CURRENT MISSION

staying young and learning stuff

ABOUT ME

What was supposed to be a year of teaching in Asia before heading back for grad school has turned into ten. I keep finding new things I want to do and places I want to go.

I taught English at a university in Vietnam for one year, then moved to Singapore to teach English and history at a secondary school. After that I learned scuba diving in the Philippines, took a 3000km bicycle trip across Vietnam, motorbiked through Laos, and studied kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and massage in Thailand.

I've been living in Bangkok for about 7 years now. I ended up studying for an MA in economics at Chulalongkorn University and have been managing a language school for about the past 4 years.

Dlaczego jestem na Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to host in Chiang Mai and organized a few events, such as the weekly beer buffet and occasional vegetarian buffet lunches.

Zainteresowania

things i haven't tried before, taboo, lifting weights, DDR, soy, thrift stores, Vietnamese coffee, Singaporean Milo, when people emphasize every syllable in a word, delving, organic food, recycling, training for things, the onion

• books
• photography
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• vegetarian
• organic food
• yoga
• thrifting
• traveling
• scuba diving
• tennis
• teaching
• history

Muzyka, filmy i książki

Movies: American Beauty, Aladdin, Eternal Sunshine, Waking Life, Spirited Away, many more
Music: 80s hair rock, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead (my musical background is pretty narrow so I'm really curious to hear yours!)
Books: The Odyssey, The Stories of John Cheever, Faust, Animal Liberation, A Fine Balance, John Steinbeck, The Satanic Verses, way more

Jedna niesamowita rzecz, którą zrobiłem(-am)

I bought a bicycle in Ho Chi Minh City for 125 dollars and then rode it around Vietnam for about 4 months. After around 3000 kilometers I made it to Hanoi. Luckily I only got 2 flat tires on the whole trip :)

Ucz innych, ucz się sam, udostępniaj

I can teach: Swedish massage, the names of most muscles and bones, Tae Kwon Do, Singapore history, political theory, basic photography, Thai, methods and apps for learning new languages

I want to learn: many things, but maybe the most realistic to learn while couchsurfing include vegetarian cooking, yoga, dancing (Latin or Bollywood style)

Czym mogę się podzielić z gospodarzami

I can offer good conversation, a sincere curiosity in your life and experience (if you have time to talk about it), and low-maintenance surfing. :)

Kraje, w których byłem(-am)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Viet Nam

Kraje, w których mieszkałem(-am)

Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

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