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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 49, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Student
  • PhD. in Economics, MS Forest Resources and Conservation B...
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Go back to Japan!

ABOUT ME

Long time since an update here. Finished my PhD and am teaching economics at the University of Miami.
Trying to bring my stress levels down, hehe. I usually think too much... How do I prepare for the future and live in the present? How do I avoid being hypocritical or too selfish and be a good but happy person? It seems the older I get the more unanswered questions I have. Well, so much for avoiding rambling. Anyway, before coming back to school I was in Japan for a while teaching English (shudderâ

PHILOSOPHY

I think that I have something inside me that doesn't want me to be able to feel satisfied with a normal life, whatever a "normal" life is. (issues? possibly...)
I hope that no matter what I am doing I can maintain an open mind. I never want to stop learning or thinking.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to meet people for coffee or drinks and chat about life, travels, and cs experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None.

Interests

All sorts of exercise.Running, tennis, swimming. I would like to learn to golf someday. Hanging out with friends, normal crud like that.

  • coffee
  • exercise
  • running
  • drinking
  • socializing
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • golf
  • economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies...I haven't watched any new movies in a while.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, Operated a Reactor, Got out of bed this morning...

Teach, Learn, Share

I have experience teaching English in Japan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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