CURRENT MISSION

Explore South America

ABOUT ME

My name is Shahan, and I've lived in California for my entire life. Since I've lived nowhere else, I'm sure I take its beauty for granted - I'm looking to change my perspective on the world as much as possible! I will be graduating with an Environmental Engineering degree in June, but a current goal I have in my life is to make sure that nothing is too secure. I want adventure, hard decisions to make, new experiences, and friends along the way to share it all with.

PHILOSOPHY

Your thoughts and attitude influence and often directly reflect your reality. I try to live my life in each moment that I possibly can. I meditate relatively often, and treating people with respect and the way that I would want to be treated is essential to not only friendship, but coexistence in general. I'm a big fan of the English philosopher Alan Watts. To give you an idea of his philosophy, here's a short video that encompasses some of his thoughts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU0PYcCsL6o&noredirect=1

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to couch surfing, but as soon as my living situation does not include a large number of people I will be more than happy to open up my couch to travelers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am currently looking for my first couch somewhere near Rio De Janeiro, Brazil!

Interests

Music. Jazz and Funk are awesome. I enjoy playing the guitar, piano, and saxophone.

Science and the future. Our world has such drastic changes coming for it in the next 50 years, I find it hard not to be absolutely thrilled with the opportunity to learn about it.

Cooking.
Yoga.
Basketball.
Being outside!

• writing
• beauty
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• piano
• canoeing
• surfing
• skydiving
• basketball
• engineering
• philosophy
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ernest Ranglin, Queen, Bob Dylan, Fat Freddy's Drop, Little Joy, The Strokes, Empire of the Sun, Grover Washington, Sublime

Books: George Orwell (1984), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Khalil Gibran (The Prophet), Siddhartha. Open to many!

Movies: Forrest Gump, The Matrix, Gravity, Good Will Hunting, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Donnie Darko.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have seen and taken a canoe along the Jeita Grotto in Lebanon, a huge cave that spans nearly 6 miles. Also in Lebanon, I have visited Khalil Jibran's house (a famed philosopher and writer) which was a humbling experience.

I've been skydiving twice and been the pilot of a small, single engine plane!

Countries I’ve Visited

Lebanon, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States