CURRENT MISSION

to breath well

ABOUT ME

Searching, breathing, sometimes laughing, ... and other human occupations. I forget to much but I do remember having a big human interest and get to a really good conversation is one of the things I like most.

PHILOSOPHY

* Nobody is illegal. We all have the right for a great life. Is someone who's born in Europe more legal than someone who's born in Africa? Some are lucky and others have bad luck to be born in a certain country, but for all the people who are lucky: let's not being selfish and keep all that luckiness just for ourselves. A more equal relationship between north ans south, poor and rich, black and white and multicultural society where we can live in harmony, are important goals we should all try to reach.
* I believe there's something in the kosmos, but I still need more time to discover what.
*Respect for the environment

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

seeking a couch from time to time, in different places. I got lucky every time , had good hosts.
I'm pleased to offer a couch or a drink from time to time. I lived 5 years in Brussels, and now I live in Ghent. I'll be glad to show other people around!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Recieved some people (Swedish, Spanish, Brasilian, Slovenian, American, Austrian) to stay in our appartment in Brussels/ house in Ghent
- I travelled to Spain and Portugal with an organisation like CS in summer 2006
- I went to Vienna, Krakau, Turkey and South of Belgium with CS

Interests

Travelling, reading graphic novels and literature, playing chess, watching movies, running, playing guitar, the environment, drawing, painting (if in a good mood), fair trade, ecology, (EU-)politics, playing games like risk, buccaneer, colonists of Catan,..

• literature
• environment
• running
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• guitar
• ecology
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
- eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
- persepolis
- the educators
- clockwork organge
- La vita é bella
- Lola rennt
- gegen die wand
- paradise now
- volver
- Babel
- it's a free world
- amélie Poulain
- the idiots
- el secreto de sus ojos
- black swan

BOOKS:
- city of joy (Dominique La Pierre)
- the unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
- Khaled Housseini: the kite runner & 1000 splendid suns
- white tiger (Aravind Adiga)
- het diner (Herman Koch)
- Momo en de tijdspaarders (Michael Ende)
- picture of Dorian Gray

GRAPHIC NOVELS:
- Don Jon (Sfar & Trondheim)
- The fixer, Sarajevo (Joe Sacco)
- jaren van de olifant (Willy Linthout)
- single
- le chat du rabbin
- Japan

MUSIC:
- Instrumental music (explosions in the sky, mogwai, Yann Tiersen, Alberto Iglesias, Wim Mertens, sigur ros, zbigniew Preisner, Philip Glass, Amon Tobin)

- Leonard Cohen, neil young, bob dylan, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, fleedwood mac, the pixies, Tom Waits, dire straits, the cure, wendy rene, janis joplin, Bon Iver, smashing pumpkins, nouvelle vague, eels, St-Germain, buscemi, bony king of nowhere, arsenal, absinthe minded, Gotye

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

parapente in Andes

Teach, Learn, Share

quote (from Leonard Cohen):

There are many in your life
And many still to be
Since you are a shining light
There's many that you'll see
But I have to deal with envy
When you choose the precious few
Who've left their pride on the other side of
Coming back to you

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Bolivia