CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to find my mission. Help will be appreciated.

ABOUT ME

Chemical engineer by background, with nerdy but also funky interests. Last year I started indoor wall climbing for example. :) I moved to the NL for a university program in 2009 and stuck around for work and because this country is pretty awesome.

I really enjoy meeting new people and having genuine interactions with others, but I also go under the radar often and spend time by myself.

Eager to learn and explore / always on the lookout for new (+ fun) experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

A bit cheesy but I like this quote:"I shall pass this way but once; any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any (human) being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

Interests

The energy sector, good music, books & films, Go, people (random order :) ).

• books
• recipes
• vegetarian
• movies
• music
• rock climbing
• engineering
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Tough one. Here's a semi-random list to give you an idea:

Films: Cloud Atlas, The Man from Earth, Match Point, Avatar, Delicatessen, Goodbye Lenin, Into the Wild, Naqoyqatsi, Tropa de Elite, The Butterfly Effect;

Music: Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Lhasa de Sela, Fiona Apple, Dire Straits, Led Zeppelin, Chopin & Rachmaninov, Yann Tiersen, Gotan Project;

Books: The Selfish Gene, La possibilite d'une ile, God Is Not Great, Reaper Man, A Confederacy of Dunces, They F*** You Up, 1984, A Clockwork Orange, Dune, The Naked Sun;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I bungee-jumped in 2012, in a beautiful mountain pass in the Carpathians. Scary stuff.

Same year I worked for three months at a huge industrial complex in the middle of the Qatari desert. It felt like a science fiction movie!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been a vegetarian for a long time so I developed some mean (fruit) salad making abilities along the years. I don't keep my recipes secret (but perhaps I should)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lithuania, Maldives, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Netherlands, Qatar, Romania

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