CURRENT MISSION

Finding a job in either the northern or southern hemisphere!

ABOUT ME

I'm a 33yo writer and adventurer from Australia of Goan (Indian) heritage.
Raised in Sydney, started my career as a journalist then moved to Chicago for grad school in 2007; I loved living in the US and travelling abroad but by 2011 it was time to come home.

PHILOSOPHY

Life's too short to play it safe. I dont mean that so much in an adrenaline junkie, skydiving-out-of-an-aircraft sort of way; but in terms of making bold decisions and trusting my instincts to make things work. I love Australia very much but am glad I left for distant shores - to a place where I knew nobody - to experience a different way of life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My housemates in Chicago recommended CouchSurf to me; and needing a couch to sleep on in the not-too-distant future, I thought I'd better sign up! So I've not "officially" participated before; however, one of the great things about our house is there's always space for an extra person (or three) to crash, and many have.

Interests

News and current affairs
Politics
Arthouse films
Pop/rock music
Chess
Tennis
Table Tennis
Hiking
Exploring a city, finding hidden gems and new places to hang out

• writing
• politics
• news
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• adventure races
• skydiving
• tennis
• table tennis
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Babel, Rachel Getting Married, Doubt, Into the Wild, Brokeback Mountain, The Barbarian Invasions, No Country For Old Men, Little Miss Sunshine, Last King of Scotland, Water, The Namesake, The Spanish Apartment, Hidden, United 93, Monster, V For Vendetta, House of Sand and Fog, Talk to Her, Lost in Translation

Music - The Fray, James Morrison, KT Tunstall, Mika, The Kooks, Travis, Train, Five For Fighting, Nerina Pallot, Paolo Nutini, Duffy, Adele, David Gray, Coldplay, Alphabeat

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking through the surreal, lunar landscape of Cappadochia, Turkey.