CURRENT MISSION

scraping together time and money to see the wide world

ABOUT ME

Someone told me once that graduate school is merely delayed adolescence. Recently finished my second master's degree, this couldn't be more true! I yearn for the academic bubble and taking more trips (so far in 2015: Japan and Taiwan). Greatly humbled by my experiences, I save money like no other so I can scrape together some time to see the world! :)

PHILOSOPHY

doing kindness receives kindness

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

funny and friendly - does that count? :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Martin in Dhaka

Interests

international relations, economics, Chinese politics, Immanuel Kant, eating milk chocolate all day, The Big Bang Theory, kayak.com, aviation, hiking, spicy food, white wine, chocolate (again)

• dining
• chocolate
• wine
• white wine
• aviation
• politics
• hiking
• kayaking
• economics
• international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

both rom coms and deep introspective movies, basically anything not super scary!

music preferences are all over the place, favoring Fleetwood Mac, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Miley Cyrus (whatever, she has a good voice! lol)

top fiction choices include 1984, most of Kurt Vonnegut, Maya Angelou, and Jeffrey Eugenides

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watched the sunset in central Myanmar completely alone

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United Kingdom, United States