CURRENT MISSION

Explore the world, meet interesting people and learn from them.

ABOUT ME

A young, well educated and open minded professional. Neither smoke nor drink. Love loving, living, exploring the world, meeting and talking to new people, making new friends, dancing in the rain, enjoying nature, technology, staying on top of things, swimming, playing ping pong. I've lived and worked in Europe for almost five years and have been living in Houston, TX since 2011. I truly enjoyed my four years long stay in Stavanger, Norway and one year in Oxford, England and now traveling across the United States.

During my stay in Europe, I have had the opportunity to travel around western Europe especially different cities of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, France and Greece. I also traveled to various countries in asia including United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Malaysia and Pakistan.

I got relocated to Oxford, England after four years in Stavanger, Norway. Lived in Oxford for about a year. I loved living in both Stavanger and Oxford. Both cities has wonderful experience to offer to tourists. In 2011 I got relocated to Houston with same company I worked for in Norway and England.

Now I'm enjoying the luxury of traveling in Americas due of the nature of my job which involves quite a bit of traveling. So far I've visited quite a few states in US including Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, New York, New Jersey, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wyoming and Washington DC. I'm very much interested in exploring the rest of United States before I embark on my journey to South America.

PHILOSOPHY

In general
Take it easy, live and let live
I want to live before I die

In particular
I want to go back to the times
when happiness meant a candy
when victory meant finishing your plate first
when safety meant being in your mom's arms
when getting high meant on a swing
when drinking meant mango juice
when dada's shoulders were the highest place on earth
when the only drug i knew was cough syrup
the only things broken were my toys
when goodbyes meant till tomorrow
when i loved everybody and everybody loved me.
i wish i could go back...

"Eleven Hints for Life"

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return.
But what is more painful is to love someone and never
find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who
means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was
never meant to be and you just have to let go.

3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away
feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose
it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives.

5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an
hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it
takes a lifetime to forget someone.

6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth,
even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you
smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day
seem bright.

7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go,
be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.

8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it
hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck
a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may
heal and bless.

10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
of everything they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way.

11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with
a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,
you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, I've surfed with a German guy in Norway and two Americans in San Francisco. Have not had the opportunity to host anyone yet. Traveling alone was very boring for me initially but after I came across this concept of couch surfing, it made my traveling experience simply awesome.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My couch surfing experience so far has been very rewarding and wonderful

Interests

Traveling around the world, exploring new things and re-visiting old things, broadening friends circle, reading books, going out with friends, talking to people with different educational and cultural background, sharing experience and stories, exchanging ideas, watching movies, playing ping pong and badminton, giving advices on how and where to pursue higher education

Music, Movies, and Books

A huge list but in short like comic, horror, action, thriller, fiction and romantic movies. Into both Hollywood and Bollywood movies.

Like slow relaxing tracks. Very much like Beyonce and The killers.

Like reading books on success like "Seven habits of highly effective people" and "Rich dad poor dad" and many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing city I had ever visited was Rome, Italy and most amazing city I lived in was Oxford, England

Teach, Learn, Share

Love sharing ideas and exchanging experience

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States