Hi, I'm Iván !

I've been living in Yogyakarta for almost my entire life, I love this city and always happy to share this love with everyone. Consider myself lucky to have lots of good friends here however I'm always keen to meet new people to hangout, grab dinner with, camping buddies and cool people to go on adventures with.

I love showing people around Yogyakarta and helping them enjoy their 'Jogja Experience' wherever possible. Hence, if you want to learn, keen on trying new things, immerse yourself in local culture, gain new experiences and making friends, I am truly welcoming you here!

I consider myself a very curious, open-minded and easy person to be with. I'm up for hangouts, adventures and conversations with whom I have points of shared interests. I'd like to get to know people, cultures, perspectives, thoughts, basically anything that will spark my interest. I have always been interested in voluntarism and alternative way of life, and that is why I'm trying to be more environmentally conscious. Starting from July 2016, I decided to only eat plant based food as that's what makes me feel best.

I believe in diversity, inclusiveness and equality because the world is way too big to just accept one belief as an absolute truth. The more people believe this way, the closer we get to a world based on love and kindness instead of ignorance, hate, exploitation and destruction. Spreading the message has become my mission.

I guess to really know about me, you will actually have to meet me in person.
Let's meet!

CURRENT MISSION
Opening myself to each different experiences and cultures as I am in search of meaning and in the attempt to figure out what to do with life.

QUOTES
― I have friends to discover and a great many things to understand (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
― Often, we have been led to believe that we should never trust strangers, why do we have to live in fear on our own when it's possible to make friends anywhere, anytime (Exa)
― Tu mi hai fatto conoscere amici che non conoscevo, Tu mi hai fatto sedere in case che non erano la mia, Chi mi era lontano oggi è vicino e lo straniero è divenuto mio fratello (Tagore)

MORE
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/vantje

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like the idea of Couchsurfing.
Couchsurfing describes the essence of life: giving, taking, and sharing.

Through this great platform, I'm looking to make new friends and worldwide connections to gain more experiences. I find myself enjoy meeting individual with different backgrounds, having conversations as well as exchange values, thoughts and stories that gave me new perspectives and better understanding. I really interested in getting to know people from other countries and learning from them since
I believe every person you meet can enrich you in ways you could never imagine.
Likewise, I like being part of global community.

Above them all, I seek to learn, anything, from anyone.

Interests

― People
― Cross Cultural Exchange
― Travel
― Arts and Literature
― Photography and Editing
― Music
― Outdoor Activities
― Plants, Nature and Landscape
― History, Cultural Heritages and Historical Sites
― Veganism, Responsible and Ethical Consumptions
― Human Rights and Gender Studies
― Green, Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
― Politics, Economy and World Issues
― Voluntarism and Social Projects
― UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

And yet, I am constantly looking for new interests.

• arts
• environment
• cooking
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• language exchange
• volunteering
• sightseeing
• trekking
• plants
• learning new things
• museums
• meeting new people
• botanical gardens

Music, Movies, and Books

Those are actually a face to face conversation.
We can talk about this in person if you are interested.
I find it really hard to pin this one but hey, here they are;

MUSIC
I enjoy listening to almost everything.
My Spotify profile: https://tinyurl.com/IvanFrmannSpotify

• Pop, Rock: Coldplay
• Dance, Electronic, Chill: Ehrling, Vicetone, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Kygo, Illenium, ODESZA
• Folk, Indie, Alternative: Sleeping at Last, Novo Amor, Bon Iver, SYML, John Mayer, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mashrou' Leila
• Rap, Hiphop: Josylvio, Boef, Frenna, Snelle, Jona Fraser, Lijpe, Maes, Bigflo et Oli, PNL, Aya Nakamura
• Piano: Ludovico Einaudi, Jean-Philippe Riopy, Evgeny Grinko, Yiruma, Jacob Ladegaard, Joe Hisaishi, Ólafur Arnalds, ibi
• Techno, Deep House, Tropical House, Electropop and Remixes

• Disney Songs
• Movie Soundtracks
• A broad range music from 60s to 90s
• Classical Instrumental, Orchestra and Opera Aria
• Traditional Javanese and Balinese Gamelan

Besides, I also find myself listening to French 🇫🇷 (Piaf/Cabrel/Gainsbourgh/Clerc/Hallyday/Sardou/Mazué/Angèle); Dutch 🇳🇱 (Hazes/Shaffy/Beste Zangers van Nederland); Italian 🇮🇹 (Celentano/Mina/Pravo/Zanicchi/Bocelli/Pavarotti/Gregori/Milva/Nada); Spanish (and Catalan) 🇪🇸; Turkish 🇹🇷; Indian 🇮🇳 and German 🇩🇪 songs. More to be honest, I don't really listen to Indonesian songs except 'Dangdut and Campursari' which is Javanese, my mother language.

MOVIES
My favorite is Interstellar (2014, dir. Christopher Nolan)
..but actually I like broad range of Movie, Short-Films, TV/Internet Series and Documentaries.

BOOKS
I can't even, heaps of them. I usually read a lot.
Add me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/vantje

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

O̶n̶e̶ ̶A̶m̶a̶z̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶T̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶D̶o̶n̶e̶ Amazing Things I've Done
(because how could you list only one thing!? The adventure of life is amazing!)

* Decided to use Couchsurfing
* Became a radio announcer with my own program when I was in High School
* Volunteered as Public Relations Coordinator for a youth lead non-profit organization dedicated for supporting children with disabilities and special needs (Hearing-Impaired, Low Vision, ADHD, Down Syndrome and Autism) through community development and empowerment
* Worked as staff of Protocol and Consular Affairs Department at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia for the Kingdom of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand

Teach, Learn, Share

Not being a teacher myself and you aren't my student either, nonetheless I prefer share personally my experiences, because putting lines here isn't delineative, at all.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Thailand