CURRENT MISSION

that's top secret

ABOUT ME

I've been living/working in Hangzhou, China. Prior to that I lived in Shenzhen for about a year. I was born in Philadelphia and grew up not far from there.

I've lived and traveled throughout both Europe and Asia.

PHILOSOPHY

"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far my involvement has been pretty limited. I am busy with work and extra-curricular stuff, but I hope to participate more in the future.

Interests

I like live music most of all. Traveling, new foods, places and people, sailing, swimming, scuba diving, driving, hiking, etc.

• beauty
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• scuba diving
• sailing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Life Aquatic, The Big Lebowski, Bittersweet Motel

Music: Phish, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Keith Jarret, Talking Heads, Bill Monroe, Thelonious Monk, Frank Zappa, Coltrane, Os Mutantes, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams SR, Ween, Wilco, Tosca, Boards of Canada

(classic rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, old country, Motown, Soul, Folk, Improvisation, fusion, triphop, downtempo electronic and more)

Books: East of Eden, 100 Years of Solitude, Short Fiction (Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor), Poetry

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Centennial Celebration of small town in Issyk Kul region of Kyrgyzstan

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you advanced English, a good amount of Chinese, a little French. I have a lot to say about a lot of issues.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Ireland, United States