CURRENT MISSION

Growth

ABOUT ME

I love to entertain and be entertained. Who doesn't?

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PHILOSOPHY

Conscientious hedonism all the way

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a very active person so I love to be involved in group conversations and activities. I love to listen to other people though, be it stories, knowledge, random exclamations or whatever forms of communication they may choose.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My experience so far has been great. I've done a fair bit of surfing here and there but for the most part I have used it as a forum to meet people in foreign cities that I have recently moved too. CS seems like a pretty decent filter for the social butterflies amongst us!

Interests

1 Nature, 2 Culture 3 Music (classic rock to psytrance and especially the things in between) 4 Film (studio ghibli anime to bladerunner-esque sci-fi or even pretty much about anything with outrageous noises and colours tbh).

journalism, creative writing, digital photography, music technology, cycling, travelling, fishing, snowboarding, art and design; gamification, cultural relativity of internet use, HCI, generation Y, new technologies, social media, building online communities; social entrepreneurship, event management, international development, education reform, access to education, interdisciplinary education, sustainable growth, clean energy, sustainability; natural sciences, engineering, political sciences, social sciences... blah blah!

• arts
• culture
• writing
• design
• photography
• education
• technology
• anime
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• surfing
• snowboarding
• communications
• teaching
• engineering
• entrepreneurship
• journalism
• political science
• social science

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm addicted to audiobooks of all shapes and forms

I've been enjoying Deep Forest's self titled album recently (psychedelic melodic kinda stuff - try it!).

The last film I watched was Tampopo - bizarre 80's Japanese films about the art of Ramen. very sensual, very odd.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching me get off my skinny white ass and make into Uni (not the most interesting or exciting but possibly the most remarkable).

Teach, Learn, Share

I saw something on Japanese TV the other day that was so hilarious I have decided to share it with you.

Introducing the iFinger - the finger you purposely keep clean when you eat something messy so you could operate your iphone without making the screen look like your plate

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Scotland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, China, France, India, Japan, Peru, United Kingdom