Hello, I'm currently teaching in Ho Chi Minh City, before that I lived in South Korea for 3 years, working as an ESL Teacher at a Private Elementary School.

I used to perform stand up comedy in London (favourites include Mitch Hedberg, Stewart Lee, Demetri Martin, John Hastings and Doug Stanhope amongst others) and interned at various music labels before I moved to Asia, also helped out at a friends clubnight - pretty open and sociable guy. Bit of a music snob but none of us are perfect.

Interests

Stand Up Comedy
Live Music
Clubbing
Exercise - cardio and weightlifting (recently completed a Spartan Race in Korea)
History - Museums are usually on my list of things to do in new cities
Local food/cuisine.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Into post punk/industrial/post rock/noise/DnB/early dubstep/electronica/ambient. 65daysofstatic, Queens Of The Stone Age, mclusky, Carly Rae Jepsen (no joke) and Fuck Buttons are favourites.
Books - Have a wide ranging taste in literature, but 'classic' literature is a weakness of mine that I'm looking to improve upon. Currently reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first experience riding a motorcycle was 2 days spent around Taiwan's Taroko Gorge, a series of narrow roads carved into cliffs, with a 300 foot drop minimum on either side. Due to the weather, there's also rainforest/jungle all over the top of these cliffs so I was riding alongside monkeys swinging through trees. Whilst there I also explored a Buddhist temple carved into sheer cliff face, which had a waterfall running through the middle. Staggeringly beautiful region.

I crashed in the Hostel Car Park. Which was both extremely fortunate and incredibly embarrassing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Extensive advice on South Korea
A good sense of humour
Different cultural experiences
How to say 'water bottle' like Queen Elizabeth or Ray Winstone, depending on who you prefer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, England, Estonia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, South Korea, Viet Nam