Memento, The Prestige, Wall Street, Contact, Nothing to Lose, Anchorman: Ron Burgandy, Pulp Fiction, Children of Heaven, Raid 2, The Usual Suspects, Twelve Monkeys, Beetlejuice, City of God, Haute Tension, Ace Ventura 1 & 2, Dark Knight, Inception, Fargo, Run Lola Run, Seven Samurai, Wild Strawberries, 8 1/2, Amores Perros, Wild Tales, Idiocracy, Mesrine, Lost Highway, A Bittersweet Life, The Good the Bad the Weird, Chaser, Thirst, Eraserhead, A lot like Love, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Gravity, Children of Men, Carlos, Drive, Das Experiment..
LOVE Fellini, Bergman and new-wave Latino movies.
Fav. directors: Kubrick, Darren Aronofsky (the new Kubrick), Coppola, Bryan Singer, Richard Kelly, Scorsese and a bunch of South Korean filmmakers.

Music: I belong to the grunge generation: Pearl Jam!, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Oasis. Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Radiohead, Royksopp, Clams Casino, RATM, Portishead, Wu Tang Clan, The Cure, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Burzum, GSYBE!, NIN, Led Zeppelin, MGMT, Junoon, Empire of the Sun, ANATHEMA, Washed Up, Survive, Clan of Xymox, Sigur Ros, Morcheeba, Emperor, Sepultura, Soulfly, Wu Lyf, Amorphis, Rammstien, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen.. it's endless.

Shows: FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS! Twin Peaks, Lost, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Lilyhammer, Entourage, Shark Tank, X-Files, Seinfeld, Curb your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley

Books: everything by Jeffrey Archer, stephen King, Rumi, Grisham, Ludlum, Trump, Clancy, Roald Dahl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quite a few.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.” – Kurt Vonnegut

“When you are everywhere, you are nowhere / When you are somewhere, you are everywhere.” – Rumi

"When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” ― Rumi

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ― Rumi

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” ― Rumi

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” ― Rumi

What I Can Share with Hosts

I make PRETTY amazing ribeye steaks complete with mushroom sauce and the works.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Finland, Greece, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States