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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Indonesian, Italian, Persian (Farsi), Spanish, Turkish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Playing Music(and listening),Cycling, Writing and Reading...
  • I have been educated mostly by myself and partly through ...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

The mastery of the Eye Laser-Beam to roast a chicken quasi-instantaneously (I mean it! Seriously!)

ABOUT ME

Easy-going, Music(till the eargasm) and fun-addict.
Contemplative and Nature-lover.

PHILOSOPHY

"Take It easy",
"Stay Creative",
"Wherever the wind takes me..."
"Keep on crusting"

It's more life-leading than Philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I'm not travelling, I'm happy to host people even if I just have a room or something else (matchbox, container,villa)for a week.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a nooborn, freshly introduced to the CS Multiverse so we will extend this heading later.I created a profile in NZ, 3 years ago but I didn't really use it, because back then, I was more about hitchiking to a god forsaken place, make a tree house and not meeting people for a few days or weeks(easy in New Zealand(it doesn't mean I wasn't sociable back then)) then meeting locals unexpectedly and improvise. I liked this jazz feeling.

Interests

A wide range of...probably infinite.
Mainly what you can deduce of other headings, everything that involves creativity and fun.
Quench my thirst of people and places.
Spread love.

  • dining
  • boating
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • jazz
  • piano
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sailing
  • tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Here is a non-exhaustive list:
Directors:
Stanley Kubrick,Mike Leigh,Wes Anderson,Paul Thomas Anderson,Nicholas Winding Refn,The Monthy Pythons, Terry Gilliam,Terry Jones,Werner Herzog,Coen Brothers,Harmony Korine, Anders Thomas Jensens, Lars Von Trier, Park Chan Wook, Takeshi Kitano, Satyajit Ray, Nuri Bilge Ceylan,Abbas Kiarostami ,Bertrand Blier...etc

Music:Trio Chemirani, Dastan Ensemble, Shajarian, Parissa, Salar Aghili,Ali Reza Ghorbani,Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Pandit Kumar Bose, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia,Ustad Ali Akhbar Khan, Chick Corea,Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Tigran Hamasyan, Hiromi Uehara, Kenny Werner,Jaco Pastorius, Mononeon, Richard Bona , Kai Eckhardt, Linley Marthe, Panagiotis Andreou,Janek Gwizdala, Victor Wooten, Renaud garcia-Fons, Edgar Meyer, Christian Mc Bride, Dave Holland, NHOP, Esperanza Spalding, Julian Lage, Sylvain Luc, Oz Noy, Wayne Krantz, Jeff Ballard, Antonio Sanchez, Martin Valihora, Steve Gadd, Eric Harland,Jo-Jo Mayer, Mark Guilianna, Jon Christensen, Michael Brecker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, David Krakauer, Steve kujala, Jorge Pardo,Pedram Khavar-Zhamini, Pejman Haddadi,Navid Afghah,Keyvan Chemirani,The Yellowjackets,Phronesis,Snarky Puppy,NY Gypsy All Stars,Bobby McFerrin,Lalah Hathaway,Bob Marley,Roce,La Rumeur,The Fugees, The Beatles, Supertramp, , Queen, Sting,Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Yes,Necrophagist, None shall be saved, Terror, Gojira, RATM,
Squarepusher, Aphex Twin,Tabla Beat Science, Autechre, Illbient, Nerve,Artcore,Badmarsh and Shri,Bach, Beethoven,Debussy, Ravel,Chopin, Ligeti,Verdi, Barber,Messiaen, Augustin Barrios "Mangore",John William,Phillip Glass...etc

Writers: John Fante, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Malcolm Lowry, Louis Ferdinand Celine,Choderlos de Laclos,Francois Rabelais,Diderot, Laurence Sterne,Frank Herbert(Dune cycle),Phillip Kendrick Dick,Isaac Asimov (Foundation cycle),Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Tom Sharpe, Tim Etchells,Robert W. Chambers...etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One?Mmmmhhh...Cycling from France to Iran,Hiking in the Mordor(NZ),Crusting and busking in Brisbane for four months,Rafting and canyoning in The Pyrennees, France, eating makis and sushi at the FUJI, Rennes, France, "Wheels of Fire" way close to Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Riding the waves of Noosa by an electric weather, Queensland, Australia, Boat trip on a sailing boat in the Bay of Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Night-Car-Tracted-boards-on-snow,Plancoet,Brittany, France, Waiting for the fruitpicking under the extreme heat with billions of flies in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia and a lot more...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach music basics and beginner(b) to advanced (a)percussion techniques and rhythms on cajon(a), djembe (i), bongos(b),tabla(b), tombak(a),Bass and some piano tunes(classical and jazz).
I can teach tennis, French and English.
I would love to learn Spanish, Russian,Polish,Italian,Portuguese,German,Thai, Vietnamese,Mandarin,Japanese and Turkish.I am currently learning Farsi..
I want to learn how to make a perfect sushi rice (the one you eat in the world renowned Sukiyabashi Jiro located in a Tokyo subway station ),how to survive in a forest with a knife only, how to make a bow,how to use plants for medicinal purpose, how to make objects levitate and last but not least how to produce laser beams with my eyes to heat my tea or roast a chicken in less than 7 seconds(I will succeed...!).
And so much more...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun, enthusiasm, music and decent food.

Insights on how I became happy( yes, it can be durable)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Guernsey, Iran, New Zealand

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