ABOUT ME

I am a web developer and traveller currently on a long sabbatical with my partner, Portia. We hope to travel Asia, particularly Japan, China, Mongolia and the himalayas. As my name suggests I am of Russian descent and am fluent in the Russian language (and currently studying Mandarin and Japanese).

About Portia:

Portia is a lover of tennis and gardening and a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She hopes to travel to Asia to learn more about the traditional medicines of other Asian cultures and to diversify her practice.

Centres d'intérêt

My non-professional interests include history, anthropology, moral philosophy, psychology, systema, parkour, cuisine and baking. I am also happy to talk shop with any technology enthusiasts out there.

• baking
• gardening
• shopping
• technology
• traveling
• tennis
• anthropology
• history
• medicine
• psychology

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

A non-exhaustive list would include:

Non-Fiction: Jared Diamond, Bill Bryson, Stephen Hawking, Desmond Morris, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Malcom Gladwell

Fiction: Leo Tolstoy, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, Ian Irvine, George R.R. Martin, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkein, Aleksandr Pushkin, Isaac Asimov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Haruki Murakami, Jane Austin

Music: Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Gorecki, Rammstein

FIlm: Akira Kurosawa, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Paul Haggis, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Andy & Lana Wachowski, Eldar Ryazanov, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Joel Coen

Pays que j'ai visités

Cambodia, Canada, Italy, Russian Federation, Thailand, Viet Nam

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Canada, United States