CURRENT MISSION

Travel! Learn Japanese! Keep writing...

ABOUT ME

Highly energetic person who likes to be busy busy busy!

Laughs a lot. Enjoys life as it comes (with only a few little rants along the way :P )

Addicted to travelling.

Loves writing. Anything.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been a guest. And I've now hosted a couple of people.

Might be able to host in Autumn 2011 in Kyoto.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have CouchSurfed round Japan :-)
Have hosted a couple of people in Cambridge

Interests

Reading, writing, travelling, meeting new people, martial arts, French, Spanish, Japanese, cycling, music, gigs, climbing trees, exploring, adventures, cinema

• arts
• writing
• singing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• martial arts
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Harry Potter (cliché sorry...), His Dark Materials - Pullman, Watership Down, A lot of teenage fiction when I really should be reading something better...

Films:
The Bourne films, Monsters Inc, Mulan, Will Smith movies, Shrek, Spirited Away <3, The Crow

Music:
Er...lots. Classic rock, metal, now keen on electro-ish stuff eg. Late of the Pier, Crystal Castles, Dragonette, Soho Dolls, Hot Chip, MGMT, The Faint
Special mention also to: Queen, Mindless Self Indulgence, Patrick Wolf, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Franz Ferdinand, The Hot Puppies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking across Corsica was pretty amazing, as was learning to Scuba dive...
Singing the entire of Bohemian Rhapsody on the top of the Empire State building and watching the sun set...
Wandering around Seville at night...
Getting my black belt in karate (that took some work with my coordination skills, or rather lack of)...
Travelling to Japan, getting 39 interviews, climbing Mt Fuji and generally making the most of every minute I had out there...
Banff National Park in Canada - beautiful!
Escaping from China and praying I didn't get detained in the process...

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United Kingdom

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