CURRENT MISSION

Seeing as much of the world as I can, meeting as many people as possible.

ABOUT ME

My name is Michael Broadhead and I am a Canadian teacher - currently traveling around Asia!

I grew up on a farm near the small town of Innisfree, Alberta, Canada. You know the universe has a sense of humor when you are a farmer's kid who is allergic to everything on the farm. Thus farming was never for me. I spent a lot of my time as a kid watching TV, playing the original Nintendo/Sega, riding bikes and quads, and eventually using the computer when we finally got one. My first computer was a Pentium 100 running the newly released Windows 95. From that point onwards I was hooked on technology, exploring and learning any software or hardware I could get my hands on.

I attended the same school from K to 12. It was a small school of about 140 students. Some people don't believe me when I say I graduated with in a class of 7 :o) I excelled at school and really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere created by knowing everyone in the school quite well. Math and the sciences were my favorite subjects . I love learning how and why things work. Theoretical physics intrigues me immensely.

I applied to the Faculty of Education at the U of A in 2001 and graduated with a BEd in 2005. My major is Physical Sciences and my minor is Math. In the summer after my first year in University, I started working at an After School Care in Edmonton. Every summer we took the kids on 4 weeks of field trips (I got to plan them in 2004 and 2005) and to a 3 day camp - working there was so rewarding for me that I returned as Director in 2006 (until August 2008).

In August 2005, I moved to Coventry, England to teach. I supply taught for 8 months which was a very challenging and enlightening time. I was able to travel a lot during that time, and if you visit mikebroadhead.com you can read all about it.

When I returned from England, I decided to continue traveling and move down to Pennsylvania, USA as a camp counselor and web designer for Trails End Camp. It was a fantastic experience and I hope to return someday.

In August 2008 I moved to Taiwan and taught at Fuhsing Private School. The country is stunningly beautiful and has some of the nicest people in the world - and of course, excellent students! In 2010 I took a year to travel southeast asia and in 2011 I moved to Beijing. I worked there for 2 years and now have moved to Singapore.

In my spare time I enjoy photography/graphics design, cooking, and organising events.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm passionate about sustainability and this has led me to live a vegan lifestyle.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Plan to host people in the future when I settle down.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

- Explored Bangalore
- Northern Thailand spent a day in a school my host worked at
- In Java, spent a couple wonderful days with my host and her family.

Interests

Philosophy, environmentalism, humanism, ethics, technology...

• design
• photography
• education
• ethics
• cooking
• vegan
• running
• technology
• tv
• traveling
• camping
• teaching
• law
• mathematics
• physics
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Regina Spektor, FUN, Hedley, Mika, AFI, The Fratellis, Sufjan Stevens, Franz Ferdinand, Magic Numbers, Nickelback, Gwen Stefani, James Blunt, Bloc Party, Josh Rouse, The Killers, Interpol, Green Day, Elliot Smith, Nelly Furtado, Linkin Park, The Arcade Fire

Movies: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Avatar, The Dark Knight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Serenity, Lord of the Rings, Sin City, War of the Worlds, Chicago, Harry Potter, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Star Wars, Braveheart, Star Trek, Aliens, Terminator, X-Men, Blade, Far from Heaven, Napoleon Dynamite, Alexander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Fish, Austin Powers...and the list goes on...

TV: Glee, Orange is the New Black, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Dexter, Entourage, The Office, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Weeds, Rome, Carnivale, Simpsons, Futurama, Deep Space Nine, Farscape.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ruins of Tikal.
Angkor Wat.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom

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