CURRENT MISSION

mess up brains, extend the playground

ABOUT ME

I'm interested in many different things: music, history, science, (doing) sports, literature, movies, travelling (no need to mention that on CS) and other stuff. So generally, eager to learn.
In fact I am not very fond of making personal descriptions about myself, so I will cut it short.
I'm quite social, but not a good small-talker; I prefer to talk about a common interest than about our occupations (although it's an almost obligatory start of conversation, and of getting to know a guest or a host).
The qualities I value most in people are honesty, critical (nuanced) thinking and a quality that has no real name, being the opposite of self-centredness.

PHILOSOPHY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I (or we) have hosted a lot through the years, but in the past years mostly via acquaintances, friends of friends or by hosting bands that play gigs in Ghent. the search algorithm doesn't favour my profile; most probably because we're not SO close to the center, and because I didn't use it much during last travels (which were more improvised).
I've been hosted many times during this last decade as well, which I'm very grateful for; and I do my best showing this gratitude during my stay (by adapting to the pace of life of my host, and by cooking for instance)

Interests

interests again: excentric (but not too egocentric) people, music, chess, foreign languages, SOCIOLOGY and history, philosophy, blablabla

• writing
• books
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• music
• communications
• languages
• psychology
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

music: motion trio, blonde redhead, boards of canada, radiohead, amon tobin, massive attack, primus (and other bands of Les Claypool), "the good, the bad and the queen" (and other bands of damon albarn), beatles, stewart copeland, Telemann or other Baroque, venetian snares, , 16 horsepower, kilimanjaro darkjazz ensemble, bonobo, mulatu astatke, mc solaar, i am, abd al malik, alain bashung, saian supa crew, max richter, dead can dance, tom waits, thomas fersen, siouxsie and the banshees, philip glass, mathieu boogaerts, dakha brakha, kroke, warsaw village band, tom novembre, imam baildi, hidden orchestra,...

movies I like: kubrick-movies, tarantino-movies, Lucky number Slevin, sin city, annie hall, linklater-movies, wristcutters: a lovestory, das experiment, donnie darko, my own private Idaho, mr nobody, die welle, the imaginarium of doctor parnassus, a clockwork orange, the fall, pan's labyrinth, fight club, the prestige, la haine, le grand bleu, mouth to mouth,...

I mostly read non-fiction these days. It's quite diverse.
To give examples, I'm currently reading, chapter by chapter (march 2019): Behave from Robert Sapolsky (neuroscience); collected essays, journalism and letters from Orwell; The Republic from Plato; the history of Western Philosophy of Bertrand Russell (in Dutch); Les grands mythes de l'histoire de Belgique, des Fladres et de la Wallonie.
Once I finish 2 of these, I'll start reading 'extension du domaine de la lutte' from Houellebecq and 'La peur du peuple-Agoraphobie et agoraphilie politique' from Dupuis-Déri.
I'm looking forward to travelling more to be able to read more!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There's not one specific thing. I especially enjoy the variation of experiences this life has offered me so far.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm very inquisitive, so... very eager to learn and eager to share what I learned. Hence my plan to become a teacher

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share a bed, share knowledge, share a drink, share a couch...

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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