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Overview

  • 6 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Chinese, French, Hebrew (modern)
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Former researcher at BRICS Policy Center think thank.
  • University graduate also educated by family principles, f...
  • From Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Improve my Hebrew and trumpet skills.

ABOUT ME

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lived there the biggest part of my life. Since February 2014 I`ve been in Israel after residing six months in Beijing, China, and concluding my bachelor course in International Relations at PUC-RJ. I'm an easy going guy looking for knowledge, that loves a good talk but also appreciates the due moments to be quiet and just listen.
I'm constantly in love with music. Travelling and meeting interesting people are one of the great things in life, but I also appreciate the silence, a cup of coffee and sometimes the rain. Why not? I'm a calm guy, organized, clean, awake and alive!

PHILOSOPHY

Listening is a blessing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing let`s us show that even though we live in such a febrile hectic world the trust between people is possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My sister after travelling through Europe by CS hosted travellers in our house in various opportunities. After that my father and I also hosted a lot of people at our house throughout the years.

Interests

Cooking
MUSC!
Literature
International Development and South-South Cooperation.
Football, Jiu-Jitsu and sports.

Africa.
Israel.
Brazil.

  • literature
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • traveling
  • music
  • trumpet
  • backpacking
  • sports
  • soccer
  • international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart", "No Longer At Ease"
Dostoievski's "The Idiot" & "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
Ramon Mari­a del Valle-Inclan's "Tirano Banderas"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez & latinamerican literature.
Schopenhauer's "Dores do Mundo"

Movies: Samsara, Tey, Clockwork Orange, Tommy, Oldboy...

Music: soulful music, music with feeling, funk, jazz, reggae, samba, rap, classical music and etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watch my team, Flamengo, become national champion in 2009 at Maracanã Stadium!

Jump the world's highest bungy in South Africa.

Climb a deserted part of the Great Wall of China and backpacking in the south of China.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”- André Gide

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, France, Israel, Peru, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China

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