ABOUT ME

I am a pessimistic optimist and a practical idealist. I am a teacher, musician, dreamer, and traveler. I consider myself as an open-minded, curious, and fairly flexible person.

PHILOSOPHY

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My CS experience will start with surfing only, as I am about to enter the transitional period between grad school and a job. However, I will be willing to host once I get a job and my own place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a newbie, and I'm excited to try Couchsurfing!

Interests

Traveling, walking, cooking, playing and listening to music, and reading

• festivals
• cooking
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• origami
• music
• violin
• surfing
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: classical; pop; reggaeton, and much more
Movies: Inception; Lord of the Rings; What the Bleep Do We Know
Books: A Thousand Splendid Suns; The Alchemist; Guns, Germs, and Steel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well, I'll give you three:
- Playing Scottish fiddle music as a street musician
- Working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay
- Organizing an international music festival in Palestine

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you: Origami, constellations, string instruments (violin, viola, cello, and bass), Scottish fiddling, and Korean cooking
I want to learn: Everything that I don't know

What I Can Share with Hosts

My traveling stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Palestine, Paraguay, South Korea, United States

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