CURRENT MISSION

Wandering in Northeast India!

ABOUT ME

I love being on the open road, having conversations and eating cake, befriending cats in every city.

In my free time I run a local literary journal with a few friends where we try to embrace the new, the strange, the nostalgic, the bizarre. I love talking to anyone about anything that stretches my imagination.

In my other time I study Indian communities in Singapore, specifically within Hindu temple sites. I'm intrigued by rituals, spirituality, migrant communities, and people in general.

I read a lot, write a lot, and meditate sometimes.

PHILOSOPHY

Allow for other ways of being whilst retaining my own way of being

Talk to everyone and find out their story

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll talk to anyone and everyone about what they do and what they love - I'm extremely willing to listen & learn as long as people are willing to share. I'll throw in a couple of ridiculous stories myself!

If you are in Singapore or any city/town I am staying in, I love showing people around my city and bringing them to the best bookstore & dessert shop & bike ride

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed in Mumbai and Delhi and Chennai, cities where I've spent substantial amounts of time in. Also in Nepal and Bangladesh - although briefly - but in no way forgettable!

In Singapore I live with my parents so I don't have a couch to offer, but I like bringing people around and meeting for coffee or a good local meal. Or an Indian wedding, or a crazy party!

Interests

Desserts, Cities, South Asia, Literature, Writing, Religion, Meditation, Drawing, Hindi, Lucid Dreaming, Cats

• cats
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• recipes
• coffee
• desserts
• running
• meditation
• partying
• shopping
• socializing
• drawing
• guitar
• cycling
• hinduism
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Lost in Translation, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, La Dolce Vita, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, In the Mood for Love, Breathless, Nitin Sawhney, Electric President, The xx, Zero 7, God is an Astronaut, Kings of Convenience, Explosions in the sky, Erland Oye, The Lucksmiths, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Rainer Maria Rilke, Tahmima Anam...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in a schoolbus in a backyard in Santa Barbara, watching people spend their days learning how to walk on their hands and play the guitar.

Learning to ride a motorbike in Australia - it was so frightening with all the one-way streets, but then it became amazing!

Biking across Portland alone in the middle of the night watching the city lit up and cold

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to meet people who can practice Hindi or Tamil with me, or people who want to learn Singapore from inside-out! I also really want to learn Bengali, Malay, and Tagalog. I unfortunately can only help out with English, and basic mandarin. I could share dessert recipes maybe. And I can definitely bake. Organise spontaneous poetry readings. Meow convincingly. This list is non-exhaustive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bangladesh, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Singapore, United States

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