CURRENT MISSION

Research. Its time to go and see the World!!

ABOUT ME

This is the most difficult part, but I'm going to give it a shot.

I'm a happy-go-lucky kind of person who likes to take things easy. I'm very chilled out, and I do everything slowly - I walk slow, I eat slow, I get ready slow etc. etc. But I try not to be lazy and I try not to procrastinate.

I make acquaintances easily but take my time to make them friends (again slow :)). I like to meet new people and see new places. I'm absolutely game for anything you might think of - as long as its not unlawful and doesn't hurt someone else.

On the flip side, I've been accused of being indecisive sometimes; and being overly critical about minor details (only when it comes to computer programs though).

In 2010, I traveled around the world as much as my savings would permit, which ended up being around 11 months in all. I blogged about the initial few months of my trip on:

http://www.GoogieGoesGlobal.com

I would really like to bring the blog back up-to-date, but since I'm now back to being employed full-time, I just cannot seem to get the time to do it :(

PHILOSOPHY

Always give more than you receive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting

Christina & Soni (4 nights)
Rea & Laszlo (2 nights)
Stefan & Bogdan (2 nights)
Pierre-Henri (3 nights)
Alissa (1 day)
Alex (2 nights)
Judit (3 nights)
Emma & Kevin (1 night)
Pavel (more than 2 months!!)
Thorsten (4 nights)
Lucie & Benjamin (1 night)
Minija & Piotr (1 night)
Samantha & Nishant (3 nights)
Malia (3 nights)
Jonathan (1 night)
Simon (1 night)
Graeme (2 nights)
Zen (2 nights)
Stefan (1 night) when he returned for the Green Education Project
Zsofi (2 nights)
Lex (1 night)

Surfing

(Oshkosh, WI) Elisabeth (1 day)
(Champaign, IL) Caleb (1 day)
(Manipal) Tushar (1 day)
(Manipal) Bindhu (1 night)
(Bangkok) Tomi (1 night)
(Istanbul) Taskin & Sabriye (3 nights)
(Istanbul) Burcu, Ozan, Cihan, Canan & Selcuk (2 nights)
(Gainesville, FL) Sara (1 night) --> related blog entry
(Fort Pierce, FL) Nancy (1 night) --> related blog entry
(Cuenca) Seth (3 nights) --> related blog entry
(Ekaterinburg) Alexander (1 night)
(Ekaterinburg) Alexander & Margarita (1 night)
(Kazan) Lucia & Airat (2 nights)
(Nizhny Novgorod) Anna (2 nights)
(Mumbai) Vahishta (4 nights)

Other CS meetings

(Bangalore) Hundreds of meetings and trips with the Bangalore CS community
(Bangalore) Met Fang Wei Goh for lunch
(Siem Reap) Explored Angkor Wat with Echo --> related blog entry
(Phnom Penh) Attended a Khmer wedding with Mariam & Echo --> related blog entry
(Ho Chi Minh city) Dinner, drinks & breakfast with Lisa --> related blog entry
(Ho Chi Minh city) Couchsurfing weekly meeting --> related blog entry
(Hanoi) Explored Hanoi on a motorcycle with Pavithra --> related blog entry
(Hanoi) Tried some traditional Vietnamese food with Duong --> related blog entry
(Hanoi) Couchsurfing weekly meeting --> related blog entry
(Miami) Couchsurfing weekly meeting cum Salsa class --> related blog entry
(Bogota) English language weekly meeting
(Bogota) Explored the city with Barbara, Adriana, Agatha, Oscar & Luis
(Bogota) Couchsurfing weekly meeting
(Nizhny Novgorod) Met Yaroslav, Elena, Anastasia & Daria for blin & drinks
(Bayreuth) Anna & Christiane and Bianca picked me up from the train station and brought me to Jana's home
(Bangalore) India vs Pakistan Cricket World Cup semi-final at Arvind's house
(Bangalore) India vs Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup final at Punita's house
(Bangalore) Flash mob at Brigade Road
(Bangalore) Met Gjergji for beer at Pecos
(Bangalore) Puneet - the colourful hitchhiker's talk about his love for the road
(Vienna) Attended the German speaking practice weekly meeting with Safaa
(Vienna) Met Marcus for lunch near the Westbahnhof
(Vienna) Dinner & dessert at Safaa's cosy little home in the suburbs of Vienna
(Bangalore) Movie nights at Dwaipayan's home

Interests

Swimming, rowing, soccer, cricket, bicycles, movies & books.

• books
• education
• dining
• breakfast
• beer
• drinking
• movies
• blogging
• surfing
• skydiving
• cricket
• soccer
• swimming
• rowing
• world cup
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Judas Priest, Metallica and all types of Hindi & Sufi music
Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction
Books: Shantaram, all Alistair Maclean, all Jeffrey Archer, all James Hadley Chase
(used to be a big Hardy Boys fan at one time - read 117 of those books)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen: The Taj Mahal
Done: The Ladakh trips, Skydiving

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, India, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Germany, India, United States

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