CURRENT MISSION

aotearoa.....

PHILOSOPHY

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived … I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms..." (Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854).

"...и высосать из жизни костный мозг, жить так, чтобы на смертном ложе не осознать что ты не жил, что ты существовал!"”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

just some

Interests

aikido and budo in general, all that is connected with Japan and Asia (one day I'll set my foot on you sole, believe me!!!), mountaineering, hiking, swimming, running with heavy backpack on my shoulders, great movies and books, great performances in theaters and else that put you upside down, make you cry, smile, love or hate; meeting interesting, weird people that can talk, but listen and hear you as well with different backgrounds, experiences and opinions, strong personalities, that make you admire them; playing with my nephew and my dog; sunbathing on a park bench on spring afternoon, sea and sand, water, photography... Uhhh... I think I should stop now?!

• dogs
• books
• photography
• running
• movies
• hiking
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• swimming
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
The Love Story (1970)
Игла (1988)
Точка (2006)
Асса (1988)
Vai viegli būt jaunam (1986)
Četri balti krekli (1967)
Вертикаль (1966)
классика советского кино

Chekhov, Pushkin, Griboedov, Solzhenitsyn, Ryu Murakami

Kino, Alisa, Ariya, Brainstorm (Prata Vetra), Garik Sukachev, Serjga, Butusov, U2, Moby, Motzart, Vivaldi, Bach etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen mountains, mountains, mountains...., water: rivers, seas, oceans, waterfalls and just swimming pools, sun today in the morning high in the sky that is so unbelievably blue and steps of my nephew running in the hall and his happy voice...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United States

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