CURRENT MISSION

eyes open. spend time with people who make life worth living. be warm. welcoming. get better.

ABOUT ME

i've just quit my job as the strategy director for heineken's advertising in an agency in amsterdam. i've been doing a similar thing for 7 years.

i moved here for this job, and it's been a blast. but the turbulence and stress have made me reflect on what i really want from my life, and how i want to grow as a person.

i'm taking some time off to get even better at spanish, learn some brazilian portuguese, play music, write, meet people, talk, laugh, play and go skinny dipping.

my greatest pleasure is getting to know people. asking them questions. realising what they're about. what makes them happy, and sad.

i'm vocal, i like to laugh and to make other people laugh.

i'm most comfortable when everybody else is. i'll do everything i can to make sure people are at ease.

PHILOSOPHY

be considerate
be open
think.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

for now, as i'm traveling for the next year, i don't have a couch to offer. but i love to talk, tell and listen to stories, play the guitar, drums or piano and sing with people.

since it was my job, i can also help you if you have a business, or a product that you want more people to know about.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't done any (official) couchsurfing yet, but I've been around a few continents and have ended up in the home of a welcoming stranger, or friend of a friend numerous times.

I've tried to offer the same experience when I've had the chance.

Interests

i like to think about how to make all or any things better
i like to solve problems
i like to play music and listen to music, almost incessantly
i love people. finding out about them. being challenged by them.

• singing
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

one of the few books that has stayed with me and i've read multiple times is The Master and Margarita

i love music. i make some!

making not a lot of music. www.soundcloud.com/mospod

...and here are some bands i like.

The Doors
Devendra Banhart
warpaint
John Frusciante
The Beatles
Bert Jansch
Mount Kimbie
Air
Silver apples
Yeasayer
Africa 70
Fela Kuti
Lou Barlow
Sebadoh
Pavement
Beck
Soft Mmachine
Neil Young
Serge/Charlotte Gainsbourg
Buddy Miles
Nick Drake
African/Turkish/Moroccon psyche/jazz/fuzz rock
Augustus Pablo
Incredble String Band
blur
Dub

films...

2046, terminator 2, melancholia, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, utopian.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i'd love to tell you about them in person! they're sort of long stories and to write about them briefly feels like a badge more than anything else

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom