CURRENT MISSION

To improve oneself in a subtle way

ABOUT ME

Hi
I live in Berlin. I love the city and if I have time I'd gladly show anyone around my favourite places.

I am a writer/journo currently promoting my debut novel. This is my website http://www.willfurtado.com

PHILOSOPHY

Share the knowledge; share the privilege.

LO FI

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first heard about CS through a friend and have hosted many people since 2011 and made good friends. I think this is a great opportunity to experience other people's ways of life first hand, not just look at it. CS is the difference between seeing the world and looking at the world. But I don't also mind just helping someone spare some notes..so feel free to be honest.

Interests

alternative music; queer theory, languages; writing; reading classics and unhinged literature, dancing til dawn, queer alt culture, desktop publishing, European politics, any subculture, weird stuff and people, alternative/creative thinking, post post modernism and post structuralism.

• dogs
• culture
• humanities
• writing
• books
• literature
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• reading
• music
• alternative music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Love world cinema

My Playlist https://soundcloud.com/saachi/likes
My favourite bands/acts are TV on the Radio, Electrelane, BLoc Party, Fugazi, Xiu Xiu, Glass Candy, PAVEMENT, Wolf Parade, NIN, MF Doom, Mos Def, Department of Ealges, Adam Green, SELENA, the Knife, Selena, My Bloody Valentine, THE DEARS, Animal Collective, Janet Jackson, the Breeders, Of Montreal, the Fiery Furnaces, Roots Manuva, Radiohead, PRINCE, the Magnetic Fields, Bjork, Love is All, JLo. My old last fm account: http://www.last.fm/user/wilber12. Though I also like latin hip hop, tango, dance, IDM, twee, NOVELIST, 'motown', POST PUNK, Stormzy, latin ame folk, conjunto, fandango, soul, rnb, morna, fado, dub, dub step, italo, chicago garage and LO FI (this is also a way of life for me).

Books: Most of 19th century: especially Dostoevsky, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Dickens, Eca de Queiroz.

Modern: ZADIE SMITH, Will Self, Burroughs, Dennis Cooper, Baldwin, Houellebecq, Langston, me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

a dog being bitten by a man.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach how to work with InDesign and Photoshop, Portuguese, English, Spanish, German.

I would like to learn more French and Dutch or any other language really.

I'd also love to learn how to cook more simple and delicious food!!! and teach you the gourmets I can. I often cook veggie food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom